description: The pleasure gardens attached to the New Town of Edinburgh, the subscription gardens, are sometimes referred to as pleasure grounds, or simply as the New Town Gardnes. Created for the benefit of those living adjacent or close by, their contribution to the overall appearance of Edinburgh's Georgian New Town and its later Victorian additions is considerable. The gardens did not evolve in the neat way that maps and plans suggest, but involved a great deal of time, effort and negotiating skills from a large number of people; and on occasion a fair bit of fighting to preserve their patch of open space for the benefit of the wider community and the lasting adornment of Scotland's captial.
language: English
title: The Edinburgh New Town Gardens: Blessings as well as Beauties
titlecomplete: The Edinburgh New Town Gardens: Blessings as well as Beauties
ratings_count: 1
places: New Town, Edinburgh, Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
publisher: Tuckwell Press