Parrs Wood Environmental Centre
Decorations made from our own willow and callicarpa berries
Also known as Maidenhead, the Ginkgo has outlived the dinosaurs
Harriet's award winning work.
Decorations made from our own willow and callicarpa berries
Briefly - Parrs Wood Environmental Centre
The Parrs Wood Environmental Centre, formerly known as Parrs Wood Rural Studies Centre, was created by Manchester City Council in 1947 for school children from all over the city to visit regularly to learn about gardening and wildlife. In 1990 the responsibility for running the Centre was handed over to a new voluntary group of Friends and in 2011 we were re-named Parrs Wood Environmental Centre. The Friends are now working towards a new programme of courses and events, aiming to carry on in the 21st Century the tradition of environmental education for which the site is renowned. We also have a lot of fun!
Our current activities include:
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Gardening - basic skills and more specialised levels
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Environmental awareness and education
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Watching, recording and encouraging wildlife
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Open days
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Talks
This website is an evolving place in which to find out more about us. We hope you will return to it often.
Copyright for all photos - Parrs Wood Environmental Centre, 2018 - 2025.
The border by the gardener's house in late summer
The pond is cleaned every year to help it to flourish
School students still come to learn about gardening and raise food and flowers.
Plants for sale are raised in our greenhouses and nursery beds
Listening to and watching the many, many insects is absorbing and relaxing. If you are interested in wildlife do join us?
"Many things you wouldn't do on your own you can do as part of a group" - a volunteer.
Our volunteers grow bananas and pineapples. The freshest in Didsbury - with no air miles.