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Edinburgh Botanical Gardens
My wife and I first saw these wonderful gardens in 1996. We were very
happy to be able to visit them again last fall. The day we went the weather was sunny and warm - around 15 degrees C. Many other people besides ourselves took advantage of the weather to visit the park. We enjoyed watching the little children run around on the grass, fall down, pick themselves up, and run some more. Families of three generations wandered about, soaking up the sun and the sights. There was very little noise. People chatted quietly with each other, or just stood and looked around. It is a wonderful garden, well worth a visit. Just be sure to allow a whole day, and wear a good comfortable pair of shoes - it's easy to rack up the miles wandering around it! We had a lovely lunch in the cafe, and visited two shows. One displayed pictures of gardens and below them low-relief reproductions of the same scenes for blind people to touch. I tried "seeing" them with my fingers, but I don't know how - nothing felt the way I expected it to feel from its visual appearance. The other show was of a wonderful variety of sculptures and other objects made from scrap materials, illustrating the themes of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. They had been made by school children, adults in community groups, even people working in offices. I took some pictures of these, too, will post a few if anyone wants to see them. -- Wolf "Don't believe everything you think." (Maxine) |
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