The Irwell Sculpture Trail is the largest public art scheme in England,[1] commissioning regional, national and international artists.

The Trail includes 28 art pieces and follows a well established 30-mile (48 km) footpath stretching from Salford Quays through Bury into Rossendale and up to the Pennines above Bacup.

Viewed from above this earthwork is loosely in the shape of a bud and leaf unfurling into a double spiral mound taking the viewer up to a curved brick seating area.

It is made of white Ferro cement and stands over 15 feet (4.6 m) high overlooking Littleton Road playing fields and the River Irwell.

Industrial archaeology, burial ships, underground rivers, crop marks and Iron Age hill forts inform the artist's work.

53°33′03″N 2°20′23″W / 53.550778°N 2.339731°W / 53.550778; -2.339731 (Rail Track) The starting point for this commission was to incorporate the themes of children's rights and the name of the housing development into the design.

The work takes the form of enlarged frost nails, used to attach the Shire horses' hooves in icy conditions.

By using the words 'picnic area' the artists is encouraging the visitor to question whether the art work is a public amenity or tourist trap.

Seek And You Will Find: a series of carved wooden sculptures relating to the indigenous flora found around the park.