MCFly has been asked to publicise the Dig the City thang, and its twitter conversations…

“I am contacting you from Dig the City, the North’s first Urban Gardening festival which takes place in August and aims to inspire and encourage Manchester residents to embrace city greening and growing. Extraordinary show gardens will be popping up in the unlikeliest of places – Manchester City Centre – as we transform the city into a natural wonderland of forests, horticulture, fine food, flowers and fêtes, markets, workshops, demonstrations, public art and more.

“To involve the green spirited in all things urban gardening, we will be launching a series of Twitter events each Thursday for 4 weeks, with the first event taking place on Thursday 18 July at 4pm and we very much hope you will join us and support the gardening fever with a tweet or two?

“For one hour, Dig the City (@digthecitymcr) will be discussing the topic of Urban Gardening with followers via Twitter using the hashtag #digthecitymcr.

“We hope you will join in the discussion and share tips, ideas and inspiration on city greening (town gardens, balconies, vertical planting etc.) and share photos from your own gardens or pictures of city gardening in action near you. We hope to highlight the significance of urban gardens to the environment and society.”