Widnes Environment Team to reopen butterfly house in local community
It was a warm June afternoon when I met Louise and Evelyn, two Victoria Park Environment Team (or VPET) volunteers
‘Europe’s largest gardening project’ to open in Salford next week
A £44m ‘world-class’ Salford garden will open to the public for the first time next week, a year later than
Are vertical gardens viable in Manchester? The case for more green spaces in the city
If you walk past Deansgate-Castlefield station, it is likely you will have seen the vertical garden or ‘living wall’ there.
Manchester’s Dig the City Festival: Green-fingered urban gardeners grow for gold in medal honours
Manchester’s Dig the City festival has covered public spaces in urban gardens, judged by celebrity gardener Rachel de Thame and Sean Harkin of the National Trust.
Two arrested on suspicion of murder after woman’s body found in back garden of Salford home
Two people have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 49-year-old woman’s body was found in the back garden of a Salford home.
Former glamour model Melinda Messenger opens up to MM on love, life and interior design ‘obsession’
The former glamour model turned TV presenter Melinda Messsnger, 43, launched the Ideal Home Show in Manchester this weekend
Suspected burglar found dead in Crumpsall garden following break-in at solicitors opposite
A suspected burglar was found dead by police in Crumpsall on Sunday morning after officers were called to a possible break in at a solicitor’s office.
Grateful husband, 80, creates garden paradise at Tameside Hospital for wife suffering brain inflammation
Gardening-guru Eric Woodhead, 80, decided to brighten up the courtyard outside Ward 44