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Manchester set for urban landscaping
24/03/10
Edited by Sophie Griffiths.Landscaping work in the middle of one of the country's largest cities might sound unlikely.
But a team of council-hired gardeners are due to undertake landscaping work on some of Manchester's previously industrialised land, creating a forest at the heart of the urban community.
The Northwest Regional Development Agency has earmarked almost £5 million for regenerating areas of the city.
In the north of the city and in Oldham, woodland is to be an area of focus as more than 70 hectares of post-industrial land is turned back into forest.
Mark Hughes, executive director of economic development at the agency, says: "[Environmental regeneration scheme] Newlands has already made a huge difference to the quality of life, business opportunities and economic improvements within a number of areas in England's north-west."
Householders keen to add a greener touch to their own property in the north-west or nationwide may want to hire gardeners soon, as the Royal Horticultural Society's Gardeners' Calendar notes mid-March is a peak time for gardening tasks with the arrival of spring.
