Mount Stewart European Garden Awards

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That this House congratulates Mount Stewart Garden for their European Garden Award for creating exemplary climate change mitigation measures; notes that this fantastic award is given by the European Garden Heritage Network, which represents 210 parks across 21 countries; highlights that warmer summers, wetter winters and rising sea levels are altering the gardens which are set on the shore of Strangford Lough, and Mount Stewart are leading the way in making detailed plans, including maintaining the historic sea plantation; underlines the work of the garden team in ensuring that these extraordinary gardens have a future and can keep enriching the lives of everyone who visits; further notes how these gardens attract thousands of tourists every year; and further congratulates the whole team for their exceptional work to make this possible.