In collaboration with the Bloom festival , and celebrating 250 years of the Ancient Society of York Florists, York Civic Trust’s Verna Campbell worked with organiser Lotte Inch and designer Richard Mackness (Urbis) to create a semi-permanent display on the site, which was recently installed.
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The bespoke orbital planters also double as seaters and have been funded by the City Enhancement Programme to turn the bare space into a fitting part of the Bloom! festival.
To coincide with the festival, York Civic Trust will unveil two blue plaques on Saturday 7 July to York horticulturalists.