Garden History 43: supplement 1 Spring 2015
The Proceedings of the Edinburgh Gardens and Squares Conference:
The Scottish Enlightenment as Manifested in the Gardens and Squares of Edinburgh’s New Town
Papers from our our very successful and well received Edinburgh Conference, held on Friday 26 September 2014, are now available as a free download on our website.
Edited as usual by Barbara Simms and Cris Ratti, they are presented as a ‘virtual’ issue of Garden History 43: supplement 1, Spring 2015.
The cover of this issue shows: The newly constructed St Bernard’s Well from the west, shown in a watercolour (c.1790) by Hugh William ‘Grecian’ Williams. Courtesy: private collection.
Nearly all the papers presented at the Conference are included, listed below, and can be downloaded, in pdf editions, by clicking on the appropriate article title.
Barbara Simms Editorial
Kristina Taylor the Opening Address
Christopher Dingwall
In Search of Free Air and an Agreeable Prospect:
the Flight from Edinburgh’s Old Town
Anthony Lewis
The Builders Of Edinburgh’s New Town, 1767–69
Desmond McCabe
The Humours Of Space And Power:
The Development of the Urban Square in Europe, 1100–2000
Ian Gow
Who lived in the New Town and how were their gardens Used?
Peter Burman
Edinburgh’s Arcadia: Past, Present and Future
Vanessa Stephen
Afterlife in the New Town: Edinburgh Western Cemetery,
a Picturesque place of rest in the Valley of the Water of Leith
Kirsten Carter McKee
The Genius Loci of the Athens of the North:
the cultural significance of Edinburgh’s Calton Hill
Peter McGowan
Aspects of planting design and management in Edinburgh’s New Town gardens
Brian M. Evans
St Andrew Square: shaping a place
Todd Longstaffe-Gowan
Reinstating John Nash’s picturesque vision at Regent’s Park, London
Drew Bennellick
Rethinking Green Spaces: what’s happening to our Public Parks?
Krzysztof Jan Chuchra
International Practice: what’s everyone else doing?
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