Gateshead Garden Festival
The Gateshead Garden Festival was the fourth of the
The festival site was created over a two-year period, on 200 acres (0.81 km2) of derelict land, previously the site of a gasworks, a coal depot and a coking plant.[3] The cost of reclaiming and redeveloping the land was around £37 million.[1] The Evening Chronicle reported: "Around 50,000 cubic metres of discarded coal and coke over 25 acres was removed and the area capped with layers of limestone. […] Nearly two million trees and shrubs and 1.2m bulbs were planted. Enough turf was laid to cover 1,000 domestic lawns and three tonnes of grass seed was sown. Five thousand previously unemployed people were trained for roles in the festival."[2] After the festival ended, much of the site was replaced by housing.[1]
Reflecting on the Festival's 25th anniversary in 2015, the Evening Chronicle noted: "It is also held to have kick started a process which resulted in the
References
- ^ a b c d e "The Life of the Dunston Staiths" (PDF). George Wimpey. 1 May 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2008.
- ^ a b c Henderson, Tony (13 May 2015). "Gateshead National Garden Festival: 25 years since the event on Tyneside". Evening Chronicle. Newcastle upon Tyne. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ "Staiths South Bank – Design process". Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment. Archived from the original on 7 January 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2009.
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