1. Central Forest Park
City of Stoke-on-Trent – A Fine Place to Live, Work and Play

An advert from the Garden Festival brochure - showing a reclaimed spoil tip from Hanley Deep Pit, later transformed into part of Central Forest Park.

2. The Pace of Recovery
Etruria Sculpture by Francis Gomila

Stainless steel swan sculpture at the junction of Festival Way and Marina Drive. The sculpture symbolises 'the successful regeneration that has been achieved at Festival Park' Photographed March 1994.

3. Sky Wedges
The Woodland Ridge – Andrew Darke

Monumental oak wedges on the Festival site, photographed in January 2008 after years of weathering and decay.

4. Festival Location Marker
Garden Festival Gateway Marker

Decorative marker showing symbols of Stoke-on-Trent industry, wildlife and the Festival Park layout. 
Photographed July 2008.

5. 25th Anniversary Celebrations
Giant Knit and Crochet Flowers – Ruthie Ford

Temporary artwork installed during the 2011 National Garden Festival anniversary celebrations.

6. Historic Gardens Zone

Part of the original Festival buildings and landscape left to return to nature. 
Photographed April 2012.

7. Etruria Jubilee Canals Festival
Garden Festival Marina – June 2012

Canal festival celebrating Stoke-on-Trent’s waterways 
and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.

Links to external sites... 

• Wikipedia article on Stoke-on-Trent Garden Festival

• Relics of the 1986 Garden Festival - photo tour

• YouTube description of the site

• Film of the 1986 Garden Festival