In Prospect Park alone, at least 90 species of native bees flit from flower to flower among the park's sun-dappled golden rod, dandelions and dogwood.

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There are herbs growing in flower boxes at the bus stop, raspberry canes on waste land, cabbages in the flower beds at the local park - and even beans between the graves in the local cemetery.

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The 2010 garden will go on view at Roundhay Park alongside Leeds City Council's 2009 Chelsea Flower Show entry which won the silver gilt flora award.

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The park, linked to the casino resort by two bridges, will include two greenhouses: the Flower Dome and Cloud Forest, totaling almost four football fields of space.

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