On 27/3/07 18:37, in article ,
"Howard Haigh" wrote:

Hi All

I'm asking this on behalf of a friend who is engaged in an art project and
she would like to know what plants would have appeared in Victorian public
parks - well actually in one particular public park (Peel Park in Salford,
opened in 1846). From what I can see the Victorians were keen on colourful
borders but some of you out there might know a lot more and could name a few
plants.

I'll forward replies on to her (she uses e-mail but doesn't know anything
about newsgroups and URG).

I'd suggest she contacts Kew, as well as this group. And are there no
public records/photographs etc of the period? They might not have written
down what they planted but there might be photographs. She could get the
people of Salford involved in hunting through their family snapshots and
make it a communal interest project. ;-)
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