Fletcher Moss Botanical Garden

Manchester, Greater Manchester

Evidence-backed Dawn Redwood Public access

A dawn redwood among the specimen trees at this free Didsbury garden between the Mersey and Stenner Woods, south Manchester. Free.

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Open to the public
Last checked
20 Jun 2026

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Redwood species here

Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides)

Best in autumn: the dawn redwood is deciduous, and its foliage turns a foxy copper-red before falling — often the finest time to visit.

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  • Fletcher Moss Botanical Garden
    Credit: Wikidwitch / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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About this place

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Fletcher Moss Botanical Garden is a free public garden in Didsbury, south Manchester, set between the River Mersey and Stenner Woods on land given to the city by Alderman Fletcher Moss in 1915. Among its ornamental trees and shrubs is a dawn redwood, the deciduous Chinese conifer, growing alongside a swamp cypress and other specimen plantings on the walled rock-garden slope. Open daily dawn to dusk; entry is free.

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Last updated: 20 Jun 2026

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