Liverpool City Council’s Flower Streets mural project was honored with the Community Cohesion Award and People’s Choice Award at the Liverpool City Region Culture & Creativity Awards 2025 ceremony. The project brought together Kirkdale residents from diverse backgrounds to collaborate on transforming their neighborhood with a collection of 11 murals inspired by floral street names. Each mural not only pays homage to the flowers on its respective street – Crocus, Snowdrop, Pansy, Daisy, Woodbine, and Harebell – but also incorporates community stories.
To execute this visually captivating project, the council’s Culture Liverpool team partnered with dot-art and artist in residence Madeleine Pires. Together, they organized workshops encompassing storytelling, writing, drawing, and painting to foster unity and pride. The outcome was a series of gable end murals forming a street art gallery. Residents collaborated on various aspects of the murals, such as incorporating images of fairies representing a resident’s grandchildren, floral motifs contributed by children from St Lawrence Primary School, and names of neighborhood children.
This initiative falls under Liverpool City Council’s Creative Neighbourhoods program, designed to cater to each community’s specific needs at a neighborhood level, aiming to promote local pride, inclusivity, accessibility, and empowerment. The project also received support from the government’s Safer Streets initiative, securing funds for street lighting, CCTV cameras, and alleyway clearance. Liverpool City Council’s Cabinet Member for Culture, Health, and Wellbeing, Councillor Harry Doyle, highlighted the significance of the Flower Streets mural project in enhancing communities and fostering diversity, pride, and integration. Lucy Byrne, Managing Director of dot-art, expressed pride in the transformative impact of the project, emphasizing its ability to resonate with individuals across age groups and backgrounds. Artist Madeleine Pires shared her gratitude for the opportunity to create unifying art for the Flower Streets, echoing the sentiment of residents like Nora, who felt recognized and appreciated through this artistic endeavor after residing in the neighborhood for five decades
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