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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 almost 100 growing spaces in total, across Balsall Heath, Druids Heath and Stirchley, but are also currently expanding into Lozells and Billesley.

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JOIN THE VILLAGE, GROW THE VILLAGE

Subscribe to the Fruit & Nut Village mailing list to receive the monthly Fruit & Nut Bulletin directly to your inbox.

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

Meeting the Fruit & Nut Village Team!

Dr. Rob Tilling has worked in the community food-growing sector for over 20 years. He has spent time at Balsall Heath Jungle, CSV Environment, Let's Grow Together, and The Urban Orchard Project.

Rob has worked within the Fruit & Nut Village charity and precursor organisations since 2017, when the earliest incarnations of the work began to evolve in Stirchley, and currently runs the charity as its Project Coordinator.

Reaside Forest Garden Spring Workshops! #April 2026

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

Most sessions are from 10 am to 12.30 pm, on the 15th, 22nd, and 29th.

There is also a special extra session here on Saturday 25th, 3 am to 5 pm, for those who cannot make the regular weekday sessions.

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!

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

#NorthfieldTreasure were busy this winter, filling the gardens of #Northfield with #FruitTrees. We are proud to have been able to support you!

Rain didn't stop our play!

We planted 10 #FruitTrees and #Walnuts with the Friends of Stechford Hall Park in their #orchard, after several of the trees were burned during a fire in the park during the drought last year. It's an incredible feeling, to persevere, creating a beautiful growing space for the community of #Stechford to enjoy.

Thank you for the fantastic catering, and to all the volunteers who came out on a weathering day to get the trees in the ground. 🌳

The new benches we built two weeks ago at #PebbleMill #ForestGarden are working well! And our new information board has now been erected. Exciting times for this special forest garden!

Planting more #SoftFruit bushes in #DruidsHeath #TheGreen #ForestGarden!

New fruit trees for #BalsallHeath in the #BalsallHeathRoadPark #Orchard.

We planted a new #ForestGarden in Trittiford Mill Park with the @friends_of_trittiford._ on the 27th, and we had such a fantastic day!

It was a great turnout, and our growing spaces in #Billesley continue to grow and will flourish in the years to come. Here we planted some #FruitTrees and #SoftFruit bushes for the community to enjoy.

Thank you to the friends group and all the #volunteers who took part for this special occasion.

Pruning the #HeritageApple and pear trees at the #RoseGardenOrchard in Highbury Park #KingsHeath this week. The trained fruit will need another visit in the summer, but it all looks well for now. Trees grafted from the #ChamberlainPergola.

@chamberlain.highbury.trust @highburyorchard @highburyparkfriendsbham

A visit to #NadenRoad #Orchard in #Lozells this week. A few more #SoftFruit bushes planted, plants mulched, and #PearTrees pruned.

@tnlcommunityfund @westonfdn

Fruit & Nut Village Bulletin: #April 2026

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

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

The colour is rapidly returning to #KingdomForestGarden in #Stirchley.

#Honeyberry #Rosemary #Damson #Cherrycot #Rhubarb

Meeting the Fruit & Nut Village Team!

Laura Hackett is the Area Manager for Fruit & Nut Village Druids Heath, where she supports the development and maintenance of our orchards and forest garden sites. She also runs and helps with sessions in our Billesley and Balsall Heath Villages.

With previous experience at @bhambotanicalgardens and @tawsociety, Laura is the co-founder of @beefriendlybrum, a campaign to help protect pollinators by banning harmful pesticide spraying in Birmingham’s public spaces, and co-founder of Brum Faffs-Free and Fair Food Sharing Scheme, a project that aims to bring people together to grow and share produce from their gardens.

Laura also loves poetry, self-published a selection of her poems in 2023, and runs nature connection haiku workshops, one of which she will be holding in May as part of the @urbantreefest at The Green Forest Garden.

#FruitAndNutVillage #TeamShowcase #DruidsHeath

A warm welcome from @uobconservation at @unibirmingham on the 20th, working with Grounds Management and student #volunteers to #WinterPrune the #TennisCourtOrchard.

Adding MORE #FruitTrees to #SouthernDriveOrchard in #DruidsHeath last week. Beautiful people under a beautiful sky, as the Spring is now upon us! There is an impressive little collection of trees here now, and everyone should come and visit the site to see the orchard for themselves!

The Spring weather brought lots of volunteers out last week to #ReasideForestGarden in #BalsallHeath. We've been #SheetMulching again with our lovely team.

We run sessions and workshops at Reaside every Wednesday mornings from 10am if you'd like to join us! The site is developing rapidly thanks to all the effort put in since its conception, and we couldn't be happier about it.

Our session at Stanhope Wellbeing Hub in #Highgate with @tawsociety saw beautiful blue skies, and plenty of teamwork #pruning the #orchard here!

A lovely outing in #Stirchley last week, to prune and care for our #HeritageApple and pear #FruitTrellis at #PineappleHouse with @dadslaneca.

