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 next for Nature Networks and Climate Action in and around Selkirk? ☀️
Join us and Scottish Borders Climate Action Network at the Haining this Thursday 12th November at 12.45pm till 3pm, to discuss all things climate in Selkirk and the Valleys, map out potential nature corridors for community connection and hear from an organic farmer and Bright Green Nature about biodiversity improvements. This is a free event and a light lunch will be provided 🌱
The booking link for this event is in the comments. Hope to see you there!
There's still time to submit an application for a Bright Green Nature Wild Your Space microgrant in this round of funding. Our application form is simple and we have lots of guidance on our website, so why not have a go at giving nature a helping hand in your outdoor space? ☺️ https://brightgreennature.org/community-engagement/wildyourspace/microgrant/
Next Wednesday evening (11th Nov.) we have another showing of our very own presentation - Nature Restoration in the Scottish Borders.
This is a free event, and it's being very kindly hosted at Bellspool Coach House (near Dawyck Botanical Gardens) by Ellie Clarke. All the details are on the attached poster - including RSVP information.
There are lots of exciting restoration projects, big and small, taking place throughout the Borders, so please come along to find out more (and to share your own thoughts). After the presentation there will be plenty of time for discussion.
For further details on this event, or to arrange a showing in your part of the Borders please contact Fraser by email - fraser@brightgreennature.org
Next week we’ll be welcoming 6–10 Belted Galloways to Deer Park, where they’ll join our brilliant team of Exmoor ponies already doing a fantastic job of conservation grazing.
Belties are hardy, gentle cattle with their unmistakable white “belt”. They’re brilliant at grazing rougher grasses and browsing scrub, helping to create a varied patchwork of grassland that benefits wildflowers, insects, birds and lots of other wildlife.
Deer Park is a special open-access site with calcareous grassland, and careful grazing helps keep it open, varied and full of life. The Belties will complement the Exmoors by tackling different plants and creating a slightly different grazing pattern.
Keep an eye on this page over the next few weeks as we introduce you to the new arrivals! 🌼🦋
Photo credit: Marc Wilkinson@Inchkeith Organics
