The project to clear out the Dingle and then plant it was funded by the Shropshire Horticultural Society, with the ornamental gardens opened in 1879, featuring many flower beds and borders, with ponds and fountains.

The Shoemakers' Arbour plays a large part in the song "Thomas Anderson"[4] by David Harley that describes the execution in 1752 of a participant in the Jacobite rising of 1745.

It consists of a bronze winged and armoured statue of St. Michael under a canopy designed like a classical Greek temple in the form of six Ionic columns supporting a circular dome.

The richly embellished floor shows the County, King's Shropshire Light Infantry (KSLI) Regimental arms and French Croix de Guerre on a gold mosaic background.

This bandstand, which stands below the entrance to the Quarry in Shrewsbury, was built in 1879 and donated to the park by the Shropshire Horticultural Society.

This stone marked the boundary made by the Harley family of Rossall near Bicton who refused to sell their piece of land to the corporation when the rest of the Quarry was being acquired in the 18th century.

There is a statue of Hercules, which stands at the foot of the Quarry Walk, where it connects with Victoria Avenue, besides the River Severn.

The felled trees were found to contain bee and wasp nests, large amounts of mistletoe and much dead wood.

The clone that was planted produces a large number of epicomic sprouts which have to be pruned off annually.Opposite the School Boathouse is the remains of a wooden post used by a ferry crossing the river.In 1900, there were two ferry boats working on the River Severn in the Quarry, with the other operating across the river where Porthill Suspension Bridge has been sited since 1922.

Of special interest is a bust of the gardening broadcaster Percy Thrower, who for many years was also the Parks Superintendent for Shrewsbury.

[citation needed] The Shrewsbury Flower Show is an annual event held in mid-August over two days (in recent times Friday and Saturday) within The Quarry.

The boat launching jetty by Porthill Bridge is under water many times during a typical winter, with Victoria Avenue and the children's playground flooded perhaps once a year.

A causeway of higher ground has been constructed to allow people to walk from Porthill Bridge towards St Chad's Church during most flood events.