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Fruit & Nut Village
Planting Orchards and Growing Forest Gardens
"Our communities grow & are surrounded by abundant, perennial food"
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Upcoming Events
Wed, 01 MayStirchley01 May 2024, 17:30 – 19:30Stirchley , Dad's Ln, Birmingham B13 8PQ, UK01 May 2024, 17:30 – 19:30Stirchley , Dad's Ln, Birmingham B13 8PQ, UK5.30 pm to 7.30 pm @ The People’s Plot. Join us to enjoy the spring evenings on Wednesdays this month - we will be sowing some perennial vegetables, flowers and other plant seeds - if you’d like to care for some seedlings at home for a few months then come along to sow and collect some seeds. Other
Wed, 01 MayBalsall Heath01 May 2024, 17:30 – 19:30Balsall Heath , Clevedon Rd, Balsall Heath, Birmingham B12 9HE, UK01 May 2024, 17:30 – 19:30Balsall Heath , Clevedon Rd, Balsall Heath, Birmingham B12 9HE, UK10.30 am to 1.30 pm @ Reaside Forest Garden. This young forest garden needs more and more care now that we have expanded the numbers of trees in it. Please join us for some or all of the session to plant, weed, mulch trees, clear brambles and enjoy hot drinks and biscuits together.
Thu, 02 MayStirchley02 May 2024, 09:30 – 11:30Stirchley , Dad's Ln, Birmingham B13, UK02 May 2024, 09:30 – 11:30Stirchley , Dad's Ln, Birmingham B13, UK9.30 am to 11.30 am @ Broadmeadow Orchard. We will spend a couple of hours here, weeding, mulching and inspecting the trees. Six years since this planting began, the trees are looking great and we have some new ones to care for too. Bring a wheelbarrow if you can.
Thu, 02 MayDruids Heath02 May 2024, 10:30 – 13:00Druids Heath , Pennyacre Rd, Birmingham B14 5UN, UK
Fri, 03 MayStirchley03 May 2024, 09:00 – 11:00Stirchley , Newlands Rd, Stirchley, Birmingham B30 2RL, UK03 May 2024, 09:00 – 11:00Stirchley , Newlands Rd, Stirchley, Birmingham B30 2RL, UK9 am to 11 am @ Newlands Run. We have an orchard of nearly 80 trees here now, so there is always plenty to do. Volunteering work here includes moving woodchip to mulch trees, cutting back brambles, inspecting trees and their cages and weeding. Bring a wheelbarrow if you can.
Sat, 04 MaySelly Park04 May 2024, 10:00 – 13:00Selly Park , off Kitchener Road, Selly Park, B29 7QD04 May 2024, 10:00 – 13:00Selly Park , off Kitchener Road, Selly Park, B29 7QD10 am to 1 pm @ Pebble Mill Playing Fields Forest Garden - we will be weeding beds, defining bed edges, shearing paths and generally keeping the site in good condition as the weeds and grass show us who is really in charge. Open to all.
Sun, 05 MayBalsall Heath05 May 2024, 11:00 – 13:00Balsall Heath , Runcorn Rd, Balsall Heath, Birmingham B12 8QY, UK05 May 2024, 11:00 – 13:00Balsall Heath , Runcorn Rd, Balsall Heath, Birmingham B12 8QY, UK11 am to 1 pm @ Seven Streets Park - Garden care session. Friends of Seven Streets Park will lead a session, planting, weeding, mulching and caring for the plants in this space. Open To All, but residents of the Seven Streets are especially welcome.
Tue, 07 MayBalsall Heath07 May 2024, 10:30 – 12:00Balsall Heath , Malvern St, Balsall Heath, Birmingham B12 8NN, UK- Wed, 08 MayBalsall Heath08 May 2024, 10:30 – 13:30Balsall Heath , Clevedon Rd, Balsall Heath, Birmingham B12 9HE, UK08 May 2024, 10:30 – 13:30Balsall Heath , Clevedon Rd, Balsall Heath, Birmingham B12 9HE, UK10.30 am to 1.30 pm @ Reaside Forest Garden. This young forest garden needs more and more care now that we have expanded the numbers of trees in it. Please join us for some or all of the session to plant, weed, mulch trees, clear brambles and enjoy hot drinks and biscuits together.
- Wed, 08 MayStirchley08 May 2024, 17:30 – 19:30Stirchley , Dad's Ln, Birmingham B13 8PQ, UK
Thu, 09 MayBalsall Heath09 May 2024, 10:00 – 13:00Balsall Heath , Moseley Rd, Balsall Heath, Birmingham B12 9AH, UK09 May 2024, 10:00 – 13:00Balsall Heath , Moseley Rd, Balsall Heath, Birmingham B12 9AH, UK10 am to 1 pm @ The Old Printworks Nursery. We will be tidying and auditing our nursery garden here after a season of planting out and regular movements of trees and bushes through the garden. We’d love to have helpers to organise our Balsall Heath base of operations.- Fri, 10 MaySelly Park10 May 2024, 13:00 – 16:00Selly Park , off Kitchener Road, Selly Park, B29 7QD10 May 2024, 13:00 – 16:00Selly Park , off Kitchener Road, Selly Park, B29 7QD1pm - 4pm @ Pebble Mill Playing Fields Forest Garden - we will be weeding beds, defining bed edges, shearing paths and generally keeping the site in good condition as the weeds and grass show us who is really in charge. Open to all.
- Sat, 11 MayBalsall Heath11 May 2024, 14:00 – 16:30Balsall Heath , Moseley Rd, Balsall Heath, Birmingham B12 9AH, UK
Sun, 12 MayBalsall Heath12 May 2024, 14:00 – 16:30Balsall Heath , 29 Cheddar Rd, Balsall Heath, Birmingham B12 9LJ, UK- Mon, 13 MayStirchley13 May 2024, 09:00 – 12:00Stirchley , Hazelwell Rd, Stirchley, Birmingham B30 2PG, UK13 May 2024, 09:00 – 12:00Stirchley , Hazelwell Rd, Stirchley, Birmingham B30 2PG, UK9 am to 12 pm @ Kingdom Forest Garden. Our “Start The Week” session. A chance to connect with each other, share news and enjoy the growing space that we are developing together here alongside the River Rea. Much of the work we carry out this season will be weeding (continued below)
- Wed, 15 MayBalsall Heath15 May 2024, 10:30 – 13:30Balsall Heath , Clevedon Rd, Balsall Heath, Birmingham B12 9HE, UK15 May 2024, 10:30 – 13:30Balsall Heath , Clevedon Rd, Balsall Heath, Birmingham B12 9HE, UK10.30 am to 1.30 pm @ Reaside Forest Garden. This young forest garden needs more and more care now that we have expanded the numbers of trees in it. Please join us for some or all of the session to plant, weed, mulch trees, clear brambles and enjoy hot drinks and biscuits together.
- Wed, 15 MayStirchley15 May 2024, 17:30 – 19:30Stirchley , Dad's Ln, Birmingham B13 8PQ, UK
Thu, 16 MayStirchley16 May 2024, 09:30 – 11:30Stirchley , Plymouth Rd, King's Norton, Birmingham B30 2PD, UK16 May 2024, 09:30 – 11:30Stirchley , Plymouth Rd, King's Norton, Birmingham B30 2PD, UK9.30 am to 11.30 am @ Plymouth Run. Now the Spring is here our fruit trees need regular care to keep the brambles and other weeds off them, mulching them with woodchip at the same time. Please do offer your support here if you are able.
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