Conferences

We run conferences to share ideas, bring people together and to put the spotlight on great work. We like to mix things up and often plan conferences that cross different professional boundaries and encourage a mix of disciplines to come together and discover common ground. In our experience this is how the best ideas emerge.

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Previous conferences

Let Nature Feed Your Senses national conference

6th September 2011 at Reaseheath College, Cheshire. This action-packed days left heads buzzing with ideas about sensory rich nature-based activities. A rich mix of talks and workshops, and Jo Schofield and Fiona Danks (authors of Going Wild) shared ideas to awaken a sense of wonder and enjoyment in the natural world. Read more and download some of the presentations...

Food, farming and nature in the city

Part of our Let nature feed your senses project, this conference in London brought together farmers, environmental organisations and community groups in December 2010 to learn how sensory-rich experiences, play, drawing and stories help make connections with nature, food and farming for people who don't normally have the chance. Read more and download the conference report...

A Sense of Place

Our first Sense of Place conference was in 2004. Sense of Place is about how we make better places. It is about making connections: connections between people and their environment; between people who didn’t realise they need to work together; and between ideas that have never existed in the same room before. To read more and to download conference reports follow these links:

• A Sense of Place 2009: sustainable placemaking
• A Sense of Place 2007: regeneration
• A Sense of Place 2006
• A Sense of Place 2004

Dementia, Environment and Community 2009

As part of our Creative Spaces project, this seminar was an insight into positive, creative and inspiring techniques that support and improve the quality of life for people with dementia and their families/carers. Read more and download the conference report...

Inclusive landscapes 2007

A one day seminar and training event to explore the role of landscape architects and landscape designers in creating environments that are valued and enjoyed by the widest range of people. Read more about Inclusive Landscapes...

Connecting young people and place

This conference at the University of Reading in 2008 brought together a multi-disciplinary mix of contibutions from the UK, Japan and Sweden to address the promotion of better quality environments for young people and better opportunities for nature-based play. Read more and download the conference report...

Learning from nature: environmental facilities in UK and Japan

Sensory Trust and the Association for Children's Environment (ACE, Japan) held this successful one-day conference in Tokyo, Japan. It was attended by university professors and students, and practitioners from botanic gardens, museums, design firms, environmental groups, amusement parks, schools, local governments and disabled peoples' organisations. Read more about the Ask project...

Public Parks: Keep Out

Sensory Trust and GreenSpace worked in partnership to run this international conference. Hosted in Manchester by the City Council, the event highlighted the importance of accessible parks and green spaces. Read more and download the conference report...