THE Eastcote Rain Gardens project has won another national award for its improvement works, carried out to reduce the risk of flooding.

It won the Excellence in Flood and Water Management award at the 2020 Landscape Institute ceremony and follows a Civil Engineers London award.

The rain gardens were installed in the summer of 2019 along Field End Road. Hillingdon Council used carefully-chosen plants and scrubs that help the natural flow of rainwater and prevent flooding.

Previously, surface water would often flood the carriageway and flow into shops. Rainfall is captured below ground and the carriageway remains dry following a storm.

The work is welcomed by residents and businesses, who now enjoy colourful new plants and shrubs, new paving, lighting, street furniture and an upgraded pedestrian crossing.