Blog: The Abundant Perennial

A quiet strip of unused land in front of Stan’s Café’s Edwardian building has become the focus of an ambitious and heartfelt collaboration between Fruit & Nut Village, Stan’s Café and Selly Oak Trust School. What began as a simple idea - to transform a neglected green space - has quickly evolved into a project rich with learning, community connection, and environmental renewal.

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

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

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