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BNT Summer Camps 2020 (ALL CAMPS ARE FULL)
Sign your kids up this summer break for one of our interesting and educational BNT Camps! Children will take part in fun activites, learn about Bermuda's spring traditions, history, heritage and more!
Download the sign up form below for more information or e-mail dhorsfield@bnt.bm
PLEASE NOTE: ALL CAMPS ARE NOW FULL
INSPIRING BERMUDA'S CHILDREN AND BRINGING NATURAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE TO LIFE
For Teens
At the Bermuda National Trust Annual Awards we present awards to kids, teenagers and schools who have worked for the benefit of Bermuda and its people, to preserve places of beauty or historical interest, buildings, artefacts, lands and animal and plant life, and to promote their appreciation.
Volunteer! There are many ways to get involved with Bermuda National Trust.
AIM is the ideal programme for students to fulfill mandatory and voluntary Community Service hours. AIM is designed to Activate, Inspire and Motivate students with projects in BNT open spaces, nature reserves, historic buildings and landmarks. Combining community service, education and the great outdoors encourages valuable links for youth development, character building as well as providing pathways for career and vocational ideas and opportunities. Email palmetto@bnt.bm for more information.
Annual Awards for Students and Schools
Michael Darling Shield
This is awarded in recognition of projects, programmes or initiatives by a school demonstrating care of the environment or preservation of Bermuda's heritage. It was established in honour of Lt Col Michael Darling who served as the Trust President, 1977-79 and 1982-84
Outstanding Young Environmentalists
Awarded to young persons demonstrating an exceptional contribution to the preservation of Bermuda's natural environment
(Must be less than 26 years as of December 31, 2017)
BNT Awards Nomination Form click here
Bermuda National Trust 2017 Earth Day Video Competition
The Bermuda National Trust, together with sponsor Marshall, Diel & Myers celebrated Earth Day 2017 with the Earth Day Student Video Competition mini film festival and prize-giving for Primary, Middle and Senior School students at BUEI on Friday, April 21.
Prizes and awards were presented to the 75 students who submitted 24 videos with the first prize in the Primary School category going to Bermuda High School students Lily Jones and Ella Younie for their video about pollution called ‘Wave Goodbye to Pollution’. Yvé Smith, Kaylah Stamper and Layla Williams of Bermuda High School won the first prize in the Middle School category for their video called ‘Getting out into Nature’.
The videos focused on a wide variety of topics relating to the environment such as Local Food, Getting out into Nature, Remarkable Trees, The Ocean Around Us and The meaning of Earth Day. Students expressed their stories in different and engaging ways. Somerset Primary School students Anai Jjonbwe and Ethan Kessell filmed at Spittal Pond, Fort Scaur and Somerset Long Bay and showcased the beauty and value of these sites winning the ‘Best Awareness Ambassador Award’. In the video ‘Remarkable Trees’, Bermuda High School students Cascidy Davis, Hannah Madeiros, Doireann O’Shaughnessy and Georgie Swayne used clever animation to showcase Bermuda’s trees, winning the ‘Most Informative Award’, while the video ‘Getting Out Into the Ocean Around Us’ by Somerset Primary School students India Bascome, Samantha Barbosa, Bethany Gibbons and Sumayyah Ramatar showed that everyone can help the fight against marine plastic pollution by cleaning up our beaches.
All of the videos and a complete listing of prizes and awards can be viewed on www.bnt.bm (https://www.bnt.bm/news/227-young-creatives-of-bermuda-honoured-at-earth-day-video-film-festival). The films will also be aired on CITV. The Trust hopes these productions will spark lively discussions and change habits towards a greener and healthier Bermuda. Several of the student teams will be doing their part by planting Bermuda Olivewood trees or Milkweed plants which were presented to them for entering the competition.
Earth Day Video Competition 2016
The Bermuda National Trust, together with sponsor ‘ Marshall, Diel & Myers’ celebrated Earth Day 2016 by listening to the voices of our children at the Earth Day Student Video Competition prize giving for primary, middle and senior school students. Prizes were awarded to 50 students who submitted 19 videos with the overall winner and 1st prize in the Primary School Category going to Saltus students Jessica Bucher, Celena Presti and Courtney Rego for their video about invasive species called ‘Taking Over Bermuda’. Jasmine Colmet, Alia Peets and Skylar Trott of BHS won the 1st prize in the Middle Year Category for their animated video called ‘Invasive Species’ and Rakaja Simmons and Jahstice Trott of CedarBridge Academy won 1st prize in the Senior School Category for their video about The Bermuda National Trust’s nature reserves called ‘Beautiful Bermuda’. To view all the videos please click here.
