Ms O'Reilly said residents were distressed after suspects fled down the alleyway and through neighbouring gardens during a police operation. Determined to improve the area, she formed the community group Blombish. "People have just gone mad, people have planted all sorts of things," Ms O'Reilly said. The project has earned recognition, including an Anglia in Bloom award, and a recent visit from the Mayor of Bury St Edmunds. I walk up and down it which I never did before," Ms O'Reilly said.