{"id":60198,"date":"2017-07-08T17:00:05","date_gmt":"2017-07-08T10:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/gardens-edinburghs-private-gardens\/"},"modified":"2017-07-08T17:12:18","modified_gmt":"2017-07-08T10:12:18","slug":"gardens-edinburghs-private-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/gardens-edinburghs-private-gardens\/","title":{"rendered":"Gardens: Edinburgh\u2019s private gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nEdinburgh\u2019s New Town is full of big, beautiful green spaces that most of us can never visit. Here\u2019s what we\u2019re missing\u2018This tree has the most amazing bark,\u201d says the eccentric millionaire Robert McDowell, running a palm sensuously along a branch of Tibetan cherry. \u201cOh,\u201d he purrs in his plummy baritone, \u201cthat\u2019s like silk stockings.\u201dMcDowell, an economist and owner of the city\u2019s Summerhall arts venue, is 65, with a hawkish profile \u2013 and a fag \u2013 jutting beneath a green fedora; his tweed jacket, ripped at one shoulder, is worn over a Fair Isle sweater and pink striped shirt; a stone deaf jack russell, Terence, snuffles around his wellies as he strides across the grass. I call McDowell an eccentric millionaire (\u201cThe truth is, all millionaires are eccentric\u201d) for a reason: he is showing me around one of the private gardens of Edinburgh\u2019s New Town, a decidedly eccentric spot. \u201cLook at this,\u201d he says, inviting admiration of the so-called Temple of Pluto, a gas pressure reduction station built in 1984 to resemble a small domed folly so as not to disturb the genteel ambience. \u201cIt looks like somewhere you\u2019d have a nice cup of tea and a tryst with your lover.\u201d Continue reading…
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