Welcome to
Scotland’s Finest Woods Awards

The 2025 Awards Programme
is now closed for entries – good luck to all who entered!

The annual Scotland’s Finest Woods Awards’ Programme strives to reward and showcase all that is best in Scotland’s forests and woods.  This is your opportunity to shine the light on your woodland project and be recognised for your efforts along with your trees.  We greatly value your participation so that the Awards programme can happen.  Along the way, the Programme is delivered with the contributions of many, including you, our entrants, our volunteer trustees and judges, sponsors and supporters as well as event support and others.  Thank you for your contribution to making the Awards ceremony the success it was.

You can find details about each of the Award Categories on the individual ‘Awards’ webpages where you will also find the details about the entry criteria and the entry form with guidance for entrants.  We are pleased to announce a new category this year, for Urban Forestry.  The entry criteria vary each year so please check if your project is eligible.  Please note that entries for the schools and early years’ competitions have now closed – all other entries close on 31 May 2025.

Check back here soon for news of the 2025 programme and follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn to be kept informed of updates.

Winners for 2024  

Thank you to all entrants who took the time to enter their project for the 2024 Awards Programme.  We were delighted to announce the winners at an Awards Ceremony on 27 November 2024, during National Tree Week at the Scottish Parliament.

Early Years Award

Schools Award

New Native Woods

Farm Woodland Award – Scottish Woodlands Trophy for Young People

Fountains Forestry Farm Woodland Award for Whole Farm and Lilburn Trophy

Quality Timber Awards – New Commercial Woods

Quality Timber Awards – Excellence in Silviculture (single stand, compartment or small woodland)

Quality Timber Awards – Multipurpose Forestry

Quality Timber Awards – Dulverton Flagon

Climate Change Champion Award

Community Woodland Group – Small Group Winner

Community Woodland Group – Large Group Winner and Overall winner of the Tim Stead Trophy for Community Woodlands

If you’d like to remind yourself of previous winners, have a look
at the recordings of the Awards Ceremonies in 2021, 2022 and 2023, held as hybrid events.