Manchester Harvest: a homegrown festival!

This weeklong green experience took place in St Anne's Square in Manchester City Centre in August 2005. A full-sized allotment was built in the square, containing fruit, flowers, vegetables and herbs. The plot was tended by volunteer allotmenteers - picking, weeding, pruning, thinning, and watering - who were also a source of information for visitors and curious passers by.

On each day of the event there was a cookery demonstration using fresh vegetables, as well as talks on various aspects of gardening, such as container growing, environmentally friendly gardening, bee keeping and attracting wildlife to your garden.

Andy Farmer
Manchester Environmental Resource Centre Initiative

First published: ARI Newsletter Winter 2005