Blog: The Abundant Perennial

Fruit & Nut Village started as a tiny acorn. We would like to say we are now a mighty oak, reaching further into the corners of Birmingham through our edible perennial food growing community initiatives. We have been lucky enough to be a part of this delightful and insightful booklet created by the National Trust, designed to inspire like-minded groups and spur them into meaningful community action.

Fruit & Nut Village were invited to the University of Sussex's Growing Together conference.

In March 2025, we began working on three new sites in Billesley, creating new partnerships and friendships whilst doing so.

Laura Hackett, Druids Heath Area Manager, was interviewed by ITV recently on the ever-growing (see what we did there?) importance of green spaces.

Stress Awareness Month: a good opportunity to highlight the mental health benefits of time spent in nature.

We planted more fruit trees in on 9th February with Birmingham Progressive Synagogue for Tu B'Shvat.

An all-age group of Ukrainian refugees gathered in Fruit & Nut Village's Reaside Forest Garden in Balsall Heath, on 2nd February 2025.

National Storytelling Week is upon us.

Our wonderful volunteers were treated to a free day out at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens (BBG)...

Seeing as Winter is now upon us, Fruit & Nut Village will be working hard this season, pruning and preening our many sites...

Welcome to Fruit & Nut Village's new blog!