Here is SustainaBrum’s curated list of sustainability, environment and nature events in Birmingham this April!
Featured Event
SustainaBrum Earth Day Market
Sunday 26th April
We’re so excited to be hosting an Earth Day Sustainable Market at Attic Brew in Stirchley! All the traders are sustainable, so it’s the perfect place to pick up items that are great for you and the planet!
Adults
Holloway Hall Community Garden
Every Monday
The Community Gardening group at Ley Hill meet every week to learn how to grow food, techniques for looking after fruit trees & bushes, and other skills such as woodwork. They also grow a mix of flowers and have grand plans to put up lots of bird boxes around the site! All of the food grown can be taken by the group to use at home.
West Heath Community Centre Garden
Every Tuesday
Get ready to enjoy a day filled with fun activities, beautiful greenery, and a sense of community. Take a stroll through their lovely garden, participate in gardening workshops, and connect with fellow nature enthusiasts. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to relax and unwind in the heart of our community.
Milebrook Hall Community Garden
Every Thursday
Pop along to Milebrrok Hall and spend a couple of hours chatting and growing fresh vegetables and fruit. Listen to the birdsong as you tend to the raised beds and brush up on our horticultual skills. Each month, you will use the seasonal vegetables to make budget friendly soups in the hall.
Kitwell Wildlife Conservation Project
Every Thursday
An afternoon filled with outdoor fun and conservation efforts. Help TCV Birmingham protect and preserve the local wildlife and meadows in the area.
Shenley Little Kitchen Garden
Every Thursday
Help TCV Birmingham maintain the Little Kitchen Garden. Grow your own food and take part in local urban conservation efforts whilst making friends with like minded people.
Rowheath Community Garden
Every Friday
You will start the day at 10am with a relaxed birdwatching walk around Rowheath Park. Then have a go at sowing, growing, and harvesting your own food. Not only will you learn about the joys of growing your own food but you will also make new friends, learn new skills, and the outdoor life will lift your spirits.
Eco Gym
Wednesday 1st, Wednesday 15th & Wednesday 29th April
A free nature based volunteering session. Get moving with a variety of tasks that will give your local green space a helping hand. Meet new people who share a passion for being outdoors and staying active. Soak up the benefits that fresh air and green space have on our mental health.
Bird Watching for Beginners @RSPB Sandwell Valley
Saturday 4th & Tuesday 7th April
Join RSPB volunteers on an easy monthly walk around the reserve, whether you are new to birdwatching or just want to discover more about wildlife at the reserve, the team will give you tips on getting started, point out the different birds, how to identify them and how the seasons bring different changes to the valley.
Wild Herb Medicine Workshop
Sunday 5th April
Step into the world of natural remedies with a hands-on foraging and herbal medicine experience. Guided by an expert, you’ll explore the local landscape in search of wild herbs—learning how to identify edible and medicinal plants that have been used for centuries to support health and wellbeing. By the end, you’ll leave not just with knowledge, but with a deeper connection to the plants growing around you and the skills to begin your own herbal journey.
Westside BID Community Litter Pick
Wednesday 8th April
Join Westside BID for an afternoon of community action as we come together to keep Westside clean, green, and welcoming for everyone. This friendly litter pick is a great way to meet neighbours, spend time outdoors, and make a visible difference to the area we all share.
Jewellery Quarter Litter Pick- Birmingham cemeteries
Saturday 11th April
Get ready to roll up your sleeves and help clean up our beautiful cemeteries in the Jewellery Quarter. This is a fantastic opportunity to give back to the community and make a positive impact on the environment. Equipment is provided, please wear suitable clothing & footwear.
Pedal Powered Energy Workshop
Saturday 11th April
Learn how to make a bike powered generator, for soundsystems, device charging and more! Join fellow eco-enthusiasts to explore sustainable living, share ideas, and pedal your way to a greener future.
Nature Journal making and guided walk in Warley Woods
Sunday 12th April
Create a personalised nature journal with found and upcycled materials. Sophie, trained in nature mindfulness , will then guide a nature connection walk in Warley Woods allowing time for nature journaling in your newly created books. A take home to treasure and continue to fill through the seasons of the year ahead.
We Forest Folk: Sensory Nature Making
Sunday 12th April
Join this relaxed, hands-on workshop exploring how making with natural materials can support our wellbeing. Together you’ll slow down, get creative and experiment with found and nature-based materials that encourage calm, creativity and connection with the natural world. This is a welcoming space to try something new, enjoy the sensory experience of making, and take away ideas you can use at home.
Blossail
Sunday 12th April
Celebrate the arrival of spring at Highbury Orchard Community CIC’s Blossail, a gentle gathering to honour the fleeting beauty of blossom in the orchard. As the trees burst into bloom, enjoy seasonal crafts, warm company, and a relaxed wander through the orchard and surrounding landscape.
