Edinburgh

Princes Street Gardens » This public park is the most scenic location of any in the British Isles. One sees the castle, the old town the new town and many famous buildings. Appropriately, two straight walks form the basis of the design. The floral clock and the Victorian iron fountain are notable features. Read more on Princes Street Gardens

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art » <p>The UEDA landform was designed on the front lawn of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. The design was inspired by patterns of nature, from meteorological effects to chaos theory. Jencks stated that 'I am trying to create a new language of landscape. If you look at the way nature organises itself, it has inherent principles of movement .. I wanted to design something which reflected these natural forces but heightened them.' [National Galleries of Scotland Bulletin, July and August 2002, p14).</p> <p>Jencks' website states that "Landform Ueda, Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, 1999-2002 (with Farrell and White). A landform based on a strange attractor and the flow of earth and tr..... Read more on Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art

Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh » An early nineteenth century botanical garden with a good layout, a splendid site and panoramic views of the Edinburgh skyline. The arboretum and rock garden were made after the appointment of Sir Isaac Bayley Balfour as Regius Keeper in 1888. The Queen Mother's Memorial Garden was opened by the Queen in 2006. The design by Lachlan Stewart is based on the Eassie Cross, a Pictish cross-slab in the churchyard at Eassie in Angus. In the centre of the Memorial Garden, there is a labyrinth planted with bog myrtle. Read more on Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh