An RHS Gold-medal winning garden is coming to Manchester's sky park

An RHS Chelsea Flower Show Gold-medal winning garden is set to be installed at Manchester’s very own ‘sky park’. The Castlefield Viaduct will be the new home of the WaterAid Garden, which wowed judges at the prestigious horticultural show.

Created by architect Je Ahn and landscape designer Tom Massey, the garden is inspired by the charity’s work across the world to develop sustainable water solutions. It features a beautiful centrepiece which harvests, filters and stores rainwater for irrigation, while also serving as a shelter from heavy downpours and provides shade.

It aims to highlight the work of WaterAid and encourage people to think about sustainable water management. It comes as almost one in ten people globally do not have clean water close to home, and climate change is making the situation worse, as a staggering 90per cent of all natural disasters are water-related.

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The garden and its relocation to Manchester have been made possible thanks to support from the grant-making charity Project Giving Back. Tim Wainwright, WaterAid Chief Executive, said: “We are delighted to partner with the National Trust for the relocation of The WaterAid Garden to the iconic Castlefield Viaduct in Manchester. It’s an exciting move to a great community space, which will enable more people to visit the garden and be inspired to use water sustainably and learn about the crucial role of rainwater.

“The climate crisis is a water crisis, with more frequent and extreme floods polluting water sources and droughts drying up springs. At WaterAid, we are working alongside communities on the frontline of the climate crisis globally to ensure a reliable supply