Nature Hero Awards 2025/2026 open for application

A prize fund of €10,000 to help upgrade school gardens is available in the Nature Hero Awards 2025/2026, being promoted through the Biodiversity in Schools programme, writes Brian Byrne. The €10,000 will be shared between the winners in various categories, and home building company Glenveagh is the programme partner.

Applications are now open for the Awards, in which the Overall National Winner will receive €5,000. There are also prizes for Best Preschool (€1,000), Best Primary School (€1,000), Best Secondary School (€1,000) and eight Spot Prizes of €250.

Registration for the competition is available at this link. 

Pictured above at the official launch of the Awards with schoolchildren from Gaelscoil Dhroichead na Banndan, Co Cork are Annette McGarry, Head of Community Engagement, Glenveagh; Diarmuid Hayes, Operations Manager, Biodiversity in Schools; Mark Nolan, Founder and CEO, Biodiversity in Schools and (bottom centre), Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage with special responsibility for Nature, Heritage and Biodiversity, Christopher O’Sullivan.

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