Easter at the Gardens 28th March-12th April
Easter Holidays in the Gardens – we’re open every day The holidays are early this year, all the better for getting out into the open air, exploring nature and having…
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…
International Womens Day 2025
There are already some ‘standout’ women’s names associated with the Gardens here, and many more who should, and could, be celebrated more! Today we’re celebrating two particular women; Edith Holden…
“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…
Finance Officer – we’re recruiting
We are welcoming more visitors, running more activities, selling more things….our financial processes are growing. We need to expand our team of enthusiastic and skilled employees supporting our small charity…
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…
February Half Term 2023
The Gardens are open EVERY DAY during half term – From Sat 18th to Sunday 26th. Every Day you can …welly wang… make pinecone birdfeeders… make a noise and explore…
Tree ‘Popping’ in the Parkland
We were busy Tree ‘popping’ with our LYRiC (Love your River Cole) trainees in the Parkland last week. It was both a training exercise showing them how the tool worked…