Time for change at the top…
At this year’s AGM we welcomed two new Trustees, said goodbye to two long standing members of staff, Sue Brain and Glynis Powell and welcomed a new leader, Oliver Pickering.…
New funding to restore our nature…
Castle Bromwich Historic Gardens are absolutely delighted to announce the award of a generous £89,300 grant from HS2, marking the beginning of an exciting eighteen-month project entitled Restoring Nature, Creating…
‘Grow it forward’ – the humble spud.
Save the date, we reviving our POTATO DAY. Who doesn’t love the wonderfully versatile spud; chips, roasted, baked or in a salad. But they’re no longer quite ‘as cheap as…
What goes around … Saving heritage seeds for the future of the planet
Last week we were delighted to be a stop on the way of the Heritage Seed Library’s 200 mile relay as it travelled across the country raising awareness of the…
UPDATE Box-ing – not so clever.
UPDATE on the BoxMoth issue Over the last six weeks – aided by some strong and willing corporate volunteers- the Gardening team has finished grubbing out about 40% of our…
Green Flag Award 2025
Green Flag Award 2025 Castle Bromwich Historic Gardens are celebrating receiving a prestigious Green Flag Award for the Parkland. Castle Bromwich Historic Parkland has achieved the coveted Green Flag Award…
“Oh, that old chestnut”….
Unlike the idiom, we rather like all the ‘repeated’ chestnut trees around the Gardens, Hall and Parkland. There still remain the vestiges of at least two avenues of mature horse…