Hello, welcome to New Leaf.

We are a charity fuelled by volunteer efforts. A combination of local residents and former residents of Manchester, we each bring to A New Leaf a range of expertise and personal interests in greening public urban spaces.

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For a greener Manchester

We invest our own time and energy in community initiatives that care for the green spaces in our city, and campaign for improved access to green space across Manchester’s city centre. We are also a network and community that organise events and activities that bring people together to share in the trials and tribulations of our volunteer efforts.

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Let us know your ideas for greenery and green spaces, or get in touch to let us know how you can help make them happen. You can help us to green the city just by planting some seeds of thought.

Working together

Friends of A New Leaf include City of Trees, The National Trust, Hulme Community Garden Centre, Skyliner, Countryscape, Reason Digital, University of Manchester and Manchester Print Fair.

Articles

A collection of our thinking and important information about what's going on around Manchester.

March 2, 2020 · Reflections

How Is This Only Temporary?

The transient nature of cities provides permission to hide behind temporary experiences, but how healthy is it to live like this? We're in the midst of a global pandemic and to instil a glimmer of hope we are encouraged to view it as 'only temporary'. However, is there any hope in the contrary? When the green and social spaces that we need now more than ever are only temporary how do we attempt to embed the positive effects of these initiatives and make these more permanent features of our city?

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September 25, 2019 · Reflections

A Tale of Two Cities

Two cities separated by not just a river but by their approach to green space. So exactly how different are they?

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Our approach

We value green space in urban areas and we are motivated by one another’s experiences of caring for the projects and initiatives that take place across the city. This includes guerilla gardening, design activism, allotment gardening, managing green and blue infrastructure, supporting community garden centres, tree planting, graphic communication and print making, bee keeping, health and well-being, educational programming, flash fiction and creative writing.... and so the list continues.