Martineau Gardens wins Best Green Space Award
A Community Garden and oasis for wildlife, in Edgbaston, has been recognised as one of the best community run green spaces in the country
The Big Give Garden Party
With no forecast of snow for the area, Sunday 28th July will be a good day to enjoy one of the glorious gardens of the Cotswolds.
A Jazz Ramble at Winterbourne House and Garden
For the third year running Winterbourne House and Garden will play host to the 29th Birmingham International Jazz Festival
Storytelling Festival returns for Midsummer at Martineau
Tales of gory gods and gruesome greeks, rip-roaring adventure stories plus new pieces created live with the audience are all on the programme for the Martineau Gardens Storytelling Festival.
Balsall Heath bee bonus
Bees in Balsall Heath received a welcome boost last Saturday with a new bee garden opened by local MP Roger Godsiff.
Campaign to save the Long-Horned Bee
New research by the University of Reading shows that the West Midlands Long-Horned Bee is holding on to its northernmost stronghold and is restricted to just a few small areas.
Big Dig Seed Event at Martineau Gardens
Gardeners and would-be gardeners are being invited to kick-start their gardening year with fun green-fingered gardening activities at the Big Dig Seed Event
Resident Artist for Arts and Crafts Gem
Winterbourne House and Garden is welcoming internationally renowned printmaker Sara Hayward as resident artist in a new project
Rooms with a view at Winterbourne House and Garden
Winterbourne House and Gardens has a new range of fascinating rooms for the public to experience and explore following its full restoration to its Edwardian glory in May 2010.
The new city park
Alan Clawley scans a Birmingham landscape with a highly critical eye.
Cuts protestors target Walsall councillors
A protest was held yesterday evening by the Save Walsall’s Green Spaces and Countryside Services Facebook Group.
The future of Walsall’s Green Spaces and Countryside Services
A new Facebook Group has been set up in response to local concerns for the future of Walsall’s Green Spaces and Countryside Services.
Wednesbury’s Green Flag award
Tammy Facey celebrates the improvements made in Wednesbury’s Brunswick Park
Find the time to be at Bee Time in Martineau Gardens
Birmingham Friends of the Earth Bee Activity Day, Saturday 28 July
Martineau Gardens wins Best Green Space Award
A Community Garden and oasis for wildlife, in Edgbaston, has been recognised as one of the best community run green spaces in the country by winning a prestigious Green Flag Community Award today.
Lakes set for improvement
Work is set to begin on transforming an inner-city nature area.
‘Awe inspiring’ Kings Heath wins Gold!
“Incredible and awe inspiring” is how judges from Heart of England in Bloom described the Kings Heath community
What’s in a name?
The name ‘Small Heath’ is well-known wherever you go and a surprising number of Brummies will tell you that they were born and brought up there
Small Heath Park Lodge: abandoned?
What would happen to a private individual who leased a property from a charitable trust and then let that property go to rack and ruin?