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Kingdom Forest Garden

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Fruit & Nut Village

Planting Orchards & Growing Forest Gardens

Our communities grow, and are surrounded by abundant, perennial food

Who We Are

Fruit & Nut Village CIO is a charity based in Birmingham, growing orchards and perennial food spaces, and working with local communities to develop a range of edible landscapes. We manage around 70-80 growing spaces in total, across Balsall Heath, Druids Heath and Stirchley, but are also currently expanding into Lozells and Billesley.

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Thank You to FNV Partners

This new page is dedicated to our partners, in alphabetical order, that FNV have been working with since our conception, through to today. We look forward to adding your name to the list.

Partners

We've completed our triple orchard #WinterPruning workshop at @hazelwellallotments #Orchards in #Stirchley. Thank you for the visit #KamelHawash.

We've been helping out at #BartleyGreen Resevoir with Friends of Bartley Reservoir last week. Offering fruit tree care support and advice.

@tnlcommunityfund @westonfdn

Plenty of fun at #BeilbyRoadOrchard in #Stirchley with our lovely volunteers, #pruning and #caring for the #orchard for the community to enjoy! We have quite a few pruning and grafting workshops this month if you'd like to join us.

Lots of different tasks to complete at #ThePeoplesPlot at @dadslanedigs last week. Pruning #EspalierPears, #Blackcurrants, relaying a shelter floor, tool store weatherproofing, bed relocation... and #MaryWasingtinAsparagus planting! We had a lovely, busy morning with our inspiring volunteers.

@incrediblesurplus @tnlcommunityfund @westonfdn

We've pruned the #ForestGarden plants at #AmbridgeHouse in #FirsAndBromford last week. Beautiful, maturing trees in a very urban space, making sure we #GrowTheVillage!

Tree Planting Session

Wednesday 25th March 2026 | 10 am to 12.30 pm

Join us at Reaside Forest Garden & Balsall Heath Road Orchard for some tree planting near the Apna Ghar mural in Balsall Heath. Meeting at Reaside.

Reaside Forest Garden - Between The River Rea and Clevedon Road, opposite Apna Ghar Day Centre, Balsall Heath, B12 9HD, W3W await.fuels.export

Planting fruit trees in #CalthorpePark in #BalsallHeath #orchards last with the wonderful volunteers from @volunteering_bcu! We had a great time and the students receive certificates from @mybcu to add to their portfolios.

Winter Pruning & Orchard Care Workshop

Wednesday 18th March 2026 | 10 am to 12 pm

All welcome for a pruning and care workshop with @tawsociety! Come along, learn new skills and meet new people. All equipment and refreshments provided.

Stanhope Wellbeing Hub - Stanhope Hall, Ketley Croft, Balsall Heath, Birmingham, B12 0XG

We had lots of fun pruning some #SoftFruit last week at #PebbleMill #PlayingFields #ForestGarden, including #Jostaberries and #Gooseberries.

The National Lottery Open Week: 7th – 15th March. All sessions with these dates are dedicated to celebrating the Open Week and our funding from The National Lottery Community Fund.

https://www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk/open-week

Sunday 8th March – 10 am to 1 pm @ Beilby Road Soft Fruit Garden. Bush Planting Session. Join us today to expand the soft fruit area we began last March, at the corner of the orchard here. University of Birmingham Conservation Volunteers will be joining us for the session - please come along for some planting fun.

Monday 9th March – 9 am to 12 pm @ Kingdom Forest Garden. Start The Week Session. We continue to develop the site, keep paths tidy and weed where necessary. The plants are now bursting into life and it's going to be a busy Spring.

Tuesday 10th March – 10 am to 12 pm @ Base Camp Orchard. Winter Pruning Workshop. All welcome to this workshop where we'll prune the trees in this beautiful orchard. Learn new skills and meet new people!

Wednesday 11th March – 10 am to 12.30 pm @ Reaside Forest Garden. Maintenance Session. An open to all session that we run regularly. Winter work may include tree planting and there will always be a chance to share a hot drink together and perhaps a meal.

