23/07/2015

15 Belfast Parks Awarded Green Flags

Fifteen Belfast parks have awarded Green Flags, fourteen retaining the quality standard they also attained last year.

Knocknagoney Park in east Belfast is the latest to achieve the environmental quality standard which besides management and aesthetics of parks also incorporates conservation and heritage, environmental sustainability, safety, community involvement and marketing.

Parks which retained the Green Flags are Belfast Botanic Gardens; Barnett Demesne; Grove, Belmont; Cavehill Country Park; Dunville; Lagan Meadows; Musgrave; Ormeau; Falls; Roselawn Cemetery; Sir Thomas and Lady Dixon Park; Woodvale and Waterworks Park.

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