Tuesday, July 19, 2005
Dream Gardens.
The gardens around Holyrood have now been opened to the public
Our Scottish Parliament building has been much criticised because of it's £431m construction cost, and while it may have been a touch expensive compared to the original estimates, it is a beautiful work of architectural art, and should be a source of pride to Scottish people. It is not the building itself that represents bad value for our money, but the set of mediocre politicians that presently occupy the place.
Planting wild flowers, trees such as rowans, oaks and pine, and native grasses which will only be cut in the autumn after the flowers have seeded, is a lovely idea. Once the gardens mature over a few years this should be one of the prettiest spots in Edinburgh.
Our Scottish Parliament building has been much criticised because of it's £431m construction cost, and while it may have been a touch expensive compared to the original estimates, it is a beautiful work of architectural art, and should be a source of pride to Scottish people. It is not the building itself that represents bad value for our money, but the set of mediocre politicians that presently occupy the place.
Planting wild flowers, trees such as rowans, oaks and pine, and native grasses which will only be cut in the autumn after the flowers have seeded, is a lovely idea. Once the gardens mature over a few years this should be one of the prettiest spots in Edinburgh.
© Colcam 2005-2007
