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How can we make Manchester more green?

Greening the city was the subject of roundtable held on a rooftop garden in the city centre recently

A roundtable was held at Sedulo's rooftop garden recently(Image: Manchester Evening News)

Manchester. Home of industry, football and music, but not much green space.

Unlike London, with its extensive Royal Parks, and New York, where Central Park sits within easy reach of midtown, Manchester has no extensive greenery at its heart.

Though the suburbs are lush in places - Heaton Park, Alexandra Park, Fletcher Moss - and the Peak District is tantalisingly close, in the city centre itself parks are thin on the ground.

With more and more people living in the city centre, there’s growing demand for public space that’s safe, attractive and green.

Greening the city and creating public open spaces that people want to use was the subject of a roundtable.

Held at Sedulo’s rooftop garden on Deansgate, participants included Adam Higgins, co-founder of social impact developer Capital & Centric; Ed Lister, managing partner at landscape and urban design studio, Planit; Jonathan Miley, director of Exterior Architecture; Jessica Thompson, director at City of Trees; and Jackie Copley, planning manager at CPRE.

Kicking off the debate was chair and property expert David Thame.

“Manchester’s green spaces and its public spaces have a fraught history and haven’t always been successful,” he said.