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
Bright Green Nature took centre stage at the Scotland: The Big Picture Conference this weekend! 🌿
We may be small, but we are mighty. On Saturday, our new CEO, Mark Holmes, had the honour of speaking to an audience of several hundred about how Bright Green Nature is restoring and reconnecting nature across the Scottish Borders—one community, one project and one small action at a time.
From building dykes and tracking wildlife to rewilding small spaces and creating hoverfly lagoons, we support people to make a real difference for nature wherever they are.
Our work is rooted in the Scottish Borders, powered by our wonderful followers and communities, and driven by two things: our love of nature and our love for this special place and its people.
Thank you for supporting us and helping Bright Green Nature grow. 💚
Looking to get outdoors tomorrow morning? Join us for our final climate walk and practical focusing on the role that wetlands play in mitigating the effects of climate change.🔥
This will be one of our final pond dipping sessions of the year, and we'll have the chance to act like a beaver as we create a leaky dam!🦫
"Really lovely mix of information and fabulous thought provoking pics." - Julie
Our inaugural showing of our presentation, Nature Restoration in the Borders and Beyond, took place in Stow on Friday evening - thanks again to Green Stow for hosting us.
We enjoyed a great turnout, and a mixed audience, with almost 30 people packing into the engine room at the Station House. Following the presentation there was a very worthwhile discussion, where the audience members had a chance to share their views and opinions.
The feedback was very positive (from Julie and many others) and we will be confirming other showings soon. If you would like us to visit a venue near you then please message fraser@brightgreennature.org
Today, our Junior Rangers were delighted to be invited back to the Eastgate Theatre #BacktoNatureFestival. As always they did us proud. Not only did they decide the theme, create fun displays, quizzes and activities, they were also able to engage everyone who came along, sharing their knowledge and enthusiasm for all things nature!
We look forward to being invited back again next year!
