Heritage and Habitat

About our events

Explore, Create, and Play!

Step into the past and get hands-on with exciting activities in our historic green spaces this summer! Each week brings new, fun-filled outdoor activities, all with a focus on sustainability and the natural world, set within the beautiful gardens of our historic sites.

Our sessions run throughout May half term and the Birmingham Summer Holidays. Join us at Blakesley Hall on Wednesdays, Sarehole Mill on Fridays and Aston Hall on Sundays. The full programme can be seen below.

Pre-booking is recommended, see individual sites for booking links.

Two children are outside in a garden looking at something in a flowerbed. One child holds a clipboard.

Full programme

Blakesley Hall

May Half Term
  • Wednesday, 28th May – Moth trapping and Bug Hunting with our Natural Science Curator
Summer Holidays
  • Wednesday, 23rd July – Teddy Zipwire
  • Wednesday, 30th July – Moth trapping and Bug Hunting with our Natural Science Curator
  • Wednesday, 6th August – Origami Plant Pots
  • Wednesday, 13th August – Seed Bombs
  • Wednesday, 20th August – Bug Hunting with our Natural Science Curator
  • Wednesday, 27th August – Bee Bricks

 

Sarehole Mill

May Half Term
  • Friday, 31st May  – Origami Plant Pots
Summer Holidays
  • Friday, 25th July – Moth trapping and Pond Dipping with our Natural Science Curator
  • Friday, 1st August – Seed Bombs
  • Friday, 8th August – Natural Painting with flowers and leaves
  • Friday, 15th August – Teddy Zipwire
  • Friday, 22nd August – Origami Plant Pots
  • Friday, 29th August – Pond Dipping with our Natural Science Curator

Aston Hall

May Half Term
  • Sunday, 1st June – Origami Plant Pots
Summer Holidays
  • Sunday, 27th July – Seed Bombs
  • Sunday, 3rd August – Bee Bricks
  • Sunday, 10th August – Painting on pebbles and stones
  • Sunday, 17th August – Moth trapping and Bug Hunting with our Natural Science Curator
  • Sunday, 24th August – Natural Painting with flowers and leaves
  • Sunday, 31st August – Bird Feeders

List of Events

  1. A adult and a child are outside in a garden. The child holds a small plastic container and they both are looking into it.

    Heritage and Habitat at Blakesley Hall , at Blakesley Hall.

    Wed 28 May. Every Wednesday from 23 Jul - 27 Aug
    Hands on activities in our historic green spaces
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  2. People walking up a path to brick-built water mill building, fence and millpond to the left and planting to the right of the people.

    Heritage and Habitat at Sarehole Mill , at Sarehole Mill.

    Fri 30 May. Every Friday from 25 Jul - 29 Aug
    Hands on activities in our historic green spaces
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  3. A group of children are outside in a garden looking at something in a flowerbed. One child holds a clipboard.

    Heritage and Habitat at Aston Hall , at Aston Hall.

    Sun 1 June. Every Sunday from 27 Jul - 31 Aug
    Hands on activities in our historic green spaces
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