The Volunteer Award is intended to celebrate volunteers and recognise the value of volunteering; showcase volunteers and the contribution they make; and encourage volunteering through a variety of roles.
The 2025 winner will receive a unique framed certificate and glass keepsake, and will be announced at our Volunteer Celebration at Stowe on Tuesday 9 July – book your free ticket here.
You can read about the winners of last year’s 2024 Volunteer Award here – Barbara Moth and Claire de Carle.
Criteria
Anybody can nominate someone they know for the Award, but candidates must be active volunteers with either a County Gardens Trust or the Gardens Trust. They can be nominated as an individual or as a team.
Candidates will need to be volunteers involved in at least one of the following, in the past 2 years:
- Making a difference to the day to day running of a County Gardens Trust or the national Gardens Trust
- The research and conservation aspects of a County Gardens Trust or the national Gardens Trust
- Work for a County Gardens Trust or the Gardens Trust to reach new audiences to encourage interest and/or involvement in garden history
We are proud that there are many other volunteers, including those who are particularly long-serving, and intend to thank them in other ways.
Please email Catherine.ford@thegardenstrust.org if there is someone you would like to highlight.
To make a nomination
Nominations are now closed for 2025 but will reopen later this year for 2026.
Fill in the form below or alternatively download a GT Volunteer Award Application Form here and return this to Catherine.ford@thegardenstrust.org.
You may wish to email Catherine sooner to check that your nominee hasn’t already been put forward by someone else.
Volunteer Award 2025 Application Form
Applications are closed for 2025 but will reopen later this year.
