Michael Savage wrote in message
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Thanks for recommendation Dave...will have a browse. I work in Coleraine
in
Northern Ireland, and before that was with Manchester City Council...

As a bit of a plug, we won our category in Ulster in Bllom this year and
on
that basis have been enetered into Britain in Bloom 2003. The staff here
have maintained a great standard of horticulture - what parks in England
would have been like before the impact of competituve tendering and budget
cuts. Hope to beef up our website soon to tempt you all to visit!

I passed through on my way to the north coast in August and it did look
well. I especially liked the use of sculpture in the public spaces.
Certainly that part of NI is well worth a visit. Are the gardens, at the
entrance to the park with the Mussenden Temple in it, part of your remit. I
particularly liked the bog garden there.

michaela.