Celebrating the brilliance of bogs

Bog Day is celebrated around the world every year on the fourth Sunday in July. This year we'll be celebrating the brilliance of bogs on Sunday 26 July 2026.

This annual event, in celebration of bogs, fens, swamps and marshes, is an opportunity to raise awareness of all peatlands – the benefits they provide, the threats they face and the ways we can all help protect them.

Art and Energy encourage you to:

Learn more about how to get involved with our new project Our Land Flows…from Peat to Pipe and explore more about water from the peatlands of the high moors and how it becomes piped tap water to our homes. 

Watch our Peat-Fest South-West final Manifesto film and share our memories from around the South-West of sharing heritage-rich moments through youth-focused events, intergenerational skills exchange, creative activities, and digital storytelling.

Listen to our series of seven Peat-Fest South-West Bogcasts (podcasts) capturing voices of all ages as they share their love of peatlands and encourage you to love them too.

Find Bog Day content on the IUCN UK Peatland Programme website, including resources, events and projects from partners around the world working to conserve, restore and enhance our brilliant bogs. You can also find out what peatlands are and why they are so special.

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