Nature Connections 2025 on the 16 & 17th June 2025 promises to be bigger than better than ever. Across two exciting venues in Derby, the 7th of the Nature Connections series will include two days of talks, workshops and networking with researchers, practitioners and professionals exploring and growing Nature Connection. You can book your place here.
We will start by River Derwent in Derby city centre at The Museum of Making at the Silk Mill, the site of the world’s first factory. The starting point of an industrial relationship with nature, so a great place to hear the very latest on forging closer connections with nature.
Our second venue, new for 2025, is the amazing Electric Daisy which will host workshops, nature connection activities, space to relax and connect with other attendees, and the conference meal, drinks and networking on Monday night. The Electric Daisy is the brainchild of Down To Earth Regen, a forgotten space that has been transformed into something extraordinary—it’s an urban oasis, garden and a haven for nature in the heart of Derby.
Electric Daisy from electricdaisy.org
Our keynote speakers are David Drake, Director for People and Nature at Natural England), Dr Jessica Tipton, head of the National Education Nature Park at the Natural History Museum, and Prof. Miles Richardson, who will be sharing his very latest research into nature connection over the last two hundred years – and through to 2050!
There’s a programme of talks on understanding and deepening human-nature relationships, arts-based approaches to connecting people with nature, nature connection for children and young people, engaging people with nature, scaling and embedding nature connection, nature connection for health and wellbeing. These include a chance to hear from Lawyers for Nature on We Are Nature and about the largest urban rewilding project in the UK – that’s also in Derby. Plus, you can take part in a roundtable on Nature Connection in Schools.
The Silk Mill
As well as a packed programme of talks, there are workshops on evaluating nature connection, arts and movement-based workshops, a nature poetry workshop, nature connection walk to a nearby park, and more. There will be more spaces this year to meet with others or take part in nature-based activities.
Ten years on from the first Nature Connections, the event has grown into something very special. We look forward to welcoming you.
