Blossom Bash – a blooming spring celebration: free event
This March our Historic Gardens are teaming up with the National Trust to celebrate the start of Spring and the National Trust’s own Festival of Blossom by hosting its first…
We love Potatoes…
Join us for a day of celebration, eating and learning how to grow potatoes. Who doesn’t love a potato? Chips, roast, mashed, baked. What’s your favourite? Perhaps the nation’s favourite…
Morris into May…
Morris Into May The success of the 2025 event has led us to schedule it once more. As the last vestiges of Winter are beaten back by the arrival of…
Pancake race…. for Shrove Tuesday
Used to eating pancakes on Shrove Tuesday? Now is your chance to race with them! We’re reviving a tradition…’again’. On Tuesday 17th February 2026, we invite people to race down…
Family Hapa Zome Workshop
Learn all about the art of Hapa Zome, have a ago and take home your creation. Hapa Zome is a fun and creative way of connecting art and nature. Originally…
Wassail in the Orchard
Wassail in the Orchard: An ancient tradition in the city. A wassail in the gloaming for all We bring the ancient Orchard Wassailing tradition to the city. Wassail is an…
‘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…
Helloes, goodbyes and a new Chair of the Trust
Helloes, goodbyes and a new Chair Introducing fresh leadership and vision to the charity We are delighted to announce that we have just welcomed landscape architect Angela Wolferstan of TeaselFinch…
Win with the Gardens: Birmingham Community Lottery
Hoorah for the new Birmingham Community Lottery Have you heard? Birmingham Voluntary Service Council, the centre for voluntary action in the city, has teamed up with an established charity lottery…