The Liverpool Garden Festival was built on 27 hectares of derelict dockland site and cost an equivalent of £48 million in today’s money. In 1984 when it opened, it was the first of its kind in Britain - a "five month pageant of horticultural excellence and spectacular entertainment"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool/capital_culture/2004/04/garden_festival/index.shtml#
With over 60 designed gardens, pavilions, and a mini railway, it attracted over 3,380,000 visitors.
But sadly no provision was made for the future of the site beyond its time as a Garden Festival.
And as a result a chunk of it has become un-cherished and neglected for 22 years, a derelict site – a Brownfield once more.
Beyond the clearly obvious boundary fence of the derelict Garden Festival site – it is difficult to know what was or was not part of the original Garden Festival. The pub that was in the site is now outside of the site – and still a licensed and frequented premises.
On the opposite side of the road -
• A gravel-covered site – edged by weathered timber beams
• A parking area overlooking the Mersey
• And woodland behind the same type of chain-link fencing
• Luxury apartments – A part of the site that has been developed