RSA Forest of Imagination 2025

You are warmly invited to step into this year’s Forest of Imagination and meet RSA Fellows there to enjoy the installations and activities on offer. We welcome you to engage with art and nature, and share your reflections about how we can reimagine education in the face of the ecological crisis.

Preview of the Forest

Tuesday 2nd September, 6-8pm

Locksbrook Campus G.08, Bath Spa University

Come for an exclusive insight into what is happening in the Forest this year to reimagine and re-shape a familiar local space. You will hear from Andrew Grant, co-founder of Forest of Imagination and landscape architect, and Luke Macnab, architect.

Hosted by Penny Hay, co-founder of Forest of Imagination and Professor of Imagination, Bath Spa University

Wander in the Forest

Wednesday 1st October, 4-6pm

Entry Hill, Bath BA2 5NA

Join RSA Fellows and friends for a guided walk through the Forest, with prompts for imagination and reflection. You will receive some guidelines and the opportunity to share any insights about the connections between art, nature – and us.

Hosted by Helen Gormley, educator, coach and learning designer blending creativity, coaching and positive psychology to shape spaces for growth, leadership, lifelong learning and human flourishing.

Climate Education Roundtable

Thursday 2 October, 4-6pm

Entry Hill, Bath BA2 5NA

Come to listen to a discussion about creativity in climate education with Margaret Heffernan educators and students from Bath Spa University, and find out about the RSA’s Youth Fellowship Fellowship offer for 18-25 year olds.

Chaired by Andrew Kelly, writer, commentator, interviewer and former Director of ‘Bristol Ideas’.

Tales from the Forest

Thursday 13th November, 6-8pm

BRLSI, Queen’s Square

Discover highlights from this year’s Forest and learn about the RSA’s Playful Green Planet initiative. You will be invited to listen to stories from participants and share what links between art and nature might mean for you and our wider communities.

Hosted by Kate Monkhouse, RSA Fellowship Engagement Manager South West

“The natural world is a powerful generator of childhood curiosity and those early sparks of imagination are often at the heart of our life-long creativity.” Andrew Grant (Grant Associates) and Penny Hay (House of Imagination and Bath Spa University)

Forest of Imagination is a partnership between Grant Associates, House of Imagination, Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios and Bath Spa University, working alongside the creative, cultural and educational community to re-imagine a familiar space to highlight the importance of nature and imagination in all of our lives, in the face of the ecological crisis. This year’s Forest will take place at Entry Hill in the city of Bath, showcasing sculpture installations, art work and interactive activities.

The RSA is the royal society for arts, manufactures and commerce – a global network of changemakers enabling people, places and the planet to flourish in harmony. The RSA’s Playful Green Planet champions nature-based play as important for children’s development and wellbeing as well as their connection and care for nature. Playful Green Planet transforms green spaces into ecologically thriving outdoor playrooms and classrooms that grow children’s (0-11) ecological citizenship.

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