(from the Floral Trail)

A new guide to encourage visitors to discover and explore historic Highbury Park has been published as part of King's Heath Floral Trail's entry into Britain in Bloom 2012. Artist Catharine Clarke and ecologist Ellen Pisolkar, who are both local residents, have collaborated to publish the first illustrated guide to this much loved park. And Catharine's illustrations for the guide are on display until 17 September at…

Warm up for the Olympics with a week of free activities for children in Kings Heath Park

by Lucy Bailey, Stage2 Youth Theatre

This term we are staging Our Town by Thornton Wilder. Our…

Hi all

I wanted to share a message of thanks from Kate Smart, Kings Heath Town Centre Manager, for all the help and support given by local volunteers prior to Heart of England in Bloom judging day which took place on Wednesday (11th July).

KH is also being judged for the Britain in Bloom national competition in early August - more details on how & when you can help get our town ready for that are at the end of Kate's message:

"Dear Floral Trail…

Hello, some superb gigs in July hopefully bringing some musical sunshine into your lives in the absence of summer, please let me know if you need any more info

July

12th Andrew Duhon + Kara Grainger: Hare & Hounds 7.30pm

The Folk/Blues of New Orleans songwriter, Andrew Duhon is joined by the Roots/Blues of Australian artist,…

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Investment in Kings Heath town centre is set to continue after traders voted to pay extra business rates to fund improvements.

The scheme has already been running for five years and claims to have protected the High Street and side roads against the worst of the economic downturn.  The number of…