The Bristol Rainforest

Our Newest Family Member When a friend of a friend had a plant that was loved but growing too big for a happy household, we heard the call and went to rescue it. The Smart way to move a large plant It is now residing at our HQ in St. Paul's, and already we think we can divide it into 3 plants. But what is it? The smart money is on it being a Bird of Paradise plant. If that turns out to be the case, watch out for some spectacular flowers. We'll keep you posted.

A Journey Begins Anna and her Banyan Tree Anna is going to look after a baby Banyan tree until it's big enough to go to a local school and be adopted by a class of children there. This is an exciting adventure for Anna, and it’s a wonderful opportunity for all of us to learn about nature and the importance of trees in our lives. The Importance of Trees Trees are not just beautiful; they play a vital role in our environment. They provide oxygen, improve air quality, and suppor

Our Collaborators the Dumbrava Palerma Comunidad Based in Tenerife Also Sharing a Meal After Being Inspired by Our Eat Together Sundays in Bristol

Members of The Bristol Rainforest and the Rainforest Meditation Group Sharing the Joy of Sitting Down Together to Enjoy a Meal on Sunday. About to Harvest Salad Leaves From Our Wall of Veg System There's Lots of Time to Talk While Cooking Even the Chef Gets to Eat

Creating a rainforest environment inside a learning centre might sound ambitious, but at St Paul's Learning Centre, this vision is becoming a reality. This project aims to bring nature closer to students, offering a unique, hands-on experience that blends education with environmental awareness. The rainforest will serve as a living classroom, inspiring curiosity and teaching valuable lessons about biodiversity, ecosystems, and conservation. Why Build a Rainforest Indoors? Man

Our new volunteer, Kieran, got stuck right in helping to make huge plant boxes for the University of the West of England, UWE. Boxes are on wheels and will hold a number of tropical trees and compatible smaller plants underneath them creating a small piece of rainforest under the Engineering Building's atrium.

It's time for Bristol Food Network's Get Growing Trail this weekend 20th & 21st. We ate building another one of our Walls of Veg to show that anyone that had no garden can still grow on a wall. Come and see this and other ideas for growing food in our city.

We have a limited number of Baby Banyan trees for you to host, love them and look after them until they are old enough and big enough to...

Meditating together with your community in Nature, in a forest.

Come and plant your own Pomegranate tree with us at the Pickle Factory from 3pm today.

The two Co-Founders of the Bristol Rainforest met today in the Garden of Easton, St Marks Road, Easton. How can anyone fault such a...

Bristol Food Network is visiting this morning to interview us as part of their Get Growing Trail. They’re creating a short film to...

The film Plant Power  documents the journey of an individual during and after the COVID lockdown, showing how working with plants became a way of maintaining mental balance and purpose during a period of isolation. It follows how this personal practice gradually expanded beyond the individual, moving into schools and the wider local community as a shared activity rooted in care, growth, and connection. The film captures a shift in perspective. What begins as a private respons

A large Banyan tree which lived in this position at the Bristol Aquarium was moved to its new home at South Bristol Skills Academy. In...

Our trees at the South Bristol Skills Academy seem to be loving the heat. We've noticed that over the past few days many of the Banyan...

This is how I spent Lockdown, making a piece of sculpture to house a 27 year old strangler fig tree. The finished piece before the tree...

We were very impressed by the jungle in the atrium in OVO Energy's headquarters building near Temple Meads Station in Bristol Just take a...

Last week we visited the striking modern building of the South Bristol Skills Academy (SBSA) which is part of the City of Bristol...

I felt very welcomed at the school and was excited to see new possible locations for one of our Banyan trees in this school. I've been...