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One of the city’s most enduring innovations has been quietly shaping lives for almost two centuries.

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The invention and troubled introduction of the secateur in France and England as a replacement to the billhook and pruning knife

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The first football pitches of the 1800s were scythed or grazed but over time evolved into highly maintained landscapes incorporating drainage, heating and new technology such as Astroturf

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John takes us on a journey through football pitches of the 60s and 70s from both a spectator and a player’s perspective

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Landscape Design Consultant John Harris recounts his career in Wigan Council’s Landscape Department helping to design and maintain designed landscapes

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Horatio’s Garden supports the recovery and wellbeing of people with spinal injuries within NHS healthcare settings

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Designed to improve our health and community cohesion, playgrounds began as ‘gymnasia’ for all to use.

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One of the greatest ‘inventions’ of the 19th century was the public park. Today, we all use them – and love them – but what do we actually know about them?

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Established to provide recreation and education for the growing middle classes, Sheffield Botanical Gardens was first designed by Robert Marnock in 1834.