Exhibitors
Show Gardens
Northwest Regional Development Agency
A Healthy Future - England’s Northwest
Designer: Urban Vision (Dan Sterry & Andy Stockton)
Sponsor: North West Regional Development Agency
Contractor: Casey Group of Companies
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Close to Manchester city centre are two typically ageing inner city schools: Radclyffe Community Primary School and St Clement’s Community Primary School, Ordsall. The schools are scheduled to merge into a new complex in September 2007. Schoolchildren from the merging schools have worked together to create artwork and sow seeds for this garden.
A Healthy Future is a modern interpretation of the traditional walled kitchen garden, from which produce was used to prepare healthy meals. A self-sufficient and sustainable lifestyle is promoted within the garden, with structured areas for different aspects of healthy food production.
'Five a day' is the message being instilled into schoolchildren, emphasising the recommended daily intake of different fruit and vegetables. Five terraces for cultivating fruit and vegetables on the right hand side of the garden convey this message. Other elements within the garden include: herb and herbaceous planting beds, a modern greenhouse, tiled artwork, wire sculpture, tree planting, fountains, mosaic panels, a compost bin, a straw bale contemporary wall, a plasma screen, seating, a lifecycle log sculpture, box hedging and a wildflower area.