7/4/2023 0 Comments Twig from hilda![]() ![]() □ Corner of King Street and Cross Street, outside Diesel The Rain Garden by Caroline Dowsett and Ardwick Climate Action The design has been created to remind us of the grand neo-gothic architecture of the Town Hall, which has been created in a stunning display with a variety of plants and bee-friendly flowers. Whilst the refurbishments are underway, Decordia have created this stunning piece to pay homage to the city’s beautiful Town Hall clock. □ Corner of King Street and Deansgate Credit: Matt Eachus The Town Hall Clock by Decordia Today, the street plays host to Manchester’s annual Pride parade. The street has a historical link to LGBTQIA+ rights in the city, with the first meeting of the “North-Western Homosexual Law Reform Committee” launching in Church House, Deansgate on 7 October 1964 and additional meetings leading to the passing of the 1967 Sexual Offences Act. □ St Ann’s Square LGBTQ+ Phonebox by Frog Flowersįeaturing a red phonebox filled with beautiful flowers in the tones of the LGBTQIA+ progress flag, this installation will sit on the corner of King Street and Deansgate. The Hive will be a unique structure at the Manchester Flower Festival, offering an abundance of natural beauty through biophilia and flowers, a place of tranquillity to remember everything we have achieved as a city, whilst being a place to relax and reflect. The industrialisation of Manchester put the city in the top three most populated cities in the UK and since then, the ‘buzz’ has spread across the city and the bee became not only a symbol of industriousness and hard work, but also a symbol of solidarity and unity after the Manchester Arena attack in 2017. Manchester became a ‘hive of activity’ during the Industrial Revolution and homed thousands of ‘worker bees’. □ The Fountain, St Ann’s Square Credit: Matt Eachus The Hive by Citiblooms Ltd Featuring wildflowers, ferns, grasses, climbing flowers and cotton blooms, this garden will aim to inspire visitors to plant their very own wild meadows, whilst supporting native pollinators too! ![]() Highlighting the importance of wildflower meadows, the Cotton Bud Fountain in St Ann’s Square, which represents the county flower of Manchester, will become a real focal point at this year’s celebrations. □ St Ann’s Square, M2 7DH The Cotton Bud & Its Meadow b y Frog Flowers The horse and rider figure are included to represent the most infamous protest of the movement, where Emily Wilding Davison threw herself in front of the King’s Horse at the Epsom Derby in June 1913. Inspired by Emmeline Pankhurst and the Women’s Suffrage movement, this design features plants in the purple, green and white Suffragette colours (including lavender and thyme) and has willow figures created by Twig Twisters, depicting protest scenes as their centre piece. □ The Floral Marquee on New Cathedral Street Credit: Matt Eachus Suffragette City by The Manchester Flower Festival and Sarah Hayes, Twig Twisters Taking inspiration from Williams and Kilburn who invented the first stored computer system, right here in Manchester in 1948, the Baby Bloom installation will be bold and imposing, featuring an explosion of colour and a variety of materials to frame its stature. Make sure to keep an eye out for their outdoor bar too, which will be serving floral inspired cocktails as well as a ‘living menu’, providing customers with items to take away and plant in their own gardens. ![]() Twelve slots for two people will be available each day and can be booked via Eventbrite. Hosting the world’s smallest spritz bar, Harvey Nichols will be teaming up with Grey Goose at this year’s event, with a camionette on New Cathedral Street offering i ntimate complimentary cocktail masterclasses. What floral food and drinks events will take place at the festival? Visit a floating garden at The Bridgewater Hall, a nature trail at Great Northern Warehouse and new displays at Sadler’s Yard NOMA, First Street, Science and Industry Museum, Lincoln Square, One Piccadilly, Exhibition, Afflecks, Printworks and more. Venture outside the festival zone where, once again, the city’s venues, public spaces and businesses are supporting the festival with their own newly commissioned gardens and displays, making up the Manchester Flower Festival Fringe. ![]()
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