Have you been using the inaturalist wildlife spotting app on your walks out and about Castle Bromwich and surrounds? The On your Doorstep project run by our friends over in B37 has so far gathered 212 different species of plants, insects, animals and birds…. Our Gardener on site has been participating too – although most…
Our specialist insurers, Ecclesiastical, aren’t just a financial institution, their charitable purposes are written into their very constitution; a ‘Movement for Good’. This year they are distributing £1million to good causes. We would love to be one of them. As a Charitable Trust the Gardens are dependent on visitor income and grants. Closure this spring…
Planting and growing beans and potatoes has always meant a lot to us in the Gardens We try to keep some of the really old varieties going, but we have also wanted to encourage people – especially children – to feel confident about growing their own food. In February and March schools and family visitors…
You can travel the world through the plants in our Gardens. By the early 1700s plants from five* different continents could be found growing in England. Plants had been gathered and collected over time for their economic potential as crops or medicine, or for their rarefied beauty and shown off by the rich and powerful,or…
A volunteer and member of the U3A (university of the third age) Art Class, which takes place in the Gardens, sent us some lovely pictures she has painted during the sessions. A great way of remembering a time when she, and others, could take their reflective and creative time in the Gardens. Thanks Anita. Enjoy…go…
Thank you for all your kind messages expressing your support – in varying ways – for the Gardens. We are all anxious to know when people will be able to see and explore the Gardens again. As you know there has been a recent change in government approach to dealing with the pandemic. The Gardens…
Being a Member of the Gardens has always been ‘a worthwhile thing’. Not only do you get free entry all year round to see and explore the changing seasons in the historic Gardens there is also a raft of other new benefits, like exclusive summer early evening openings, tea/coffee vouchers and day passes to share…
We’ve some lovely night time footage of our resident hedgehogs (see the footage on previous blog posts). They’re free to roam across all of the different habitats in the Gardens – they like cover, but they also like a bit of mown grass… we have plenty of both. This week, with so few people in…
Just sharing another round up of great things for kids to do.. BBCs Newsround has always been good and our national public broadcaster is really working well in the current situation. Bug houses, Bee B&Bs, smile stones, birdfeeders and growing veg are all featured on the current Newsround page… all things our Unplug and Play…
“It is the bounden duty of those who have the smallest space to cultivate, to do so intensively, that the brave may be fed and that the lifeline of the Atlantic be not unduly strained“ To mark the 75th Anniversary of VE Day, Matthew Biggs looks into the origins and success of the ‘Dig for…