Thursday 12th March – 9.30 am to 12 pm @ Hazelwell Riverbank Orchard. Winter Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop. Another chance to learn some basic fruit tree pruning techniques... this session replaces the one we had scheduled in January that was rained off.

Saturday 14th March – 10 am to 1 pm @ Reaside Forest Garden. Soft Fruit Planting Session. Join us and Moseley for Ukraine for a special soft fruit planting workshop at our beautiful Reaside Forest Garden!

Saturday 14th March – 10 am to 2 pm @ Pebble Mill Forest Garden. Seating Installation Workshop. Finally, the day has come to construct some seating for this beautiful forest garden. Our efforts will we thanked for years to come. Please come along to help, especially if you're a bit "handy".

Plenty of smiles and laughter at #SouthernDriveForestGarden last week, planting more #EdiblePerennials in the #ForestGarden in #DruidsHeath.

Our new #FruitAndNutVillage project alongside @stans_cafe and Selly Oak Trust School at #OurFacility beginning last week.

#EdiblePerennials #PropagationWorkshop

All images credit goes to Michelle at Stan's Cafe.

So much joy... spreading our wings by bringing #AppleTrees to the gardens of #Northfield last week. Perhaps one day #NorthfieldTreasure will be the beating heart of a new #FruitAndNutVillage. Keep up the good work!

@westonfdn @tnlcommunityfund

The signs of Spring.

#HazelwellNutGrove in #Stirchley, #AlmondIngrid, 28th February 2026

Developing @balsallheathcf #ForestGarden in #BalsallHeath this week. We've added some #BettyAshburner ground cover, #OstrichFerns and more!

@hall.green.nns @tnlcommunityfund

Join us and other dedicated #volunteers in our #DruidsHeath Fruit & Nut Village this #March 2026!

Please check individual locations and workshop titles through our website events, where you can also RSVP, or check our mailing list and social media bulletins.

There's plenty for our volunteers to do at these stunning sites. Make sure you get the dates in your diaries; see you there folks to #GrowTheVillage!

There will be a special Edible Hedge Planting Session on Thursday 5th March 2026, 10 am to 12.30 pm. Join us as we continue to plant & develop our #EdibleHedge in Druids Heath. All welcome!

The Green Forest Garden – open land off Manningford Rd accessed from the corner of Pennyacre Rd, Druids Heath, B14 5PB, W3W moss.shiny.hill

Planting more #EdiblePerennials at #BullfinchForestGarden in #Stirchley earlier this week to #GrowTheVillage!

Please join us this #March 2026 for plenty of #grafting and #pruning workshops!

Fruit & Nut Village Grafting Workshops in March

Tuesday 3rd March – 1 pm to 3 pm @ Ways for Wellbeing Orchard. Hard Wood Propagation Workshop

Tuesday 24th March – 10 am to 2 pm @ MECC Trust. Fruit Tree Grafting Workshop

Tuesday 31st March – 12.30 pm to 2.30 pm @ Dawberry Corner Community Garden. Fruit Tree Grafting Workshop

Fruit & Nut Village Pruning Workshops in March

Sunday 1st March – 10 am to 1 pm @ Hazelwell Farm Allotments

Tuesday 3rd March – 9.30 am to 12 pm @ Newlands Run

Thursday 5th March – 9.30 am to 11.30 am @ Beilby Road Orchard

Tuesday 10th March – 10 am to 12 pm @ Base Camp Orchard

Thursday 12th March – 9.30 am to 12 pm @ Hazelwell Riverbank Orchard

Tuesday 17th March – 9.30 am to 12 pm @ Plymouth Run

Tuesday 17th March – 1 pm to 3 pm @ Pineapple House

Thursday 19th March – 9.30 am to 12 pm @ Newlands Run

Friday 20th March – 10 am to 1 pm @ University of Birmingham

Wednesday 25th March – 10 am to 12 pm @ Highbury Park Rose Garden Orchard

All locations are on the posters, or can be found on Our Sites map on the website: https://www.fruitandnutvillage.org.uk/oursites

Reaside Forest Garden Winter Workshops! #March 2026

Join us at this incredible growing space in #BalsallHeath for our regular #winter #maintenance on Wednesday mornings, #planting, #mulching, #observing...

