Living Poetry
Well it’s National Poetry day… There really is no other choice for a poem in the Gardens today. Keats definitely had it right autumn is ‘conspiring…. to bend with apples…
Dig, crush, drink, eat
Fresh as fresh as fresh… Our harvest apple celebration is fast approaching. It’s been positively Isaac-Newton-like here with apples from our heritage orchard plopping, heavy and ripe, to the ground. This year,…
Pokemon ‘rains’ supreme
Citywide Pokemon community event Today in 20 cultural venues, from mosques to cafe and from community centres to gardens a few extra lures were planted to encourage pokemon players to…
De Wit de woooo!
De Wit make garden tools – of consummate beauty Two members of the amazingly talented garden toolmakers, de Wit, made a flying and unexpected visit to the Gardens today. My,…
Twirlywoo!
Ragdoll Productions spend a day with us A lovely team of people from Ragdoll took over the Archery lawn today. The Stratford based TV production house have produced more than 1,500…
Harvest for Hallmoor pupils
First visit of term for Hallmoor school pupils We were pleased to welcome back Hallmoor school pupils today. A class of pupils comes every Friday to learn gardening skills, cultivate…
Pokemon… come home
All day event – with extra lures Twenty culturally specific organisations, societies and places of worship located around central and inner Birmingham are opening their doors for seven hours of…
Pokemon – come home: event
All over the city this Saturday (Sept 10th) we and other cultural venues will be taking part in a special event where we will be creating extra Pokemon ‘lures’ at…
Harvest!
Green is the colour of plenty. Our vast veg plot – the Batty Langley garden – has been really well tended this year and all the hard work is paying…
Summer’s end?
There is still colour and light to be found! Keep the summer going for longer with these luscious hanging baskets. Grown and nurtured here at the Gardens. £7 each… to…