Funding secured for Birmingham Botanical Gardens

Plans for the transformation and restoration of the Grade-II* listed Birmingham Botanical Gardens, which is home to the Midlands’ finest and largest collection of over 10,000 botanical species, have moved a step closer with a recent funding award from the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

The Growing Our Green Heritage project, which secured planning consent in January 2025, now has 90% of its funding target acquired, and working closely with Birmingham Botanical Gardens' talented team, stakeholders, the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Donald Insall Associates, we will help preserve the gardens for generations to come.

The project will provide a low-carbon, sympathetic reinterpretation of the existing gardens and structure and will deliver a long-term sustainable future for the gardens by carefully pairing back the layers, the design team will improve the visitor experience and facilities.

The 15-acre site is home to heritage assets including four Victorian glasshouses which, as the priority focus of the project, will be restored to reflect their original form and adapted to serve contemporary horticultural needs. Once completed, the project will transform this key heritage asset to align with the city’s Our Future City: Central Birmingham 2045 framework which aims to create a green, sustainable and walkable city.