We've been splitting up some small plants at #KingdomForestGarden in #Stirchley to pass over to #ReasideForestGarden in our #FruitAndNutVillage #BalsallHeath. It's good to share!

More #FruitTreeGrafting on the 19th with #SellyOakTrustSchool in #SellyOak, where we have planted the new trees at #OurFacility with @stans_cafe.

This fantastic new project for a heritage orchard, engaging young people from the local area, has been an absolute dream thus far, and we can't wait to continue our valued partnership work with the incredible people here.

All images belong to Michelle from Stan's Café.

A lovely morning in the sun with @moseleyforukraine last week, planting soft fruit bushes at #ReasideForestGarden in #BalsallHeath.

Last year in February, an all-age group of Ukrainian refugees gathered in Fruit & Nut Village's Reaside Forest Garden to plant shrubs, to thank the community that is hosting and supporting them and to promote cultural understanding. Each shrub represents one of Ukraine’s 27 regions, and is labelled with a QR code that points to the Wikipedia page about that region. If you'd like to read more about this story, please visit our blog: https://www.fruitandnutvillage.org.uk/post/ukrainian-refugees-plant-27-shrubs-with-their-community-in-birmingham

During these times of turmoil, coming together has never been more important, and we are thankful to have many partners and friends in our Village communities that also share these thoughts and feelings. Thank you to everyone who came and took part in this special session, planting edible perennials and building community cohesion! Nature brings people together.

Our benches at Pebble Mill Forest Garden have finally been installed!

We were lucky with the weather at #PebbleMillPlayingFields #ForestGarden in #SellyParkSouth on 14th March, whilst our masterful team of dedicated #volunteers worked hard to make new #benches for one of our largest and oldest forest gardens. A longer session than planned, but the benches are in and they look wonderful.

This means that not only us and our volunteers, but the general public can now take a seat and take in the views at this beautiful growing space, which we quite obviously highly encourage.

Thank you to everyone who made this happen, we can't wait to have more picnics here, and the seats will definitely enhance our solstice celebrations here in the near future.

We held a #HeritageApple #BenchGrafting workshop on 13th March, propagating more plants with #SellyOakTrustSchool for @stans_cafe in the #OurFacility garden.

All images belong to Michelle from Stan's Café.

What a busy session at #SouthernDriveForestGarden in #Monyhull last week in our #FruitAndNutVillage #DruidsHeath!

@tnlcommunityfund @westonfdn

At #ReasideForestGarden in #BalsallHeath last Wednesday, before the sun and blue skies were lost to cloud, but we made sure we got as many jobs done as we could. Well done team!

We had a beautiful morning in the almost-Spring sunlight, shining down on the Summerfield Orchard in the Edgbaston Reservoir, where we spent a few hours helping and pruning the apple trees with @friendsofedgbastonreservoir and @warmearthbrum.

They needed a lot of work, but it's all worth it to make sure the trees, where planting began in 2015, continued to live their rooty, fruity lives at the reservoir. Thank you to everyone who came!

We completed the #HazelwellRiverbabkOrchard #WinterPruning work last week in our #FruitAndNutVillage #Stirchley. Last time it was rained off, so this is a great result!

@brumunitarians garden looking beautiful and ready to bloom at this time of year. We created this space earlier in the winter, just before Christmas in #Ladywood, and the site is coming along nicely.

We were pruning our #BaseCampOrchard in #WalkersHeathPark last week in our #FruitAndNutVillage #DruidsHeath, ensuring good growth for the year ahead.

More work taking place at #OurFacility with @stans_cafe and #SellyOakTrustSchool this week, creating a beautiful new forest garden here.

All images belong to Michelle from Stan's Café.

A lot of different activities taking place at our #StartTheWeek session at #KingdomForestGarden in #Stirchley this week. #GraftedFamilyTree work, bed edging, weeding, clearing new spaces, and a lot of planning work. We have a big project planned for the 30th March, so join us then!

We've just planted a new #orchard and #ForagingHedge at #StFrancisPrimary in #Bournville. Year 6 certainly know how to work hard!

Thank you @retrofitbalsallheath for including us and some our #FruitTrees at last week's #Iftar at #BalsallHeathChurchCentre in #BalsallHeath. It was such a feel-good, community event, bringing people together from all faiths and backgrounds for special evening together.

Look at this beautifully grafted #PearTree in #BalsallHeath! Hopefully this will grow into a thriving tree.

Planting #FruitTrees at #ReasideForestGarden in #BalsallHeath. We run sessions here almost every Wednesday! If you haven't visited yet, it's certainly worth your time.

Working hard planting a #ForagingHedge in #DruidsHeath #TheGreen #ForestGarden last week. The nice weather brought everyone out for a lovely session!

Oh wow! A beautiful day for a fantastic start to our #ForestGarden with @hhcc.hallgreen in #Billesley. 6 fruit tree trees, 8 fruit bushes, raspberries and strawberries planted.

@highfieldhallcommunitygarden

Pruning in #NewlandsRun in #Stirchley with wonderful people, keeping our orchard in top condition. We have plenty of #pruning workshops this month if you'd like to join us!

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.

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.

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