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Brier Rose Rosa rubiginosa Horse Chestnut  Aesculus hippocastanum  Ash Fraxinus excelsior Bear’s Breeches  Acanthus mollis Poppy Papaver rhoeas Rosemary Rosemary o  !cinale Pear Pyrus English Yew Taxus baccata Irish Yew Taxus baccata ‘fastigiata’ Holly Ilex aquifolium Common Ivy Hedera helix Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna Japanese Knotweed Fallopia japonica Ferns Bramble Rubus fruticosus Walking to Discover BRIERLEY HILL This walking guide has been created by horticulturalist Pamela Smith, inspired by the plants and history of the streets of Brierley Hill. This guidebook helps you to see where you live in a di! erent way, you don’t have to travel far to discover plants that date back almost as far as the coal seams, or magical plants that are thought to help with love, happiness and cure all ailments. It’s about the botanical garden on your doorstep; all you have to do is take that rst step... Open air Laboratories (OPAL) OPAL West Midlands is based at the University of Birmingham (School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Science and School of Bioscience). Opal works in association with a wide range of regional partners, including the Birmingham and Black Country Wildlife Trust. Our towns and cities are home to a wide variety of plants and animals just waiting to be discovered. We want to get everyone interested in the natural world that surrounds where you live, work, or go to school. This will not only ensure a brighter future for wildlife but should help you feel good about your local space and environment. Our emphasis is on 'your' local patch! W  a l k i n  g  t  o D i  s  c  o v  e r B R I E R L E Y P  a m  e l  a  S m i  t h Pamela Smith
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Walking to Discover

BRIERLEY HILL

This walking guide has been created by horticulturalistPamela Smith, inspired by the plants and history of thestreets of Brierley Hill. This guidebook helps you to seewhere you live in a di! erent way, you don’t have to travel

far to discover plants that date back almost as far as thecoal seams, or magical plants that are thought to help withlove, happiness and cure all ailments. It’s about thebotanical garden on your doorstep; all you have to do is

take that first step...

Open air Laboratories (OPAL)

OPAL West Midlands is based at the University of Birmingham (School of Geography, Earth and

Environmental Science and School of Bioscience).Opal works in association with a wide range of regionalpartners, including the Birmingham and Black CountryWildlife Trust. Our towns and cities are home to a wide

variety of plants and animals just waiting to be discovered.We want to get everyone interested in the natural worldthat surrounds where you live, work, or go to school.This will not only ensure a brighter future for wildlife but

should help you feel good about your local space andenvironment. Our emphasis is on 'your' local patch!

W al k i n g

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Di  s c ov er

BRIERLEY

HILL

P am el  a

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mi  th  Pamela Smith

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Route On

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Walking to Discover

BRIERLEY HILLPamela Smith

Published by OPAL, 2010

Copyright: Pamela SmithPublication Design: Catharine ClarkePhotography: Pamela and Bethan Smith

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 WALKING

to Discover

This voyage of discoverytakes you through thefamiliar streets of BrierleyHill revealing plants and their

stories as you go. This is a

story of 30 plants, one for

each foot of the thirtyfoot seam which defines

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THE

 Walk

Route One: Circular Wtakes you to Delph

and the bottom of 9 and back up a

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Traditionally the BlackCountry is defined as the

area in which the 30ft coalseam comes to the surface.The coal together with seamsof iron, clay and limestonesupported the developmentof the Industrial Revolution,l di t th b i

THE BLACK COUNTRY

30ft Seam 

Round Oak SteelW

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BRIERLEY

Hill

Brierley Hill is 162m AboveSea Level (the same heightas Beachy Head) The highestpoint in the West Midlands isTurner’s Hill in Sandwell at271m Above Sea Level. It isalso a place of roses.

The name Brierley Hill

The rose, usually speltis native to the UK, thof Europe and WesternThe word Briar is aAnglo!Saxon word mea thorny shrub. Rose tface backwards as

are designed not juprotection against g

Brier Rose

Rosa rubiginosa

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ROSE

Folklore

Many cultures have storiesand beliefs associated withroses.

Did you know?

The rose has been used as

a sign of silence in additionto secrecy When people

The Catholic rosary ito have been origcomprised of beads from dried rose p

Rose hips the seed b

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ROUTE ONE

Circular Wal

 Marsh Park

Horse Chestn

 Aesculus hippocasta

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Wander along theherbaceous border to your

 Ash

Fraxinus excelsior 

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The route to St Michael’spasses the war memorial

where poppy wreaths are laidevery November. The poppy

is associated with war asthe seeds need light to

germinate, land disturbed bybombing gave the seeds

Poppy

Papaver rhoeas

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ST.MICHA EL’S

Churchyard 

St. Michael’s church isthe oldest building in the

town, consecrated in1765. The Churchyard isfull of plants, both growingand carved. Many plantswe know well from our

gardens today originatefrom all over the World

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This is one of Britain’s fewnative evergreen trees.

