{"id":40611,"date":"2026-02-25T14:11:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T14:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/landscapeinstitute.org\/?page_id=40611"},"modified":"2026-06-02T15:20:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T15:20:47","slug":"brenda-colvin-legacy-award","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/landscapeinstitute.org\/awards\/award-categories\/brenda-colvin-legacy-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Brenda Colvin Legacy Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"40611\" class=\"elementor elementor-40611\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9359c77 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9359c77\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" 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data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About this award<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7497b68 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7497b68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This award celebrates a person, group, or organisation that has left, or aims to leave, a significant, lasting legacy to the landscape profession, to public perception of landscape, or to the environment.<\/p><p>That legacy could be embodied within a single project or a body of work, it could have been achieved through lobbying and advocacy, or it could even be through an enduring contribution to education, research, policy or practice.<\/p><p>If you feel your work has, or will have, an enduring legacy, then please nominate it for the Brenda Colvin Legacy Award.<\/p><p>This award is open, but not limited to:<\/p><ul><li>Local Authority Parks and Open Spaces<\/li><li>Trusts or other independent\/joint venture bodies<\/li><li>Estates and heritage parks and gardens in private ownership<\/li><li>Government bodies and agencies<\/li><li>Community groups and residents associations<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"e-paragraph-base\" data-interaction-id=\"273e4c2\"  data-e-type=\"widget\" data-id=\"273e4c2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Entries have now closed<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a9dbca elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"1a9dbca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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