GROUNDWORK CASE STUDY
ff PROJECT NAME Anson Estate Environmental Improvements
ANSON ESTATE
COMMUNITY GARDEN
ff LOCATION Longsight, Manchester ff CLIENT Eastlands Homes Partnership Ltd
ff CONTRACT VALUE
PROJEC T SUMMARY
£78,000
ff Transformation of contractor’s site compound into an attractive community garden at the heart of the estate
ff COMPLETION 2012 ff DESIGN TEAM
Groundwork MSSTT
LANDSCAPE DESIGN Groundwork MSSTT Timber Wharf 42 - 50 Worsley Street Castlefield Manchester M15 4LD
Landscape Architect’s Visualisation of the proposed garden
Telephone 0161 220 1000 www.groundwork.org.uk/msstt For more information contact: Mark Knight - Landscape Manager mark.knight@groundwork.org.uk
GROUNDWORK CASE STUDY PROJEC T BACKGROUND ff
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.
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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.
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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 -
“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
The site is located on the line of the Nico Ditch: An Anglo - Saxon boundary marker, part of which is a Scheduled Ancient Monument
Formerly a site compound
Transformed into a community garden
Telling the story of the Nico Ditch