Why we are objecting to the Hotel’s latest planning application (marquee)
Being welcoming and getting on with everyone is a core value for us at the Gardens Trust. So it’s unusual for us to speak out publicly about our neighbours. The…
An Edwardian Sunday…. Birmingham Heritage Week
A Sunday … what it might have been like 120 -130 years ago, if you lived or worked at a grand Hall like Castle Bromwich. By permission from the historic…
Re-discovering Edith Holden- Autumnal colours
Another day for celebrating Edith Holden, the Birmingham author and illustrator of The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady. During Birmingham Heritage Week we will be once again celebrating the…
“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…
Wellbeing created by local heritage worth billions per year, says Historic England
Well, we always knew we are worth our weight in gold.. This post is Shared from ‘Museums and Heritage advisor with additions from us. First-of-its-kind research from Historic England says the £29…