GROUNDWORK CASE STUDY

f Transformation of contractor’s site compound into an attractive community garden at the heart of the estate

ANSON ESTATECOMMUNITY GARDEN

f PROJECT NAME Anson Estate Environmental Improvements

f LOCATION Longsight, Manchester

f CLIENT Eastlands Homes Partnership Ltd

f CONTRACT VALUE £78,000

f COMPLETION 2012

f DESIGN TEAM Groundwork MSSTT

PROJEC T SUMMARY

For more information contact:Mark Knight - Landscape Managermark.knight@groundwork.org.uk

Groundwork MSSTTTimber Wharf

42 - 50 Worsley StreetCastlefield

ManchesterM15 4LD

Telephone 0161 220 1000www.groundwork.org.uk/msstt

Landscape Architect’s Visualisation of

the proposed garden

LANDSCAPE DESIGN

GROUNDWORK CASE STUDYGROUNDWORK CASE STUDYPROJEC T BACKGROUND

f Originally the site was a featureless open grass area. This was then utilised as a site compound over a period of years for the internal refurbishment programme on the estate. On completion of the internal refurbishments, attention was then given to the external environmental improvements.

f Welcomed by the Tenants & Residents Association, the site was identified as an opportunity by Eastlands Homes to create a community garden and focal point for outdoor community activities.

f A local artist was employed to engage local residents through a series of workshops, to create bespoke features that enrich the space by capturing the history of the site - The site is located on the line of the Nico Ditch: An Anglo - Saxon boundary marker, part of which is a Scheduled Ancient Monument

“Groundwork has provided Eastlands Homes with an excellent service for many years.

From the consultation to the planning and design of environmental improvements, the service offered by Groundwork has helped us work towards our vision of creating safe and successful neighbourhoods”

Debbie Teece(Project Manager) Eastlands Homes

Formerly a site compound

Transformed into a community garden Telling the story of the Nico Ditch