Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Green-fingered residents have transformed a once run-down back alleyway into a quirky urban oasis.
The alleyway, which sits on the border of Moss Side and Rusholme, was a hotspot for fly-tipping and anti-social behaviour. Messy and unloved, it was a place to avoid rather than enjoy. Read more:The vegetables you can sow and grow now Around three years ago, a small group of residents decided to do something about it, and the transformation of the alleyway began.
Nadine Brown and Esther Webb started by knocking on neighbours' doors to get as many volunteers as possible on board. They arranged for the council to collect old sofas that had been dumped in the alley
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