Photos of some of the winners at the prize presentation on April 22nd, 2016
EDV flyer 2016.pdf
Earth Day Video Competition 2015
The Bermuda National Trust invited students to enter videos with themes titled 'Earth Day', 'Pollution' and 'Alternative Energy’, ‘Endangered Species’ and ‘Can We live without Plastic?’. Students submitted 2-4 minute videos and were judged on their content clarity, creativity, production and their ability to create a memorable & interesting video.
Students were highly praised by Tim Marshall, partner at Marshall Diel and Myers who sponsored the event for the second year and Minister of Education The Honorable Wayne Scott JP, MP who also presented prizes donated by Andrew Stevenson, Island Winds, Royal Gazette Stationary Store, Specialty Cinema & Grill, Fantasea Diving, Bermuda Fun Golf and Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute during the mini film festival and prize presentation at BUEI on Earth Day.
Winner 1st Prize (Primary/Middle Year Student Category):
‘Endangered Species—What Can We Do?’
Taijae Davis, Nanami Ingram, Aleylah Lema, Jeanella Marquez, Satasia Swann & Njeri Thomas
Northlands Primary
https://youtu.be/FYR-UenYkcM
Winner 2nd prize (Primary/Middle Year Student Category): ‘What’s Up With All This Plastic?’
Malsha Amarasinghe, Yarhi Bradshaw, Anjelina Chandrasekaran, Ahmya Peets, A’vari Raynor-Hall, Ande Simons & Timaris Thomas
Prospect Primary
https://youtu.be/F8N4XVrJwwU
Winner 3rd Prize (Primary/Middle Year Student Category): ‘We Have An Alternative ‘
Tamari Landy & Ashley Stephens
Bermuda High School
https://youtu.be/wRuEio3eT5Y
Winner 1st Prize (Lower Primary Student Category): ‘Brothers Doing Their Part ‘
Miles & Macen Outerbridge
Somersfield Academy
Winner 1st Prize (Senior Student Category): ‘True Reflections ‘
Lulu Hedstrom
Greenwich Academy, CT, USA
http://youtu.be/2ik2BsmDWy8
Most Informative Video: ‘To Be Or Not To Be? ‘
Aayuah Boyles, Erin Cardoso, Monique Cordeiro & Bryanna Furtado
Mount Saint Agnes
https://youtu.be/U8TDdAl9Hkk
Most memorable Video: ‘Life’s A Beach ‘
Brianna Lopes, Julia Pimentel, Jada Rawlins & Conor Sinclair
Mount Saint Agnes
https://youtu.be/9cNIS2yZRSc
Best Sustainability Message: ‘Power It Up! ‘
Malik Joell, Tao Lambert, Matthew Amaral & Christian Roque
Mount Saint Agnes
https://youtu.be/3epUgOyRtqg
Best Use Of Emotion: ‘Ocean and Sunset ‘
Hailey Hayward
Somersfield Academy
https://youtu.be/RV2umK7yI1U
Most Original Video: ‘The Trash Talkers ‘
Caroline Amaral, Joseph Garca, Catia Pimentel & Lauren Smyth
Mount Saint Agnes
http://youtu.be/ViGRjVcLpaw
Mary Prince and School Lands Cottages
Mary Prince was born into slavery in Devonshire in about 1788. The 1831 narrative of her life ‘The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave’ was the first published account of the life of a female slave and had a huge impact on the abolition movement.
The Bermuda National Trust acquired School Lands Cottages, just off St John’s Road in Pembroke, in 1981. One of the cottages to the east of the property was the one in which Mary endured cruel treatment at the hands of ‘Captain I’ (John Ingham) and his wife.
Listed as owner of School Lands from 1789 to 1827, John Ingham lived at the property with his wife Mary Spencer Albouy. Mary Prince’s description leaves little doubt that this was the house in which she spent miserable years. In her narrative, after she was sold to a new owner in 1800, she describes being “given into the charge of his son, a lad about my own age, Master Benjy, who took me to my new home”. Ingham’s oldest child was Benjamin, who was baptised in 1790. ‘Captain I’ and his wife were the worst kind of slave owners, gratuitously cruel to a willing young girl.
