News - Green Flag Award

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28 November 2025

Joint Winners Announced for ‘Volunteer Team of the Year’

The standard of entries for the Green Flag Award ‘Best of the Best’ awards is always exceptionally high, but this year, the judges faced an impossible choi...

27 November 2025

Forster Park Wins Green Flag 'Best Women and Girls Initiative' 2025

The Green Flag Award is delighted to announce that the winner of the prestigious 'Best of the Best' award for UK Best Women and Girls Initiative 2025 is the...

25 November 2025

2025 Green Flag Award Team of the Year Award

The Green Flag Award is delighted to announce that the winner of this year’s prestigious ‘Best of the Best’ award for UK Team of the Year – Park Staff is Hy...

24 November 2025

2025 Green Flag Award Employee of the Year Award

We are delighted to announce that Garry Wilson, a dedicated gardener at the Green Flag Award-winning site, The Helix, home of The Kelpies, is the recipient ...

22 November 2025

Volunteer of the Year: Joanne Cheek

We are thrilled to announce Joanne Cheek, Treasurer of the Bedgrove Residents & Community Association (BRCA), as this year's Green Flag Award UK Best of ...

21 November 2025

Best habitat or biodiversity project: The GNOLLYWOOD initiative

We are delighted to announce that Gnoll Country Park Visitor Centre is the winner of this year's Green Flag Award UK Best of the Best for 'Best Habitat / B...

20 November 2025

30 Green Flag Awards flying over parks and green spaces in New Zealand and Australia

Seven sites in Australia and twenty-three in New Zealand raised a flag high in celebration, as winners were recognised on both the local and international st...

20 November 2025

Green Flag Award UK announces Best of the Best winners 2025

Hard working parks staff and volunteers who dedicate their time to protecting and enhancing some of the best Green Flag Award winning spaces in the UK have b...

18 November 2025

United Arab Emirates celebrates record-breaking 96 Green Flag Award winners

The announcement comes on the 10-year anniversary of the first Green Flag Awards being accredited in March 2015. Abu Dhabi Municipality has made history this...

30 October 2025

Two USA parks celebrate consecutive Green Flag Award wins

The first ever applicant in the USA - The Presidio of San Francisco won the award for the 6th consecutive year. Whilst Seward Park - the first municipal park...

10 October 2025

Historic achievement as Obolonsky Island in Kyiv receives the Green Flag Award

Despite facing the constant challenges resulting from the war in Ukraine, Obolonsky Island in Kyiv – described as the jewel of the city’s green infrastructur...

08 October 2025

Baku Seaside National Park makes history with first Green Flag Award in Azerbaijan

The announcement was made today marking an historic achievement for the country and the capital. Covering at area of 215 hectares and stretching 16km along t...