On our doorstep · Moor Green Allotments

A little wild wonder
at Moor Green

A wall full of wildlife, a clubhouse turning 50 and four artists inspired by the natural world. There’s something lovely growing just beyond Kings Heath.

By Sajad for KHBA 17 September 2026

Pamina Stewart’s mural across the Moor Green clubhouse, filled with allotment plots, flowers, birds and wildlife beneath a blue sky. — A whole allotment world, painted across the clubhouse. Mural and photograph: Pamina Stewart. View the full mural (opens in a new tab)

Foxes among the crops, a hare in the flowers and birds above the sheds: the new mural at Moor Green Allotments brings the life of the plots onto one wonderfully colourful wall.

Painted by artist and plot holder Pamina Stewart, it stretches 12 metres across the clubhouse gable end and stands three metres high. Two months of work, with early starts to beat the summer heat, have become a lasting celebration of wildlife, growing and allotment life.

The mural was unveiled on Sunday 6 September, marking 50 years since the clubhouse opened in 1976. The allotments themselves are older; it’s the clubhouse that is celebrating its half-century.

For Kings Heath neighbours, it’s a lovely reason to look just beyond the High Street. And this September, there’s more to discover inside.

“After two months of early starts to beat the heat, the finished mural is a celebration of wildlife, growing and allotment life.”
Pamina Stewart · Artist, curator and plot holder

Inside the clubhouse

Four ways of looking at nature

Curated by Pamina, Propagation opened on 5 September and runs on weekends through the end of the month. Prints, drawing, found materials and sculpture bring gardens and allotments into the exhibition space.

Sharon Baker

Memories of a Birmingham garden

Sharon’s nostalgic prints return to her grandparents’ garden in Birmingham, with a particular fascination for her Grandad’s shed and the Anderson shelter. Familiar corners of family life become places to look at afresh.

David Osbaldestin

A fresh way to G R O W / M O R E

Working with found materials, David explores the meeting point between visual art and design. His G R O W / M O R E is a playful interpretation of horticultural media in the city garden, bringing the language of growing into the gallery.

Lorna Rose

The allotment, observed

For Lorna, drawing is the starting point. Her allotment and nature-inspired work brings together hand and digital sketching, stitch and collage, finding colour and structure in the spaces where things grow.

Pamina Stewart

Discarded things take flight

Inspired by Moor Green’s ongoing insect surveys, Pamina transforms discarded items into moth sculptures. They invite a closer look at the small creatures sharing the allotments, and at the possibilities in materials we might otherwise throw away.

Councillor Jane Baston, David Drycott and Councillor Izzy Knowles standing with a red ribbon in front of the new mural. — At the launch, left to right: Councillor Jane Baston, David Drycott, Chair of Moor Green Allotments, and Councillor Izzy Knowles. Photograph: Sharon Baker. View larger: mural launch (opens in a new tab)

A clubhouse milestone

Fifty years, full of life

The mural and exhibition mark a special anniversary for the clubhouse, with the creativity of the allotment community at the centre of the celebrations.

If you’re looking for a little local inspiration this September, make time for a weekend visit.

Explore Pamina Stewart’s work