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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!

@danburwould joined Fruit & Nut Village in June 2022 as the first Balsall Heath area manager. He's a long time local resident, and brings years of community arts and teaching experience to his role, which now includes that of @friends_earth Postcode Gardener. He completed a Permaculture Design Certificate in 2007, and is working towards a Diploma in Applied Permaculture Design.

Alongside FNV work, he's a photographer, a trustee of @oldprintworksbrum, and has a young family. He says, "I got into this work through the hopeful magic of grafting fruit trees. I'm very proud of what we've achieved locally, especially at Reaside Forest Garden, and with our partners at Apna Ghar, @saheli_hub and @retrofitbalsallheath."

Thank you @hhcc.hallgreen for inviting us to your #Community #FunDay last weekend; we loved it! What a vibrant event filled with wonderful people, where we did some #HerbPropagation for the visitors to try.

Selly Oak Neighbourhood Network Scheme

Another focused grass weeding session at #PebbleMill #ForestGarden. With thanks to @inside_atkinsrealis for your efforts today. Please do join us again!

Working in the rain at @stans_cafe #ForestGarden at #OurFacility with #SellyOakTrustSchool in #SellyOak this week! We had a lovely time despite the weather (but it's good for the plants).

Photos have been provided by Michelle from Stan's.

We worked hard at #ReasideForestGarden in #BalsallHeath this week, there's always lots of work to do, and we always welcome new faces!

Summer Solstice Celebration!

Sunday 21st June 2026 | 5 pm to 8 pm

Join us for an early‑evening gathering, filled with creativity, community, and sunshine. Bring a picnic, enjoy brilliant local artists, and celebrate the longest day of the year in our beautiful Pebble Mill Forest Garden.

We’re thrilled to welcome:
• Annie Colloby, Poet‑in‑Residence
• Happy Feet Dance School
• Juliet Fry, storyteller
• Ghazalas, musicians
• Charley McDermott, poet
• Creatures of the Cosmos, musicians
• Oya, samba drummers

It’s free, family‑friendly, and open to everyone. Come along, relax in the forest, and soak up the solstice magic.

Pebble Mill Forest Garden – Pebble Mill Playing Fields, Kitchener Road, Selly Park South, Birmingham, B29 7QE, through the cut at the end of Cecil Road, W3W glitz.added.always

#SummerSolstice #PebbleMill #ForestGarden #Artists #Picnic

It's Great Big Green Week!

Here are our events celebrating all things green until the 14th June:

Wednesday 10th June – 5.30 pm to 7.30 pm @ The People's Plot. Forest Garden Care Session. We are back this June for more pleasant evenings of weeding, watering and general care of the forest garden, the site and its infrastructure. Please do join us. Don't worry if you are late to the session; please call 07895692446 to gain access to the allotment site. @incrediblesurplus @dadslanedigs

Thursday 11th June – 10 am to 12 pm @ The Green Forest Garden. Forest Garden Care Session. All welcome as we prepare ground for more planting and continue weeding and mulching around our trees!

Friday 12th June – 10.30 am to 2.30 pm @ Pebble Mill Forest Garden. Forest Garden Care Session. We have a team of office workers joining us today to boost our numbers and to really make a big effort to clear the weeds from the forest garden - prepare for a big session of garden care. Open To All.

Sunday 14th June – 10 am to 12 pm @ The Green Forest Garden. Forest Garden Planting Workshop. Join us for a special Sunday session planting fruit bushes to develop this space. If you can't usually attend weekday sessions, then this one's for you! All welcome.

Sunday 14th June – 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm @ Calthorpe Interfaith Community Orchard. Interfaith Orchard Spring Picnic. Join us for shared food, games and perhaps some light pruning and mulching!

#GreatBigGreenWeek #ClimateCoalition #GreenSpaces #ForestGardens #Community @theclimatecoalition

Having a lovely morning with @hhcc.hallgreen in the #ForestGarden! The sun has been shining through the threatening clouds, but no rain as of yet, whilst we've been weeding around the garden plot to let out edible perennials and trees breathe again. Plenty of plants to go into the green space too, where this little gem will continue to thrive.

#HallGreen #Billesley #EdiblePerennials #FruitTrees

An amazing turn out at #PebbleMill #ForestGarden in #SellyParkSouth last week. Thank you to @uobconservation for your support. There were 26 of us weeding, tidying up edge, flipping compost, planting, and more. What a lovely feeling, and there was no rain! Back on Friday for more.

We spent some time last week caring for #PennyacreOrchards in #DruidsHeath with our lovely volunteers, clearing around the bases of our fruit trees across our three orchards.

We want to say thank you to our volunteers this Volunteer's Week 2026!

You are the reason behind the success of Fruit & Nut Village! Because of you, more communities are benefiting from orchards and forest gardens on their doorstep.

Without you, we wouldn't be able to do what we do and we are eternally grateful for your hard work and continual support. Cheers to another year of working with wonderful people in our Fruit & Nut Villages!

#FruitAndNutVillage #GrowTheVillage #VolunteersWeek #Volunteers #Communities

Tidying up #HazelwellRiverbankOrchard in #Stirchley and giving it a good prune this week!

We carried out our #StoneFruitPruning this week at #BroadmeadowOrchard, and we'll be running more #FruitTreePruning in #Stirchley all month if you'd like to join us.

