Norfolk Festival of Nature

Now in its fifth year, Norfolk Festival of Nature celebrates the cultural relationships that exist between people and the natural world. The weekend of 14th/15th March 2020 at The Forum in Norwich will launch a month of events across Norfolk celebrating all things nature. The Norfolk Festival of Nature partnership brings many of the top Norfolk wildlife organisations together in the heart of the city, providing free children’s activities, information, wildlife walks, talks and workshops with experts from around the county on nature in Norfolk: past, present and future.

This year the festival will open with an event on Saturday 14th March in the evening exploring this year’s theme – ‘Nature and Wellbeing’. What does our experience of wildlife and the natural world do for our health, physical and mental? Come and join in with questions for our panel of experts who will be reflecting on personal experience and the latest research.

The festival continues on Sunday 15th March when the Atrium in the Forum will be full of stalls run by our various partner organisations, providing children’s activities, information and guided walks for the whole family.

After that, see our listings below for a programme of events taking place across Norfolk in the following weeks. From talks about birding to a riverside writing workshop, from a ‘night sky adventure’ to a literary tour of the North Norfolk coast, we’re sure you’ll find something to excite and inspire you.

During this time, we are also encouraging you to share a special Norfolk place or experience in nature with friends and family, something that means a lot to you but that others may not know about. As Richard Mabey reminds us, ‘what you take for granted might be a revelation to your neighbour.’ Follow us and tell us what you shared: @NFOfNature

Launch Weekend Events

The Forum is the focus for our launch weekend events, including our annual ‘panel debate’ – this year looking at nature and wellbeing – which takes place on the Saturday evening and is a ticketed event. On the Sunday the Forum will be full of stalls, run by our various partner organisations, providing children’s activities, information and guided walks for the whole family; all welcome and no tickets required.

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Other events – running across the county over the following weeks

This year, for the first time, our partner organisations are running a series of Norfolk Festival of Nature events across the county; these include walks, talks and a dark sky adventure.

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