Dig The City urban gardening festival in Manchester
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A dress made entirely of flowers is the centrepiece of this year's Dig The City urban gardening festival, which is being held across Manchester. The dress took local florist Lisa Dickinson a week to create.
US artist Jason Hackenwerth, known for his outsized latex sculptures, has created moving art installation Dance of the Honey Bee especially for the festival. The insect appears on Manchester's coat of arms.
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Festival-goers can get inspiration from artists who have designed gardens for smaller spaces such as balconies.
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Designers have created small-scale gardens for urban spaces to show at the event, which runs until 11 August. This Island Hopping design aims to be low-maintenance.
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Artist-turned-landscape gardener Johanna Wood demonstrates how to turn a small roof terrace into an oasis using recycled materials. For example, rusted mesh becomes a garden trellis to hold plants vertically.
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Friends of the Earth created a Bee Cause to highlight the plight of bees threatened by a loss of habitat and to show gardeners how to make their planting bee-friendly.