RHS Garden Bridgewater
RHS Garden Bridgewater will be the Royal Horticultural Society's fifth public display garden. It is being created at Worsley in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, and will open in May 2021.
| RHS Garden Bridgewater | |
|---|---|
  Location in Greater Manchester | |
| Type | Garden |
| Location | Worsley New Hall |
| Nearest city | Salford, England |
| Coordinates | 53°29′59″N 2°24′01″W |
| Area | 156 acres (63 ha) |
| Created | 2020 |
| Operated by | Royal Horticultural Society |
Gardens
Bridgewater is being created in 156 acres of the former Worsley New Hall estate, with the Bridgewater Canal forming the southern boundary. It will be the RHS's first new garden since it acquired Harlow Carr in 2001, and is one of Europe's largest gardening projects.[1]
Landscape architect Tom Stuart-Smith has created the overall plan,[2] in which the walled kitchen garden will be restored, historic features such as the tree-lined Garden Approach recreated, and the lost terraces reworked.[3] Marcus Chilton-Jones has been appointed the first curator of the garden.[4]
Funding
The expected total cost of the project is £32.7m, of which the RHS has invested £15.7m of its own funds and received (by December 2019) a further £12.7m through grants and fundraising,[5] including a £5m grant from the Garfield Weston Foundation[6] and further donations from Salford City Council.
See also
References
- "Designs for our future garden". RHS. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- "RHS appoints designers to take forward RHS Vision". RHS. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- "The dawn of a new RHS Garden". RHS. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- "Curator Appointed for Royal Horticultural Society's New Garden, RHS Garden Bridgewater". RHS. Archived from the original on 12 May 2019.
- "Help open the gates". RHS. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- "Weston Garden Opens at RHS Chelsea". Garfield Weston Foundation. Retrieved 13 December 2019.