The Garden Festival was set up after the Toxteth riots by Michael Heseltine,then environmental minister,in 1984.It only lasted for six months but was very popular. The land is an old landfill site and full of very toxic materials.Nobody should really be living here but Liverpool City Council have passed planning permission for over 1,400 apartments to be built.If you would like to read more about our efforts to save it please go to:

www.violetmazeadventures.blogspot.com

or google:

save the festival gardens