Many congratulations to our 2025 winners of the Gordon Miller Award; The Stablecroft Project at the National Trust’s Moseley Old Hall in the West Midlands. Read more on the Stablecroft Project in the Winter 25/26 issue of Ranger Magazine.
Now the search is underway to find the most deserving project, initiative or innovative practice that has made or is making an outstanding contribution to countryside/urban greenspace management for the Gordon Miller Award 2026. The Award is presented annually, with the ‘trophy’ being passed to the next recipient.
The Award is a way of acknowledging the hard work and commitment of people who contribute to making the UK’s countryside and urban greenspace a wonderful and inspiring place to visit, live and work in. Each year CMA will look for a person or a group of people for whom sharing their knowledge, skills, experience and enthusiasm has resulted in an exceptional contribution to the management of the countryside and/or urban greenspace of the UK.
If you would like to submit an entry for 2026 please complete and return the nomination form (link below) by midnight on Sunday 13 September.
How to apply for the Gordon Miller Award 2026
You can nominate a person or organisation that you feel deserves to be the winner of the Award, or you can put forward one of your own projects. Nominees do not have to be members of the Countryside Management Association.
Nominations are welcome for/from:
- Employers
- Other organisations/groups
- Volunteers
- Individual countryside management staff
Gordon Miller Award – Nomination Form