Plants that looked healthyand green over the darkWinter months, oftenaccompanied by flowers andfruit must have seemed

magical hundred of yearsago As a result lots of

Holly

Ilex aquifolium

Common Ivy

Hedera helix 

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Hawthorn flowers inand is often called thTree with many associ

with May Day festivBefore the calendar ch

Hawthorn

Crataegus monogy

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Japanese Knotweed 

Fallopia japonica

DELPH

Locks

Walk along Deph RoadStanding at the bottDelph Locks, this wa

of the first places people started to setthe area and originallknown as Black Delp

name signifies coal woDelph is a medieval w

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The Gardener’s

 Arms QUIZ

1. If you were picking peanuts what would you take wityou?

Bar Snack Botany

Why not try this gardenthemed pub quiz?

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4. How long would it take a hop plant to grow around acane?

a) 8 hoursb) 24 hoursc) 48 hours

5. Cork is the bark of which tree?

a) Giant redwood

b) Oakc) Holly

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If you feel like a break

and a snack why notcontinue along DelphRoad for a while and visitsome of the many pubs. In folklore the bramb

considered a holy plant

was said that sitting ubramble bush wouldrheumatism and passchild through a blacarch would rid the

rickets. Di! erent parts plant were used to

Bramble

Rubus fruticosus

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A deciduous shrub found in hedgerows

rough ground. The have an unpleasant and the bark is ryounger stems are coin raised spots. In lat

and through June whitflower heads are made

ELDERFLOWER 

CORDIAL

The cordial can be dilutedto taste with water ortonic water. Makesapproximately one litre

of cordial or five litresonce it has been diluted

Elder

Sambucus nigra

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LOOKING

Up

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Continue along the HighStreet passing Common

Lime and London Planestreet trees.

It was first recordeLondon in 1663 but ac

Common Lime

Tilia x europaea

London Plan

Platanus x hispani

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ROUTE TWO

Linear Walk

Bracken is a Britishcommonly found in wland and heathland anreach over 1.5m (5height. It is a very inplant, even a small of the fleshy root

grow to form a new Although the young s

Silver Birch

Betula pendula

Bracken

Pteridium aquilinu

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 Alder

 Alnus incana

Coltsfoot

Tussilago farfara

Coltsfoot derives its coname from the shape

leaves, said to resemcolt’s foot Other n

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Pampas Grass

Cortaderia selloana

As you walk towards MerryHill on your left around thebase of the clock is a well

The plant kingdommade up of many typ

plants which are groutogether accordingtheir shape, structurethe di! erent ways produce seeds. Replant DNA researc

PLANT

Evolution

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Cedars

There are a number of trees around Brierley

particularly in the MerCar Park.These trees prbarrel shaped cones take two years to mbefore breaking up obranch, releasing their

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Originating from NewZealand this is a popular

garden plant, its tall flowerspikes producing red, orangeor yellow flowers, full of nectar, followed by largeseed pods.

h d h d l

 New Zealand Flax

Phormium tenax 

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Fungi

In the Autumn the grassareas around the car parks

are full of fungi. They haveno chlorophyl, the greencolouring that helps plantsproduce food from the sun,instead  they get their food

from the soil or other plants.Th h d l

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Here the walk ends butopposite Merry Hill isSaltwells Local Nature

Reserve. Why not continueyour walk across to this 100hectare reserve, one of thelargest urban naturereserves in the country. Atthe centre of the reserve is

SALTWELLS

 Nature Reserve

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This distinctive, familiarevergreen tree is one of the

oldest and rarest trees in theworld. It has evolved littlesince the Jurassic period, over140 million years ago whenthere were huge  Araucaria

forests from Brazil toAntartica. In fact, thefossilised form of this treespecies is also known as

Whitby jet, proving that thetree grew here in Britain

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 Answers

The Gardener’s Arms Quiz

Q1. A Spade

Peanuts Arachis hypogeae are neither peas nor nuts, but a leguactually a bean! Native to North America, the clover!like pla

bright green leaves produces yellow flowers low down on the

After pollinating the flower stem droops down and pokes into t

where the pod containing the peanuts then ripens. From planharvest takes 4 – 5 months.

Q2. The Stem

Potato is a stem tuber. Many plant stems adapt in some way o

conserve moisture, for example as in many cacti, or to p

h l f b b l

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Walking to DiscoverBRIERLEY HILL

Pamela Smith

Published by OPAL, 2010

Copyright: Pamela SmithPublication Design: Catharine Clarke

Photography: Pamela and Bethan Smith

BRIERLEY HILL: Discovery Walks

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Route One:

Circular Walk

Route Two:

Linear Walk

BRIERLEY HILL: Discovery Walks


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