Environmental charity Keep Wales Tidy has unveiled this year’s Green Flag Award winners – the international mark of a quality park or green space.
Our Health Meadow – Ein Dôl Iechyd at University Hospital Llandough has achieved the coveted Green Flag Community Award in recognition of its high environmental standards, cleanliness, safety, and community involvement.
The Health Meadow which is the first of its kind at a hospital site in the UK, is a seven-acre meadow with a seven-acre woodland sitting within a clinical setting at University Hospital Llandough. It offers a unique opportunity to offer rehabilitation as well as providing space for nature to thrive.
The meadow benefits patients, staff, visitors and the wider community and is entirely through donations made to the Cardiff & Vale Health Charity.
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!”
A full list of award winners can be found on the Keep Wales Tidy website: www.keepwalestidy.cymru