International Garden Festival

The International Garden Festival was a garden festival held in Liverpool, England from 2 May 1984 to 14 October 1984. It was the first such event held in Britain, and became the model for several others held during the 1980s and early 1990s. The aim was to revitalise tourism and the city of Liverpool which had been in decline, and the idea came from Conservative Environment Minister Michael Heseltine.

The festival

The festival was held on a 950,000 square metre derelict industrial site south of Herculaneum Dock near the Dingle. On this site was built a festival hall and 60 individual gardens, attractions such as a Yellow Submarine, Japanese garden and a walk of fame. A 15" gauge miniature railway system provided transport around the site. The festival was hugely popular, attracting 3,380,000 visitors.^[1]

The festival site

Since the festival closed, the site passed through the hands of a series of developers, with half of the site being turned into residential housing. In November 2006 local companies Langtree and McLean announced plans for the site that will see more than 1,000 new homes built around the cleared dome area, as well as the restoration of the original gardens created for the festival in 1984.

References

^ "Horticultural Exhibitions: Liverpool". Bureau International des Expositions (International Exhibitions Bureau). Retrieved 25 March. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)

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[1] "Horticultural Exhibitions: Liverpool". Bureau International des Expositions (International Exhibitions Bureau). Retrieved 25 March. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)

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