I was commissioned by Red Nile Projects, as part of their Factory Nights series of unique commissions, to create new work based on the Stoke-on-Trent National Garden Festival Park site which opened in 1986. I visited the now underused park as part of Red Nile Factory Nights event in August 2011 and took part in a tour led by Anna Francis, an artist and local expert on the history of the park. I was inspired by Anna's collection of Woman’s Weekly magazines from 1986 containing information on the park and the two gardens that they sponsored on the original site, a cottage garden and a wildflower garden. I was interested in the connection between wool crafts and gardening in the magazine that was reflected in my work. I applied for a commission to create giant blooms that continued on from my giant daffodils and further explored how the work could engage people with a place.