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Glasgow Times
a day ago
- Glasgow Times
Glasgow parks and open space win 2025 Green Flag Awards
The Glasgow Botanic Gardens and the Southern Necropolis were among the 88 parks and green spaces recognised by environmental charity, Keep Scotland Beautiful. The Green Flag awards are designed to celebrate clean, safe, and well-maintained parks and green spaces across Scotland. Read more: 'It's an incredible honour': Glasgow woman makes history at major UK port These awards recognise areas managed by local authorities, community groups, universities, and other organisations. The Botanic Gardens, managed by Glasgow City Council, received the Green Flag Award for the 15th consecutive year. Meanwhile, the Southern Necropolis, managed by Friends of Southern Necropolis, won the Green Flag Community Award for the sixth year running. The Green Flag Awards serve as an international benchmark for quality outdoor spaces. This year, a total of 88 parks and gardens were recognised in Scotland, eight more than in 2024. A further 2,251 parks across the UK also received awards, up by 23 from the previous year. Read more: 'We were so impressed': Glasgow communities achieve five-star environmental rating Jamie Ormiston, training and accreditation co-ordinator at Keep Scotland Beautiful, said: "We're delighted to announce the winners of the 2025 Green Flag Awards and even more so at the increase in numbers from last year's total. "It's fantastic to see our stalwart parks across the country recognised once again for their commitment to environmental excellence and a desire to offer visitors a safe and enjoyable place to visit." 'Our new winners have shown a similar desire, and their journey is only just beginning, but I look forward to many more wins in the future. 'Parks across Scotland are vital spaces for people of all ages to reconnect with nature, and I'm delighted we once again have winners all over the country – including plenty of new areas – for people to enjoy during the summer months.' The full list of Scottish winners is available to view on the Keep Scotland Beautiful website.
Edinburgh Reporter
2 days ago
- General
- Edinburgh Reporter
Green flags for Edinburgh parks
Some 38 Edinburgh parks number among the 88 parks and green spaces recognised by Keep Scotland Beautiful with a Green Flag Award. Two new parks are included – Braidburn Valley Park where the Friends instructed a mural to be created, and Harrison Park both managed by The City of Edinburgh Council. Burdiehouse Burn Valley Park, Seven Acres Park and Spylaw Park have all won flags for the tenth year in a row. Jamie Ormiston, Training and Accreditation Coordinator at Keep Scotland Beautiful, said: 'We're delighted to announce the winners of the 2025 Green Flag Awards and even more so at the increase in numbers from last year's total. 'It's fantastic to see our stalwart parks across the country recognised once again for their commitment to environmental excellence and a desire to offer visitors a safe and enjoyable place to visit. 'Our new winners have shown a similar desire and their journey is only just beginning but I look forward to many more wins in the future. 'Parks across Scotland are vital spaces for people of all ages to reconnect with nature and I'm delighted we once again have winners all over the country – including plenty of new areas – for people to enjoy during the summer months.' The parks included on the Green Flag list are as follows: Braidburn Valley Park Bloomiehall Park Burdiehouse Burn Valley Park EH17 8EX Corstorphine Hill Craigmillar Castle Park Easter Craiglockhart Hill Local Nature Reserve Fairmilehead Park Ferniehill Community Park Ferry Glen & Back Braes Figgate Park Hailes Quarry Park Harrison Park Hermitage and Blackford Hill Local Nature Reserve Hopetoun Crescent Garden Inverleith Park King George V Park Lauriston Castle Lochend Park London Road Gardens Morningside Park Muir Wood Park Pentland Hills Regional Park Portobello Community Garden Prestonfield Park Princes Street Gardens Ravelston Woods Local Nature Reserve and Park Rosefield Park Saughton Park Seven Acres Park Spylaw Park St Katharine's Park St Margaret's Park Starbank Park Station Road Park Victoria Park The Lawn and Central Woodlands managed by Heriot Watt University, Corstorphine Hill LNR Community Walled Garden managed by Friends of Corstorphine Hill and the garden at Royal Edinburgh Hospital managed by NHS Lothian complete the list for Edinburgh. Braidburn Valley Park mural. Photo: © 2022, Martin P. McAdam Like this: Like Related
Daily Record
2 days ago
- General
- Daily Record
Cambuslang Park wins prestigious Green Flag Award for eleventh year in a row
The international award i smade by environmental charity Keep Scotland Beautiful. Cambuslang Park has won a prestigious Green Flag Award for an incredible eleventh year in a row. The international award by environmental charity Keep Scotland Beautiful acts as a benchmark for clean, safe and well-maintained parks and green spaces, and recognises the very best of the country's outdoor areas. Green Flag Awards support the opportunities that green spaces provide to enable exercise, improve mental wellbeing and provide safe spaces for play. Cambuslang Park features floral display areas, an ampitheatre area, and recreation areas. There is also a good network of pathways to enjoy a walk around the park,a large play area suited to children of all ages, three grass football pitches and a multi-use games area (MUGA). The popular park in Cambuslang spanning 27 acres was one of three green spaces in South Lanarkshire to once again be presented with a Green Flag Award. Strathaven Park won for a thirteenth consecutive year, and Castlebank Park in Lanark won for its tenth year in a row. Winners of the 2025 awards include parks managed by local authorities, community groups, universities and other organisations. Jamie Ormiston, training and accreditation coordinator at Keep Scotland Beautiful, said: 'We're delighted to announce the winners of the 2025 Green Flag Awards and even more so at the increase in numbers from last year's total. 'It's fantastic to see our stalwart parks across the country recognised once again for their commitment to environmental excellence and a desire to offer visitors a safe and enjoyable place to visit. 'Our new winners have shown a similar desire and their journey is only just beginning but I look forward to many more wins in the future. 'Parks across Scotland are vital spaces for people of all ages to reconnect with nature and I'm delighted we once again have winners all over the country – including plenty of new areas – for people to enjoy during the summer months.' Eighty-eight parks and green spaces have won a Green Flag Award this year, an increase of eight on the Scottish 2024 total. Across the UK there were 2251 winners in 2025, an increase of 23 on last year's total.
