An all-age group of Ukrainian people gathered in Reaside Forest Garden in Balsall Heath on 2nd February, to plant shrubs, to thank the Birmingham community that is hosting and supporting them and to promote cultural understanding.
Each shrub represents one of Ukraine’s 27 regions, and is labelled with a QR code that points to the Wikipedia page about that region.
The shrub-planting was organized by Moseley for Ukraine in partnership with the local conservation charity, Fruit and Nut Village.
“Right now, we have worries about visas and doubts about our future in the UK. We escaped from war and are so grateful for being here, so we wanted to say thank you to Birmingham for welcoming us, and to show how keen we are to stay an active part of life in our new home.
“We wanted to give something beautiful to our local community, so we are delighted to team up with Fruit and Nut Village to plant shrubs in Balsall Heath. We also wanted to share a bit about ourselves with our neighbours, so each of the 27 shrubs is dedicated to an area of Ukraine (24 oblasts plus Kiev, Sevastopol and Crimea), with a QR code to find out more about it.” - Olga Popova, Moseley for Ukraine.
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