Green Flag flying at Denmark Farm
Environmental charity Keep Wales Tidy has unveiled this year’s Green Flag Award winners – the international mark of a quality park or green space.
Denmark Farm Conservation Centre has achieved the coveted Green Flag Community Award in recognition of its high environmental standards, cleanliness, safety, and community involvement.
Denmark Farm Conservation Centre, has been a valuable community resource for the past 37 years. Wildlife is at the heart of everything we do. We aim to help people reconnect with nature and improve biodiversity at our 40 acre nature reserve. Denmark Farm is enjoyed by families and nature-lovers, students and professionals. Come and see for yourself… if you love nature then you’ll love Denmark Farm!
Mara Morris, Engagement Manager at Denmark Farm said:
“Gaining the Green Flag Award is an important recognition of all our amazing volunteers and the work they do keeping the nature reserve accessible to the community year round. With their support we can continue to manage this special site, increase biodiversity and enable everybody to enjoy the outdoors for improved health and well being.”
Volunteers celebrating Green Flag award
199 community managed green spaces across the country have met the high standards needed to receive the Green Flag Community Award.
Now in its third decade, Green Flag recognises well-managed parks and green spaces in 20 countries around the world.
In Wales, the awards scheme is run by Keep Wales Tidy. Lucy Prisk, Green Flag Coordinator for Keep Wales Tidy said:
“We’re thrilled to see a new record number of 199 community managed green spaces in Wales have achieved Green Flag status, which is testament to the dedication and hard work of hundreds of volunteers.
“These sites, which play a vital role in the physical and mental well-being of communities across Wales, are now recognised as among the best in the world, having met the high standards required to achieved Green Flag Community status. Congratulations!”
Visitors enjoying the wild flower meadows at Denmark Farm and discovering what lives in the pond.
A full list of award winners can be found on the Keep Wales Tidy website: www.keepwalestidy.cymru
