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When most people think of Birmingham, they often picture its industrial heritage, but there are more green spaces and parks here than in any other European city<\/strong>. From Sutton Park\u2014one of the largest urban parks in Europe\u2014to the secret roof garden on the Library of Birmingham, this city is full of gorgeous green spaces<\/a>. <\/p>\n So, the Second City makes for an obvious choice to become the UK\u2019s first Nature City<\/strong>. This new accreditation\u2014from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, The National Trust and Natural England\u2014has honoured Birmingham for \u201cputting nature and green infrastructure at the heart of their places<\/strong> and communities.\u201d<\/p>\n The city of Birmingham was highlighted due to the City Council\u2019s work with local communities, groups, and environmental organisations, and national partners. This milestone recognises the city\u2019s approach to embedding nature into everyday life, making green spaces more accessible, equitable, and central to urban planning. <\/p>\n \u201cThrough our 25-year City of Nature Plan<\/strong>, we\u2019ve laid out a robust framework for transforming how nature is valued and integrated across Birmingham,\u201d said Councillor Majid Mahmood, cabinet member for environment and transport. \u201cWe\u2019re really leading the way in creating and recovering urban nature and are one of the greenest cities in Europe. <\/p>\n \u201cWe work with community groups like Birmingham Tree People to plant trees in inner city areas such as Alum Rock, and in partnership with the National Trust, we\u2019ve developed pocket parks across neighbourhoods<\/strong>. These are small but impactful green spaces that bring nature to people\u2019s doorsteps while supporting wellbeing, biodiversity, and community pride.\u201d<\/p>\n On top of Birmingham\u2019s new title, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole have been named the first Nature Town<\/strong>. Meanwhile, the Nature Towns and Cities<\/a> initiative has invested \u00a315million in 40 towns and cities across the UK to improve and create accessible green spaces, streets and neighbourhoods\u2014including \u00a3989,685 to address green deprivation across Coventry<\/strong>.<\/p>\n What is Birmingham\u2019s City of Nature plan?<\/b> <\/p>\n Birmingham\u2019s ambitious City of Nature plan was approved by the Council in 2022. The main aim is to increase publicly accessible green spaces from 600 to 1,000 by 2047<\/strong>. But there are countless other initiatives, like fulfilling all Net Zero ambitions, ensuring at least one community garden in every ward<\/strong>, and educating children about nature. You can read more about that here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Nadya Abbiss, Shutterstock When most people think of Birmingham, they often picture its industrial heritage, but there…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283997,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-283996","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114900067267050747","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283996\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Aerial](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/shutterstock_1100215781.jpg\")
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