Reporters Neil Walker and David Clayton link up the BBC's network of Local Radio stations to look at the flower power of the 1980s.
Garden Festivals - A Landscape on the Blot?
Liverpool started it, Stoke followed.... and now Glasgow and Gateshead are planning their own Garden Festivals. The events are promoted as a way to regenerate rundown urban areas. But are the benefits perennial, or do they fade away? Producer GLYN JONES
BBC North East