Green heritage and wellbeing workshop

Tis workshop examines how green spaces - from historic gardens and archaeological sites to designed landscapes - create opportunities to reconnect with culture, nature, and community. Centred on the emerging concept of Green Cultural Heritage, the workshop highlights how engagement with heritage can foster environmental stewardship and support human flourishing.

Green Cultural Heritage bridges environmental and cultural heritage practices, promoting approaches that protect biodiversity while preserving historical and cultural narratives. It emphasises living natural materials shaped by human ideas and interventions, and recognises that green spaces often classified solely as natural heritage can also hold rich cultural value. This integrated perspective opens new possibilities for enhancing wellbeing, social connection, and sustainability.

Hosted at Winterbourne House and Gardens on 5 May, the event will explore opportunities and challenges of integrated approaches to green heritage and their impact on wellbeing.

Speakers include:

• Sara Blair Manning and Jen Ridding, Birmingham Botanical Gardens     
• Jessica Moody, University of Bristol   
• Isabel Galleymore, University of Birmingham          
• Rebecca Syed Sheriff, University of Birmingham      
• Ho-Chung Tam, University of Birmingham
• Linda Monckton, Historic England

Photo credit: Greg Milner