Fjällbon Park has won the Green Flag Award for 2025–2026!
Finland has been recognised for its well-maintained and managed Green Flag Award green areas. At the exhibition in Lepaa on 14 August 2025, 24 green areas that had won the Green Flag Award were announced – some of them were already familiar winners and three were completely new sites. Fjällbo Park in Tuusula has been recognised with the award for the second time.
The number of green areas that won the award continued to grow from the previous year and is now the highest in the history of the Finnish Green Flag Award. The Green Flag Award is an award system that recognises the quality of green area maintenance and management. It is administered internationally by the British environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy and in Finland by the Finnish Green Environment Association.
Fjällbo Park, which was included in the selection process for the second time, impressed the judges with its natural values and diversity. According to the judges, the park is an exceptionally refreshing, natural forest park offering a variety of biotopes with meadows, rocky areas and lakeshores. The park’s natural values are well taken into account, for example with its decaying and dead trees, which provide numerous habitats for a diverse range of wildlife. It is nice to take a detour from the main paths to explore the forest trails, not to mention the magnificent pier pavilion, where you can rest or take a dip in the water.
Three first-time winners – green areas that renewed their applications retained their status
The Green Flag Award was won for the first time by the Old and New Cemeteries in Vaasa, the Kulosaari Cemetery in Helsinki and the Pirkkala Cemetery.
In addition to Fjällbo Park, the following locations renewed their membership last year: AhlmanEdu Campus in Tampere, Myllyranta Event Park in Lempäälä, Pikku-Vesijärvi Park in Lahti, Hatanpää Manor Park and Arboretum in Tampere, Lepaa Campus Park, Naisvuori in Mikkeli, Paraisten keskuspuisto, Kellonummen hautausmaa in Espoo, Harju Campus Park in Ravijoki, Jokilaakson matkailupuutarha in Lapua, Oulun Hupisaarten kaupunginpuisto, Riihimäen Perhospuisto, Snellmaninpuisto in Kuopio, Mikkelipuisto in Mikkeli and Finby Liikuntakeskus in Parainen. In addition, five parks in Kotka continue among the winners: Jokipuisto, Sapokan Vesipuisto, Fuksinpuisto, Sibeliuksenpuisto and Katariinan Meripuisto. The green areas received particular recognition from the judges for their high-quality maintenance, diverse vegetation areas and functionality in promoting the well-being of users.
The Green Flag Award is an internationally recognised accolade.
High-quality Green Flag Award sites take a comprehensive approach to users, the environment and operational strategy. Green areas that have won the Finnish Green Flag Award are part of an international network of over 2,400 green areas in 17 different countries, including Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Turkey, Belgium, Spain and the United States.
The Green Flag Award system is the only one of its kind in the world, in which a trained panel of judges assesses the performance of green spaces both in writing, using a maintenance and management plan, and through site visits. Each applicant receives annual written professional feedback, which evaluates the green area’s operations using a 27-point criteria. The criteria establish general standards for high-quality green areas, which can be used, for example, to justify and develop the funding required for the areas and to attract more users to the green areas.
For further information, please contact:
Tuusula Municipality, Municipal Gardener Mia Järvinen, mia.jarvinen@tuusula.fi, +358 40 314 4091
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