We've been back to #ImmanuelChurch in #HightersHeath this week to care for the #ForagingHedge in our #FruitAndNutVillage #DruidsHeath! We had a great team of volunteers with us, as you can see! Many little hands make light work.

@westonfdn @tnlcommunityfund

Looking after #BullfinchForestGarden in #Stirchley this week with our incredible team of volunteers. We'll be back in July with monthly visits over the summer if you'd like to join us.

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT 📢

Fruit & Nut Village now manage over 100 growing spaces in our Birmingham Villages!

Across Stirchley, Balsall Heath, Druids Heath, Billesley, and beyond we have worked with almost the same amount of partners during our time as a charity, building bridges and relationships across Birmingham.

We wouldn’t be managing this many growing spaces without our valuable partners (who many of these sites belong to, inviting us into their green spaces), funders (who have made all our work possible to begin with), and of course our dedicated volunteers (who show up every week and work incredibly hard learning and honing their skills), and we want to thank each and every one of you for helping us get to this point.

Viva la fruity & nutty! 🌳

#FruitAndNutVillage #Stirchley #BalsallHeath #DruidsHeath #Billesley #Orchards #ForestGardens #GreenSpaces #GrowingSpaces #Volunteers #Partners #Funders #Community

We had a lovely session in the sunshine at #SouthernDriveForestGarden in #Monyhull last week, and we're back here on 18th and 25th June if you'd like to visit this fantastic growing space.

We've been developing our growing space and friendship at Apna Ghar Forest Garden this week with wonderful people in #BalsallHeath.

#StartTheWeek at #KingdomForestGarden yesterday with some #PrunusPruning, as well as weeding, shearing, and raking. Keeping the gardens looking beautiful for the summer.

Forest Garden Care Session

Wednesday 10th June 2026 - 10 am to 12.30 pm

Join us to care for our young forest garden here. It's still early days, but we hope to see it flourish over the coming years. Open to all, especially new people!

Highfield Hall Forest Garden - Highfield Hall Community Centre, 127-129 Highfield Road, Billesley, Birmingham, B28 0HS

@highfieldhallcommunitygarden @hhcc.hallgreen #Billesley #HighfieldHall #ForestGarden #CommunityCentre #community

SUMMER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION - SAVE THE DATE!

Sunday 21st June 2026 | 5 pm to 8 pm

Save the date! Come and celebrate the Summer Solstice with us at Pebble Mill Forest Garden. There will be music, poetry, storytelling, dancing, and picnicking at this year's festivities, so get the date in your diary and stay tuned for more updates on the line-up.

Pebble Mill Forest Garden – Pebble Mill Playing Fields, Kitchener Road, Selly Park South, Birmingham, B29 7QE, through the cut at the end of Cecil Road, W3W glitz.added.always

#Stirchley #solstice #celebration #arts #PebbleMillForestGarden

Reaside Forest Garden Spring-Summer Sessions June 2026

Wednesdays 10 am to 12.30 pm - 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th June

Regular Spring Maintenance Sessions on Wednesday mornings at Reaside Forest Garden in Balsall Heath, planting, mulching, observing...

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

#BalsallHeath #ReasideForestGarden #Spring #Summer #Birmingham

Almost every Monday we #StartTheWeek at #KingdomForestGarden in #Stirchley. Even when there's a #BankHoliday! And what a bank holiday it was with its blazing sunshine; plenty of water needed at our sites with this current heatwave. Don't forget to water your plants and trees!

Stirchley Pruning Workshop Bonanza this June!

Monday 1st June – 9 am to 12 pm @ Kingdom Forest Garden. Start The Week: Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop

Tuesday 2nd June – 9.30 am to 12 pm @ Bullfinch Forest Garden. Pruning Workshop

Thursday 4th June – 9.30 am to 12 pm @ Broadmeadow Orchard. Stone Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop

Friday 5th June – 9.30 am to 11.30 am @ Hazelwell Riverbank Orchard. Stone Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop

Tuesday 16th June – 9.30 am to 12 pm @ Beilby Road Orchard. Stone Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop

Friday 19th June – 1 pm to 4 pm @ Pebble Mill Forest Garden. Stone Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop

Thursday 25th June – 1.30 pm to 4 pm @ Newlands Run. Stone Fruit Pruning Workshop

Friday 26th June – 9.30 am to 11.30 am @ Hazelwell Nut Grove. Stone Fruit Tree Pruning

Tuesday 30th June – 9.30 am to 12 pm @ Plymouth Run. Stone Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop

#stirchley #pruning #workshops #summer #birmingham

We were at @stans_cafe on Thursday working with #SellyOakTrustSchool. The propagation work is coming along really well.

Wow! The weather has changed at #PebbleMill #ForestGarden. We watered throughout the session, planted 30 plants, weeded and edged, and got some beautiful rewards for it! Back again on Sunday 7th June.

We worked on a new site in #Billesley last week, Scribers Lane Allotments, helping local people look after the small orchard here. The summer began as we cleared brambles and ash and carried out remedial work on the orchard.

@hgkic.hallgreen, @friends_of_trittiford._, @tnlcommunityfund, @westonfdn

#NewlandsRun this week in our #Stirchley #FruitAndNutVillage. How many of our sites have your visited in this area?

Fruit & Nut Village Bulletin: #June 2026

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

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