IN BRIEF
What Privately-owned new public park development
Where Manchester.
Size Six and a half acres.
Soil A mix of growing mediums including a sandy loam. Existing conditions varied across the site with some areas of clay and some contamination.
Climate Temperate with above average rainfall for the UK.
Hardiness zone USDA 8.
It had something that Manchester is several lacking in the city centre - open sky
Manchester is proud of its industrial heritage, but the city looks towards the future as well as honouring its history. It has a target of reaching carbon zero by 2038, 12 years earlier than the national target, and in 2019 the city declared a climate emergency. So when plans were made to develop Mayfield,