All sessions this month are from 10 am to 12.30 pm, on the 4th, 11th, 18th, and 25th of February.

There is also a special extra session here during The National Lottery Open Week, Saturday 14th, 10 am to 1 pm, soft fruit planting with @moseleyforukraine!

Reaside can be found between the River Rea and Clevedon Road, opposite our friends at Apna Ghar Day Centre.

Open to all - please join us for a fun morning outdoors!

We worked hard at #KingdomForestGarden in #Stirchley this week, and we ate a lot of cake as well! Thank you @unitetheunion for joining us to speak about Birmingham's bin collection strikes and for the delicious cakes.

We've started a new project working with @stans_cafe at #OurFacility in #SellyOak. Thank you University of Birmingham Conservation Volunteers for your support once again. #HeritageFruit

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2216827939/

Fruit & Nut Village Bulletin: #March 2026

Please join us to #GrowTheVillage in #Stirchley, #BalsallHeath, #DruidsHeath, #Billesley, #Lozells, and beyond next month in the new year!

The National Lottery Open Week: 7th – 15th March. All sessions with these dates are dedicated to celebrating the Open Week and our funding from The National Lottery Community Fund.

If you'd like to join our mailing list, to receive the bulletin and important updates via email, please visit our website to join, or email us at: fruitandnutvillage@gmail.com

#FruitTree planting in #BillesleyCommon on the 20th February with The Friends of Billesley Common and @greencoatnursery at Billesley Ark!

Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop

Sunday 1st March 2026 | 10 am to 1 pm

Please join us at this beautiful allotment site at Hazelwell for a fruit tree pruning workshop! This will ensure the future growth of the trees in this growing space, whilst enjoying some company in nature and learning new skills.

Hazelwell Farm Allotments Orchards - Access from Edwin Road, Hazelwell, Stirchley via Hazelwell Fordrough. Old Orchard W3W amount.feeds.slug New Orchard W3W youth.film.panic

Expanding the #orchard in #DaisyFarmPark in #HightersHeath with wonderful volunteers and the Friends of Daisy Farm Park.

The weather forecast was wrong! A dry morning for planting #FruitTrees in #PlymouthRun in #Stirchley.

#BlueTit #Gladstone #Willingham #HerefordshireBeefing #SwansEgg #ScotchBridget

Drizzly and cold at #KingdomForestGarden in #Stirchley on Monday morning, yet full of smiles!

Enjoying the winter sun at #HazelwellNutGrove in #Stirchley on Valentine's Day, giving all of our love to the trees. Hopefully the dry weather will persist.

We attended #TheGreatNorthernFruitMoot on the 13th February! A day out in #Sheffield, rubbing shoulders with some of the UK's finest orchard enthusiasts.

#SheffieldOrchardVolunteers @rhswisley #JimArbury

The Tipping Point event at @bbgardens on 12-15th February 2026 allowed visitors to consider the changing #climate and its possible consequences. The focal point was Tipping Point, an immersive outdoor sound and light installation simulating a #forest #fire. Fruit & Nut Village was one of the local organisations sharing their work through stalls, talks and interactive activities. We were represented by our current Chair, Ewan, and new Board member Mark at this fantastic event, and we want to thank BBG for inviting us and hosting Tipping Point!

At Dawberry Corner Community Garden in #Brandwood last week, looking after the container fruit trees. @ourscenecic

Planting at #ReasideForestGarden last week, with four new #FruitTrees for #BalsallHeath. This #ForestGarden is really starting to look special!

Growing #EdiblePerennials with our friends and partners at Apna Ghar in #BalsallHeath this week.

A bit of #pruning at #BullfinchForestGarden in #Stirchley this week, making sure our trees are growing to the best of their ability with our care and attention.