Chatham Place Accessible Gardening Project
Wednesday 15th April
Help TCV Birmingham maintain Chatham Place in Northfield.
Dawn Chorus Walk
Saturday 18th April
Listen to the soundtrack to spring and enjoy a stroll around Winterbourne garden as the symphonic sounds of the dawn chorus fill the air.
Short Foraging Walk for Beginners
Saturday 18th April
Join Sustainable Life Birmingham for a 1-2 hour foraging walk, where you will look at common wild plants with edible or medicinal uses, historical uses and poisonous lookalikes aimed at beginners and helping you to get started in the world of foraging.
Clare Hewitt: Everything in the forest is the forest
From Saturday 18th April to Monday 31st August
Responding to a government report suggesting that loneliness and isolation were increasing in rural areas of the UK, acclaimed photographer Clare Hewitt presents new work that celebrates trees and their remarkable ability to nurture and communicate. Setting up a studio within a circle of twelve oak trees, Hewitt documented the forest and its seasonal changes, exploring nature and the forest through a range of sustainable photography techniques.
Climate Café
Sunday 19th April
Extinction Rebellion and Friends of the Earth jointly present Climate Café, a space to learn about environmental issues and solutions to them. Join a different expert every month for tea, coffee, cake, and the opportunity to hear what they have to say for 30 minutes, followed by a chance to stay to chat and share ideas if you would like. This month will be: TBC
MAKE IT MEND IT
Tuesday 21st April
Make It Mend It is a monthly drop-in craft and mending café for anyone wanting to learn how to fix, mend, upcycle or repair items and objects. Free materials. Free refreshments. Drop in between 6 pm and 8 pm.
Free Earth Day Yoga in the Park
Tuesday 21st April
Yoga Borne are bring back Earth Day Yoga for it’s third year, in the beautiful surroundings of Cotteridge Park! A beginner friendly Yoga class with no pressure or expectation, just come along and enjoy yourself, and nature.
People’s Emergency Briefing – A Birmingham Screening
Tuesday 21st April
Discover what the climate and nature emergency really means for life in Britain – and what we can do about it. You are invited to join CEC Birmingham for a live screening of the People’s Emergency Briefing film, followed by an open discussion on what this means in the local context. The 45‑minute film captures key moments from last November’s National Emergency Briefing, where leading experts in climate science, health, food security, economics, national security, and nature laid out the latest evidence on how environmental change is already shaping everyday life in the UK. `You’ll hear how issues such as extreme weather, rising food prices, pressures on health services, infrastructure disruption, and household energy costs are affecting communities across the country.
Introduction to Beekeeping
Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th April
Join Martineau Gardens for a 2 day beekeeping course for anyone considering starting up a hive.
Children & Families
Woodland Play
Wednesday 1st & Wednesday 8th April
Join Highbury Orchard Community CIC for a magical session of outdoor play and discovery at Highbury Orchard, as we explore Spring and all its joys . With natural crafts, wild tales and plenty of planting. Plus games and free play.
Wild Cards Easter at RSPB Sandwell Valley
From Easter until the end of May
Take the family out for an adventure and Egg‑splore the great outdoors with our new Wild Cards and uncover the hidden heroes of nature as you explore RSPB nature reserves! Pick up a special pack of playing cards to take on your adventure and compare the strengths, superpowers and fun facts of some of spring’s most familiar species. Track down the boards, play together to decide which creature will reign as the ultimate spring champion!
Baby Birds Parent and Toddler Group at RSPB Sandwell Valley
Every Wednesday
A weekly parent and toddler group. The group aims to provide opportunities for children to connect with nature through a mixture of activities that are inspired by the natural world. For under 5s only.
Wild Bunch: Family Forest School
Every Thursday
Join ecobirmingham for a weekly forest school adventure for home-ed families with children aged 4-12.
Wild Holiday Bunch: Outdoor Holiday Club
Tuesday 7th April
Wild Holiday Bunch is ecobirmingham’s popular all outdoor holiday club for children only! This spring there will be two days filled with fun nature crafts, active games and explorations, as well as healthy, vegetarian lunches cooked together on the campfire!
Business
Low-carbon construction
Tuesday 28th April
Rob Nield from Webb Yates will talk about low-carbon construction, the use of stone as a low-carbon substitute to steel, as well as concrete and hybrid stone and timber construction and how this might be a great alternative to CLT for our UK climate and environment. The technical meeting will explore the Stone Demonstrator – a pioneering full-scale prototype showcasing how pre-tensioned natural stone and hybrid low-carbon materials can be used to create significantly lower-embodied-carbon structural systems for modern buildings.
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