Manchester's Street Flower Show

Manchester's Flower Show has a long history dating back to the 1950s when it took place in Platt Fields. It ran until 2003 when it was given a rest, which turned into a 15 year break.

We first visited back in 2019 when the city streets, shops and restaurants were filled with flowers and floral based activities. Wonderful.

Now as we all know the following year along came a certain virus, which put a stop to the show just as it was getting re-established. Shows were held in the following years, but it took us until 2025 to find the time to go back to find the whole show on a much, much smaller scale. There were still street floral tableaus and some real beauties, but the overall feel of the show was much reduced. I imagine the cost of taking part has skyrocketed in this world of high prices and low availability.

It was still an entertaining way to spend a morning, but nothing like the grand scale it once was. Hats off to all the business and organisations who did take part, it definitely bought people into the city and hopefully they spent some time and money while they were there.

Our favourite? The wonderful digital ceiling inside the old Printworks building...