GORGEOUS Gorse Hill exports their green-fingered greatness to the rest of Manchester this week, as the community group take part in Dig the City 2015.

The social improvement project that’s transformed a Stretford neighbourhood using art and planting have a pop-up plot as part of the annual gardening festival.

Their show garden behind Waterstones in Police Street means they’ll be able to spread their message of using community artworks, murals and replanting waste ground to improve the urban environment to thousands of people between July 31-August 6.

Their garden will embody the ethos of reclaiming the streets and replacing drab concrete with art and nature – creating a garden on every street corner.

Gorgeous Gorse Hill project lead, Ruth Hannan, said: “We want to do something that reflects what we’ve done in Gorse Hill.

“It shows that anybody can have a garden, even if you live in the city or an urban environment.”

A Dig the City spokesman said: “They have created a garden that puts their idea into action – and shows not just what has been achieved in Gorse Hill but what other communities can achieve, too.

“From edible plants to bird boxes, via brightly painted shop shutters and reclaimed garden spaces, this is a garden to delight and inspire.”

Gorgeous Gorse Hill’s projects in Stretford have included painting murals on shop roller blind shutters and electricity boxes, re-planting areas of scrubland with flowers and trees, and developing a community orchard where Stretfordians can grow and harvest their own fruit.

Dig the City will bring a week’s worth of pop-up picnics, music, markets and gardens to central Manchester between July 31 to August 6.

For more, see digthecity.co.uk

For more on Gorgeous Gorse Hill, visit gorgeousgorsehill.co.uk