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…
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…
Social Media… surgeries
Help us, help you Social media, web-based networking and marketing is a key to charities and communities doing things better. As part of our Heritage Lottery Funded programme, we want…
Hall, Church and Gardens tours
Birmingham Heritage Week this year runs from the 8th -18th September. So full of heritage is the Second City that it extends, by 7 days, the dates of the National…
Car boot booty
Our ever popular Carboot event returns on Sunday, September 11th Always a great opportunity to recycle those things you don’t want… and pick up a few bargains. £6 per car,…