About this award
This award celebrates excellence in the management of existing landscapes, including parks. This must be demonstrated through a written plan or strategy, or demonstrable outcome. The management approach could be cross-cutting, seeking to improve outcomes across a range of ecosystem services, or it could be a targeted intervention on an individual aspect. The project should seek to maximise value for people, place and nature.
This award is open, but not limited to:
- Local Authority Parks and Open Spaces
- Trusts or other independent/joint venture bodies
- Estates and heritage parks and gardens in private ownership
- Government bodies and agencies
- Community groups and residents associations
A Landscape Vision for Bedgebury, The Environment Partnership (TEP) Ltd © David Jenner
City of London North London Open Spaces Management Plans © Land Management Services Ltd
Judging criteria
In selecting an eventual winner, the judges will focus especially on the requirements under the Sustainability criteria and on the degree to which the entry:
- has considered its impact on all users and evidences community involvement where appropriate
- provides clarity of advice and recommendations: specifically aims and objectives and delivery through conservation, enhancement and management
- provides clarity in definition of duties, roles and responsibilities for implementation
- has evidence of stakeholder engagement in development of documentation and implementation
- shows how the project maximises its impact on human health and wellbeing, and other social outcomes
Limitations
To enter this Award:
- The work may be any scale
- Part of the awarded activity must have taken place between July 2022 and July 2026
- An LI member is required as one of the team members submitting