Manchester Snowdrop City .......... the National Trust

I suppose if asked to associate a flower with the Great War most people would go for the poppy but the snowdrop also has a long association with that conflict.

They are “a symbol of hope and though out the First world War were planted s tar graves alongside other favourite flowers to remind soldiers of home.”*

So with that in mind the National Trust has planted 100,000 Snowdrops to mark the 100 years since the outbreak of the Great War.

They were planted in the September of last year across the city and the National Trust, supported by Manchester City Council, the cathedral, Manchester University and the City Art Gallery has produced a map of where those flowers can be seen and admired.

The eight venues stretch from St John’s Gardens up to Parsonage Gardens, and the Cathedral into the Northern Quarter and down via Sackville Gardens to the Museum.

And with a bit of flair and imagination the Art Gallery has been decked out with sandbags and snowdrops.

Picture; from Manchester Snowdrop City, http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/article-1355839907680/

*Manchester Snowdrop City, the National Trust, http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/article-1355839907680/