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  Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council

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  Dave Rome

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Information about this open space

Once ornamental gardens to a private house, Denzell Gardens is now open for the public to enjoy.  Many original built features of the Victorian gardens remain.  The sunken garden was created in 1874 when Denzell House was built.  Other features such as the ornamental pond and lych gate were constructed between then and 1908.  There are many unusual tree specimens in Denzell gardens, including a tulip tree, snake bark maples and probably the largest Christmas tree you can see in the North West of England.  The Friends host an annual tree walk to tell people a little about the trees in the gardens, including folklore linked to the different types of tree.  The Devisdale is open meadowland that has wonderful views and beautiful wildlife. Wild orchids grow in the wet grassland and animals from Green Woodpeckers, to Grey Squirrels and Toads visit and live there.  Trafford Council and the Friends are working together to improve The Devisdale.  It has been designated as a Site of Biological Importance (SBI) and is waiting to take its place as a Local Nature Reserve (LNR).  A new wildlife pond and wild fruit trees have been added to the Devisdale with lots of help from children from five local schools. They have sowed wild flower seeds, planted sapling trees and built bird boxes.  The carved ‘Basking Lizard’, created in 2006, by chain saw artist Mick Burns from a broken tree stump can be visited in the copse at the centre of the Devisdale.