Life in Salford 29 • June 2020 17
Ordsall Hall Gardens Re-opened The beautiful gardens at Ordsall Hall have now re-opened. Salford’s hidden gem, the hall is the oldest building in the city and it’s gardens are the perfect place to enjoy some outdoor exercise and relaxation. The gardens at Ordsall Hall have been designed to showcase garden elements popular throughout history and likely to have featured in the Hall’s history at some point in time.
The gardens feature a late Tudor style knot garden; a traditional 20th century allotment; Herb Garden with medieval and Tudor herbs alongside those grown today; ornamental borders containing flowers cherished by the Tudors; and an orchard of historic fruit varieties. There are also a number of stone artefacts on display challenging as well. You can even take a piece of the gardens home with you as you can purchase plants via contactless payment. All visitors should continue to abide by the 2 metre social distancing rules between households. The gardens are open between 10am-12pm, Monday to Friday. Please note that there aren’t any toilets and the cafe and car park is shut with no access to the Hall itself.
Holiday help More than 1,000 Salford families will get help to feed their children over the school summer holidays. Salford City Council is relaunching its healthy holiday voucher scheme for families where children are eligible for or normally receive free school meals. Families can apply for shopping vouchers worth £30 per child to help towards the cost of extra food over the school summer holidays. The shopping vouchers are enough to provide a daily lunch of sandwiches, soup and fruit for children. The scheme ran for the first time last year, as part of a range of holiday activities which also included free healthy lunches. Last year over 1,600 families applied for the vouchers alone. The initiative is being run under the Salford Assist scheme which helps people in crisis. Anyone who applies can also ask for further help from debt advice to benefit checks to make sure they are receiving all the money they are entitled to. To apply please see www.salford.gov.uk/summervouchers