Still Mary’s hardships continued: she was sold to a new owner who sent her to make salt in the Turks Islands, where she endured horrific suffering. In 1818, back in Bermuda, she was sold again. This owner eventually took her to London where she found shelter in a Moravian church and the opportunity to tell her story. In 1931 her narrative was published. The slave trade was finally abolished in the British Empire in 1834.
Read Mary’s narrative here at Project Guttenberg
BNT Education in the News
Stepping back in time at Verdmont excavation (June 27th, 2013)
Students spread Bermuda’s historic architecture worldwide 30th May, 2013
Setting the Stage for Learning (May 9th, 2013)
Greenrock/National Trust Earth Day award on Monday
Technology, treasure hunts and experimental learning (April 11th, 2013)
Helping children to appreciate island’s natural beauty (6th December 2012)
BNT AXIS Education Programme September 2012 Newsletter
Making friends, having fun and learning all about Bermuda (July 19th, 2012)
For more information email education@bnt.bm
Welcome to the Bermuda National Trust
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The Bermuda National Trust cares for 277 acres comprised of 82 properties that represent much of the best of Bermuda's heritage – traditional historic houses, islands, farmland, wetlands, gardens, cemeteries, nature reserves and coastline. In addition, three museums display an outstanding collection of artefacts owned and made by Bermudians, telling the intriguing story of the island's development.
The Trust has a strong education programme, focused on encouraging appreciation of our history and what it means to our future. We are also a leading advocate and activist for Bermuda's natural environment.
Our mission:
To protect and promote Bermuda’s unique natural and cultural heritage forever, by:
- acquiring and conserving land, buildings and artefacts;
- inspiring appreciation and stewardship through advocacy, research, education and participation
Welcome to the Bermuda National Trust
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- Last Updated: Thursday, 18 June 2020 09:22
The Bermuda National Trust cares for 277 acres comprised of 82 properties that represent much of the best of Bermuda’s heritage – a variety of traditional historic houses, islands, gardens, cemeteries, nature reserves and coastline. In addition, three museums display an outstanding collection of artefacts owned and made by Bermudians, and tell the intriguing story of the island’s development.
The Trust has a strong education programme, focused on encouraging appreciation of our built and natural heritage and what it means to our future.
Our mission:
To protect and promote Bermuda’s unique natural and cultural heritage forever, by:
- acquiring and conserving land, buildings and artefacts;
- inspiring appreciation and stewardship through advocacy, research, education and participation
For Everyone, Forever
Trust News
Wilkinson Quarry Objection | June, 10th 2020
Click the link below to read more the objection regarding the proposed demolition of unstable mound with subterranean void in Wilkinson Quarry, Hamilton Parish.
Wilkinson Quarry Cave Objection
BUILT HERITAGE | May 8, 2020
By Linda Abend, Bermuda National Trust
In conjunction with the National Museum of Bermuda, the Trust is going to run a series of short articles about the buildings that we consider most at risk in Bermuda and the most worth saving.
Anna, the wife of Montreal merchant James Morgan, bought 31½ acres and an old Bermuda house from the heirs of Thomas Dunscomb in 1913. The core of the house can be traced with certainty to 1820 but is thought to date as far back as 1745. The property was already known as Southlands and it became James Morgan’s retirement project. Using stone cut from his quarries, he almost immediately began to extend the house. With the help of Bermudian architect Edward Tucker, the integrity of the original U-shaped house with its three uniquely-positioned butteries was not compromised. The quarries were turned into individually themed gardens with a variety of exotic imported plants. The Egyptian quarry for instance contained a pool of water lilies fringed by papyrus. Morgan purchased several nearby properties, eventually owning over 80 acres.
A philanthropist in Canada, James Morgan was generous in Bermuda. In 1920 he gave money to his neighbourhood school, Warwick Academy, which allowed them to complete the wings and build the assembly hall. He was a member of the Warwick Parish Development Committee set up in 1917 to tackle the deficiency in the food supply by encouraging home gardening and the cultivation of all available land. The Morgans held fundraisers at Southlands to help with the cost of equipment needed for the newly opened King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
Click here to read the full article
To learn more about the history of Southlands see our newest book from out Architectural Heritage Series: Warwick, available for purchase.
