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Festival of Nature, the UK’s largest free celebration of the natural world, is back from June 10-18, 2022.
The festival runs across the West of England, organised since 2003 by the partners of The Natural History Consortium. After two years online, they are heading back outdoors in 2022 and want you to join them!
The team has put together an unmissable programme of 95 events, including nature walks and talks, wildlife workshops, and digital events across Bristol and Bath.
This year’s festival will host a mix of digital, hybrid, and in-person activities - with something for everyone. With a line up full of inspiring activities from gardening events and green social prescribing sessions to family nature workshops and film screenings, you don’t want to miss this!
See the full Festival of Nature 2022 programme
Four things not to miss
1. Behind the scenes with BBC’s Green Planet - Paul Williams, Producer and Director of BBC Studio’s recent production ‘The Green Planet’ welcomes Festival audiences to Watershed for a behind the scenes look at the making of the series, the power of plants, and what it is like to work with Sir David Attenborough. Find out more
2. Family Nature Party – the festival’s youngest visitors have a special takeover day all to themselves at Bristol Beacon, with a free family day of performances, workshops, stalls and activities all geared to kids under 10. Find out more
3. Green Social Prescribing ‘tasters’ – this year’s festival boasts a huge range of sessions to encourage people to get out and try something new in nature. Designed to promote health and wellbeing, sessions include wild swimming, gardening, nature writing, den building, Nordic walking and more. Find out more
4. Nature at Night – two feature events take a special look at nature after dark with a special collaboration between local researcher Andy Flack and Bristol’s City Poet Caleb Parkin, alongside a late night event that combines bat-watching with stargazing. Find out more
Read more:
- Parks & Gardens in Bristol
- Events Calendar
- Animals & Nature in Bristol
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