Tuesday 23rd September 2025, 12 – 6.30pm
We are now fully booked.
Join us for an afternoon bringing together experts, practitioners, researchers, and inspirational community groups, to discuss all things Bathscape and beyond.
Through a series of panels and short talks, speakers will reflect on Bath’s landscape—past and present—and invite the audience to think creatively about what lies ahead.
Together, we’ll explore the impact and achievements of the Bathscape partnership so far, while also delving into broader questions about the future of Bath’s natural and built environment, and how we can ensure better access to nature for all.
You’ll also have the chance to meet local organisations working across Bath’s communities. They’ll share their inspiring projects, show how they’re helping to shape Bathscape’s future, and spark conversations about what comes next and how we can collaborate to get there.
We will be based in the Guildhall, Bath. We will be on the first floor in the Banqueting Hall, Aix de Provence and Kaposvar Rooms – www.bathvenues.co.uk/accessibility
There will be event photography on the day and our panel members will also be recorded. Please let a member of the team/photographer know if you’d like to be excluded from any photos.
Please contact us with any questions in the meantime: info@bathscape.co.uk
Outline of conference timings
12 to 1pm – register, and then join us for a delicious buffet lunch provided by Bath Community Kitchen, and meet local organisations.
1 to 1.10pm – Welcome and introductions
1.10 to 1.25pm – Keynote speeches – Dan Merrett, Bathscape Manager and Andrew Grant, Director – Grant Associates, and Chair of Bathscape Board
1.30 to 2.30pm – Panel led discussion – Past, present & future: Accessing the therapeutic landscape’ with panel members Julie Barnett (Chair), Professor of Health Psychology – University of Bath; Lucy Bartlett, Community Projects Officer – Bathscape; and Zina Abdulla, PhD Researcher in Green Equity – University of Bath
2.30-2.50pm – Break and informal discussions
2.50 – 3.50pm – Panel led discussion– Past, present & future: ‘A dynamic landscape city in an uncertain climate future’ with panel members Alex Sherman (Chair), CEO of Bath Preservation Trust and Bathscape Board Member; Marion Harney, Associate Dean, Education, Faculty of Engineering and Design and Professor of Buildings and Landscape Conservation – University of Bath and Chair of UNESCO World Heritage Site Advisory Board & Enhancement Fund and Bathscape Board member; Funda Kemal, module leader and lecturer in Architecture – Bath Spa University; founder member of not-for-profit organisation ‘Architecture Is….’ and Gitty Korsuize – Freelance urban ecologist (Utrecht)
4 to 5pm – Panel led discussion – Past, present & future: ‘Land use in the setting of a landscape city’ with Tom Boden (Chair), General Manager for the Bath Portfolio – National Trust and Bathscape Board Member; Amy Coulthard, Market Development Director – EnTrade; Hamish Evans, Head Farmer – Middle Ground Growers; Claire Loder and Jude Rice, Co-founders of Blooming Whiteway.
5.15 to 6pm – Inspiring and Growing ideas for Bath’s future – 10 minute talks in Kaposvar Room with Esther Sellassie Antohin – Fairfield House, and Founder and Executive Director, Heritage Watch Ethiopia Association; Bob Allies – Landscape Architect and Bath’s Architect in Residence; and Fiona Bell – Founder of Bath Urban Treescape and Crop Drop.
5.15 to 6pm – Networking and poster presentations around community group/organisation tables (with refreshments) in Banqueting Hall.
Exhibition tables: Blooming Whiteway, Friends of Lyncombe Hill Field, Cotswold National Landscape, National Trust, Front Gardens For Wildlife project, BRERC, More Trees B&NES, Grow Batheaston, Middle Ground Growers, Bath Natural History Society, Friends of Sydney Gardens, CPRE, ReNature ReConnect, National Trust, Climate and Nature Strategy Engagement.