AGM Awards Nomination Form
Bermuda National Trust Awards are presented annually to recognise individuals, organisations, groups and schools which have worked for the benefit of Bermuda and its people, to preserve places of beauty or historical interest, buildings, artefacts, lands and animal and plant life, and to promote their appreciation.
We do not know when our AGM can take place, but it doesn't stop us from looking out for the remarkable work that has been taking place over the past year. In fact, it would be uplifting. In light of that, please go ahead and click the link below to download the annual awards nomination form, once completed please send to palmetto@bnt.bm.
BNT Summer Camps 2020(ALL FULL)
Sign your kids up this summer break for one of our interesting and educational BNT Camps! Children will take part in fun activites, learn about Bermuda's spring traditions, history, heritage and more!
Download the sign up form below for more information or e-mail dhorsfield@bnt.bm
PLEASE NOTE: ALL CAMPS ARE NOW FULL
BUILT HERITAGE | MARCH 19, 2020
By Linda Abend and Margie Lloyd, Bermuda National Trust
In conjunction with the National Museum of Bermuda, the Trust is going to run a series of short articles about the buildings that we consider most at risk in Bermuda and the most worth saving. This is the first article.
Located on the corner of Cambridge and Somerset roads is the Independent Order of Odd Fellows’ Loyal Irresistible Lodge No. 6587. Named after HMS Irresistible then stationed in Bermuda, it is without a doubt the most elaborate of all the lodge buildings.
Designed by John W Greig as a two-storey building, 56’ x 29’ x 14’ on each floor with a side tower, the cornerstone was laid in April 1901. From start to finish the work was done on a voluntary basis by the Brethren of the Lodge and when completed was debt-free. The grand new hall was dedicated with much pomp and circumstance on May 30, 1902. Participating in the celebration were members of the other Friendly Societies who arrived from Hamilton and St George’s on the steamer Corona. The newspaper remarked that “the most important feature of the parade was the presence of the Juvenile Branches... It is to them the Odd Fellows must look to build up their Lodges in the future”.
BNT Update: COVID-19
- Bermuda National Trust offices at Waterville will be closed until further notice. Staff will be working remotely and on special projects. We will be available on email directly and through palmetto@bnt.bm which will be monitored regularly.
Press Release
Joint Statement: Buy Back Bermuda, The Bermuda National Trust and the Bermuda Audubon Society: Breaks ground for new nature reserve
March, 9th 2020 - A new nature reserve in Hamilton Parish will be open to the public this summer. Ground was broken on Friday for the restoration of Eve’s Pond, a project by Buy Back Bermuda, the joint initiative of Bermuda National Trust and Bermuda Audubon Society. In 1941 Eve’s Pond was filled in with sand dredged from Flatts Inlet. Funds raised from the community enabled Buy Back to acquire the 3.5-acre property in 2012, and prepare for its restoration as a sanctuary for wildlife and public enjoyment. Stay tuned for updates on this important conservation project.
Press Release
Joint Statement: Bermuda National Trust and Bermuda Audubon Society on Judkin Lane, Hamilton Parish, Open Space quarrying proposal
February 11, 2020 - The Bermuda National Trust and Bermuda Audubon Society are extremely disappointed with the decision of the Minister of Home Affairs to approve the proposed commercial quarrying on the lot north of 9 Judkin Lane in Hamilton Parish, against the recommendation of the Independent Planning Inspector appointed to review the appeal.
As noted by the Independent Planning Inspector, this decision overturns the protection of Bermuda’s open space afforded by the Bermuda Plan 2018 and would result in the permanent destruction of a large section of woodland on a highly visible hillside in an area of significant environmental value.
We urge the Government to put in place a long-term plan for the provision of slate from acceptable development zones, for present and future use. The current approach is too damaging to our long-term future.
The ongoing piecemeal loss of Bermuda’s places of natural beauty, so essential to the wellbeing of the entire community, including our tourism product, is alarming. It flies in the face of the growing global understanding that we must do more, not less, to protect woodlands as part of the global fight against climate change.
Joint statement BNT BAS- Judkin Lane.pdf
