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Monton Street, Moss Side 

Background

Monton Street is found in Moss Side, an area of Manchester close to the city centre that experienced mass development at the turn of the 19th and 20th century when large numbers of red bricked terraced houses were built. Moss Side is home to a diverse range of people from a wide variety of religions and backgrounds.

Monton Street runs north to south and is dissected by a busy main road, residential properties are found only on the south side of the street. The north side of the street supports a number of existing trees: however the terraced houses found to the south have particularly small front gardens which are not able to support much vegetation making the street devoid of greenery.

How did Green Streets help?

Residents of Monton Street approached the Green Streets team with a view to addressing the lack of greenery on their street and as a means of encouraging interaction between residents who come from a diverse range of cultures and backgrounds.

With the support of Red Rose Forest, residents of Monton Street were able to carry out a thorough consultation to find out how much support there was for the project. This involved sending a letter to all of the residential properties on the street as well as carrying out door knocks to discuss the project with the property owners. Following the community consultation the residents worked with the Green Streets team to secure enough funding to plant ten ornamental street trees and were given the opportunity to pick the species of tree that they would like to have planted outside of their house. The funding was provided by Manchester City council’s Clean and Safe grant scheme.

In order to involve as many members of the wider community as possible, children from a local primary school were invited to join the Green Streets team in a bulb planting event, planting spring bulbs in the pits of the newly planted trees, providing extra colour to the street and giving the children a sense of ownership of the project.

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