Bright Green Nature is a nature restoration charity based in the Scottish Borders.
We are thrilled to launch our new website with a special gift for you – a Mindful Minute from Deer Park. Please take a moment to pause, breathe, and immerse yourself in the peace of this beautiful place. Notice how it makes you feel and let nature’s calm inspire you.
Our aim is to empower and enable communities to protect nature in the places they love and to restore and protect rare and vulnerable habitats.
We work exclusively at small scale and grass roots level, working alongside communities to restore the places that they value.
We rely on the help of our valued volunteers and partners to achieve our ambitions.
Get in touch to learn how you can join us and help to make a difference.
We restore and protect the health and resilience of natural ecosystems, by:
Restoring, protecting and connecting habitats to conserve and improve abundance and resilience of native biodiversity
Restoring and protecting ecosystem function, health and resilience
Supporting and conducting research into ecosystem restoration practices; dissemination and interpretation of results to benefit nature and people
We connect and engage people with nature, by:
Improving the connectivity of people with Nature so that they are motivated to protect it
Making nature accessible to all; reaching new audiences through using nature to connect with people in innovative ways
Connecting people with their natural and cultural heritage to understand its importance in shaping how we understand nature and how we live with nature in the future
Empowering communities and individuals to learn new nature based skills and knowledge, to improve wellbeing and employability
What a privilege to spend a few hours in the Gala Policies with the amazing young people from Borders Additional Needs Group SCIO, where we enjoyed discovering a diverse range of fungi (too many to show!) along with many other delights of the woodland in autumn.
Then after lunch the group engaged in our careers presentation and found out what our Young Rewilders Forum is all about - a couple of them may even sign up!
Thanks to everyone at BANG for this opportunity, and we look forward to providing additional support in the future.....
Bright Green Nature's Wild Your Space! microfund is now open for applications. Grants of up to £350 are available to help households and schools to encourage wildlife into their outdoor spaces. The deadline for applications is Monday 9th November. Hop over to our website for more information, lots of guidance and our easy application form: https://brightgreennature.org/.../wildyourspace/microgrant/
🌲Selkirk Hill has not always been a lush woodland!🌲
Join Al Pattullo and Bright Green Nature as we explore the history of Selkirk Hill and its changes in land use over the centuries. We will also discuss surveying on the hill, and what it can tell us about the changes to come 🦋
This event will take place on Monday 2nd of November from 6.30pm in the Haining (w3w///cadet.cinemas.laws) as part of our indoor history talks for the Climate Engagement Project, partnering with Scottish Borders Climate Action Network and the Selkirk Hill Management Group. Booking link in the comments!
A clear sky last Saturday meant a lovely morning spent learning about voles and how we monitor them on Deer Park. Many thanks to all who came! 🐭
Our next climate events will move indoors with two history talks and our last nature network forum. Interested in coming along? Booking link in the comments. 🌱