Birchfields Park Forest Garden
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Birchfields Park Forest Garden
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 28 Sep 2011
Birchfields Park was acquired by Manchester City Council in 1887 from local landowner Sir William Anson for the creation of a public park, and formally opened by Prince Albert in 1888. The site's main landscape elements include a large area of amenity grassland enclosed by mature woodland, trees in grass, unimproved grassland, a wildflower meadow and a woodland garden. http://www.manchester.gov.uk/info/200073/parks_and_open_spaces/1476/birchfields_park/1 - Manchester City Council (about Birchfields Park) The forest garden, near Dickenson Road and Birch Polygon, was begun in Birchfields Park in 2007, see http://manchesterpermaculturenetwork.org.uk/node/182 (Birchfields Park Forest Garden) for more information and photographs of the planting.
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Image Location
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