We pruned the precious trees in our shared #InterfaithOrchard in #CalthorpePark, #BalsallHeath last weekend, where we also shared a delicious picnic. Thank you to everyone who contributed!

We had a lovely morning yesterday in #DruidsHeath, planting four new trees - walnuts and hazelnuts - into #TheGreen #ForestGarden! The rain didn't deter the solid team, and Laura even provided delicious homemade flapjacks as a reward. Thank you to everyone who came and got covered in mud!

A bit of a buzz in #KingdomForestGarden in #Stirchley last week: we didn't get rained on, the woodpeckers are drilling, a supporter brought us special biscuits, and we were happy to be together in the space.

Planting up a couple of new spaces at #PebbleMill #PlayingFields #ForestGarden in #Stirchley last week, and adding more specimens to the lobes with our photogenic volunteers.

We had our staff meeting last week, where we discussed our operations at Fruit & Nut Village in relation to a thriving tree, from the roots right up to the fruits and nuts!

We also talked about plenty of propagation techniques, ensuring we are teaching our volunteers to the best of our abilities.

We want to thank Apna Ghar for hosting us and making a delicious lunch for us to enjoy.

We have been kindly awarded funding from @westonfdn!

Fruit & Nut Village are incredibly grateful to receive this grant, so we can continue our projects around Birmingham, expanding further as time rolls on. Plenty of sessions, workshops, and events will be elevated thanks to this generous grant. Thank you Garfield Weston for this opportunity, and thank you to our volunteers for helping us #GrowTheVillage.

We've completed the #WinterPruning of the 2nd row at #NewlandsRun in #Stirchley. We'll be back in March to work on the remaining trees!

Fruit & Nut Village & Friends of Daisy Farm Park - Tree Planting Session!

Thursday 19th February 2026 | 10 am to 1 pm

All welcome for half term #family #fun, #planting new #trees to grow our Daisy Farm Park #Orchard! Free refreshments and all equipment provided. Open To All!

Daisy Farm Park Orchard - Meet at the car park accessed from Maypole Lane, Highters Heath, Birmingham, B14 4PD

It was a drizzly morning, but we knew that #BroadmeadowOrchard in #Stirchley needed us. All missing posts replaced, every tree cleared by azada, and woodchip mulching carried out.

Raised Bed Relocation Session

Saturday 28th February 2026 | 10 am to 1 pm

As well as a pre-Spring #tidy up. Come along and help us at The People's Plot at @dadslanedigs, a beautiful #ForestGarden #allotment plot for everyone to share. Open to all as always!

Dad's Lane Allotment, Dads Lane, Moseley - This growing site is behind an allotment gate, please let us know you are coming in advance or phone on arrival, Gate: W3W faces.pretty.vibe, Plot: W3W join.like.forget

#RaisedBed #relocation

#StMaryandStAmbroseChurch Orchard care session in #BalsallHeath to #GrowTheVillage!

Soft Fruit Pruning Workshop

Thursday 26th February 2026 | 1 pm to 4 pm

Join us to #prune our #SoftFruit at this huge #ForestGarden! If you haven’t visited this site before, you’re missing a treat, but we would love to welcome new people into one the finest forest gardens in the West Midlands! Open to all, come and learn or share your skills with us for this relaxed pruning workshop.

#PebbleMill #ForestGarden – behind Kitchener Road, Selly Park South, through the cut at the end of Cecil Road, W3W glitz.added.always

We're still #SoftFruit pruning at #KingdomForestGarden in #Stirchley. We planted some kindly donated rhubarb plants as well. A busy morning!

Tree Planting Session

Thursday 26th February 2026 | 10 am to 2 pm

Tree #planting at 2 orchards in Calthorpe Park, Calthorpe Old & Experimental #Orchards, meeting at Reaside Forest Garden, come and help us #plant more #trees! Open to all!

#ReasideForestGarden - Between The River Rea and Clevedon Road, opposite Apna Ghar Day Centre, #BalsallHeath, B12 9HD, W3W await.fuels.export

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