Created: Mar 12, 2026 07:00 PM (Updated: Mar 13, 2026 06:38 PM)
Waterville, the Bermuda National Trust headquarters, in Paget (File photograph)
Members of the public can nominate individuals, organisations or schools for the Bermuda National Trust’s annual awards.
Karen Border, BNT executive director, said the awards recognise those who work “year after year to preserve our heritage in a variety of ways.”
Nominations are open for the Cultural Heritage, Natural Heritage, Outstanding Young Environmentalist, Heritage Education and Young Heritage Leadership awards.
A statement said BNT will also present its highest honour, the Palmetto Award, “for outstanding service to the community in areas of concern to the trust, or service to the trust itself”.
Bermuda National Trust awards
Cultural Heritage awards: nominees advocate for cultural heritage, restore or sensitively add to historic buildings, participate in programmes that raise awareness and appreciation for Bermuda’s heritage, conserve heritage sites or artefacts and conduct research that adds to the understanding of the island’s culture
Natural Heritage awards: nominees work to restore, advocate for and protect the environment, inspire awareness and appreciation for, and conduct research relating to, Bermuda’s natural heritage
Outstanding Young Environmentalist: someone aged 26 or younger who has contributed to Bermuda’s natural heritage “for a considerable length of time”
Heritage Education awards: given to schools and after-school clubs for programmes, projects or initiatives that show care for Bermuda’s natural and cultural heritage
Young Heritage Leadership: someone aged 26 or younger who has contributed to Bermuda’s cultural heritage “for a considerable length of time”
Bermuda National Trust awards
Cultural Heritage awards: nominees advocate for cultural heritage, restore or sensitively add to historic buildings, participate in programmes that raise awareness and appreciation for Bermuda’s heritage, conserve heritage sites or artefacts and conduct research that adds to the understanding of the island’s culture
Natural Heritage awards: nominees work to restore, advocate for and protect the environment, inspire awareness and appreciation for, and conduct research relating to, Bermuda’s natural heritage
Outstanding Young Environmentalist: someone aged 26 or younger who has contributed to Bermuda’s natural heritage “for a considerable length of time”
Heritage Education awards: given to schools and after-school clubs for programmes, projects or initiatives that show care for Bermuda’s natural and cultural heritage
Young Heritage Leadership: someone aged 26 or younger who has contributed to Bermuda’s cultural heritage “for a considerable length of time”
Nomination forms can be downloaded from bnt.bm/about-us/annual-awards or collected from the trust’s Waterville headquarters in Paget.
BNT committees will research and consider all nominations, which must be submitted by midnight on April 10. The awards will be presented on June 25.
• Contact Dörte Horsfield, BNT head of development and programming, at [email protected] or 236-6483 ext 222 for more information
