Mews in Bloom Competition: The Results

Firstly, we would like to extend our heartfelt thank you for those who entered their Mews into Lurot Brand’s annual Mews in Bloom competition. This year, the judging was carried out by Endellion Lycett Green, who had the challenging task of selecting a winner from an outstanding array of entries.

Endellion’s comments:

In a city, trees and plants are at the behest of human involvement and interaction. We see a wide range of well-kept parks and gardens all over the city of London, but mews are unique in that most of the plants have to be in pots, with the exception of a few trees or shrubs planted right into the ground. Keeping pots is no mean feat, with a consistent schedule of watering, pruning, trimming and dead heading. With the summer we’re having, I have been very impressed by the health of all the mews potted plants and trees looking effortlessly green and abundant – with not a dead wisp or flailing plant anywhere at all. Bravo to everyone who has got involved with keeping their mews so well, it has been an absolute pleasure to look round and marvel at the beautiful arrays and shows of inimitable nature symbiotically nurtured and ingeniously planted. Glorious to see such adventure, such colour and so many shades of green in the bijoux setting of London’s best-kept secret, the mews.

Winner of Mews in Bloom: Gloucester Place Mews

Here we were greeted by good bay trees, salvia and camellias. There were cordylines, busy lizzies, box, white begonias, pink, dark-leaved begonias. There was a towering yucca hiding a carved tree stump pond with frog figurines. There were pink and yellow calla lilies. However, most impressive was the group planting of identical window boxes all the way down the mews with mauve fairy-fan flowers, hot pink Pelargoniums and Hidcote lavender – beautiful! Houses no.11, no.29 and no.33 are commended.

Runner up: Wetherby Mews

This mews had a widely planted entrance with trailing evergreen jasmine, Santa Barbara daisy and a deep burgundy yucca with ivy underfoot. Within was to be found a wall of incredible big-leaved hydrangeas in pink (Lacecap) and grey blue (Globular) reaching a good 7 foot. No mean feat for pot planting and looking extremely healthy! They require acid soil and masses of watering so well done. The mews were cohesive and richly planted throughout. No one house has been singled out this time. A very good Mews in Bloom as a whole. And what a magnificent Beaked Yucca.

Rutland Mews South:

Here were Calla lilies, under planting of blue lobelia, hot pink Busy Lizzie, ruffled begonias in yellow, astilbe. There were burgundy-leaved Heucheras; tall, proud Digitalis in that unforgettable wild magenta, and fuchsias. There was very much a sense of the cohesive whole with one garden spilling into the next. I caught a little of my favourite shrub Euonymus fortunei too which is said to bring good luck! Houses no.19, no.17 and no.4 are commended.

Queen’s Gate Mews:

This mews boasted a wonderful giant wisteria climbing up the white walls of a house on the corner, a green bath full of hot pink geraniums, white and pink roses and a pale pink fuchsia. There were cherry trees, a mass of jasmine and pink globular hydrangeas. The mews with the longest sweep, had an air of lightness to it. The plants were singing their verdant nature!

Fulton Mews:

This mews had ingenious wires from house to opposite house in two places so that the wisteria appeared to be growing across on its own and in mid-air. There were yuccas and an impressive, variegated Agave americana along with pale pink oleander, some Erysimum ‘Bowles Mauve’, roses and Peace lilies. The hanging baskets were impressive too. And there was even a wooden Ganesha statue! Houses no.2 was commended.

Cranley Mews:

Greeted by an array of greens this mews did well to remind us of the value of foliage and photosynthesis! There were Japanese Maples, a medlar, fatsias and bay trees along with aesculi, banana, sage and choisya. Colour came into it through the utterly magnificent Bird of Paradise flower – such a rarity! Then wonderful blue agapanthus, Lacecap hydrangeas, magenta petunias, and Asiatic lilies. Deep purple clematis crept in there too. Houses no.9, no.18 and no.52 are commended.

Cornwall Mews South (west side):

The wildest of the mews benefitting as it does with areas of bare soil and the end hosting mature trees with cascading vines in profusion and jasmine trailing down from the roofs. There were hot pink hydrangeas, purple and pink fuchsias and even some chilli plants laden with red and green chilli’s ready to go! Houses no.5a and 6a were commended.

Archery Close:

Here was jasmine climbing up a drainpipe, robust lemon trees carrying fruit in abundance, one under planted with deep purple petunias, fig trees and cherry. There were red hydrangea macrophyllas, white penny mac, and cool cream coloured hydrangea Arborescens. Bamboos featured along with olive trees and the Japanese maple. Gardens were ample here, minimal there. Overall, very neat with gorgeous benches and places to sit as well. Houses no.2, no.18 and no.23 are commended.

Final comments from Endellion:

All the mews were fantastic however, just unbelievable. Overall, I have to say a huge well done to absolutely everyone who has lovingly and beautifully cared for their trees, shrubs, and plants. What a treat it has been to see all those shapes, forms and colours of plant life within a setting of classic mews architecture. Lucky London bees and butterflies too! I am very honoured to have been asked judge this competition. A massive thank you also to the extraordinary Peggy Lurot who was present too.

Thank you again for entering your mews. We hope to see you next year for Mews in Bloom, 2026!