Edinburgh: Princes Street Gardens
Scottish National Gallery redevelopment underway. Shows partial access at the beginning of August (the start of the summer festivals season), but much of this part of the gardens is still closed and tree planting yet to take place. The fences are to allow vegetation establish - essential for slope stability.
The new gallery spaces are to open in 2021. The Garden entrance, accessibility improvements and landscaping have hit a number of delays and are continuing to be developed during summer 2019. Projected to cost £22m.
www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/features/scotti...
Many mature trees were removed as part of the redevelopment. This would have affected the stability of the existing slopes because the tree roots were part of the structure of the slope. Establishing a vegetation root matrix on the surface helps to prevent erosion by heavy rainfall.
greenbeltconsulting.com/articles/vegetationerosion.html
Princes Street Gardens closed to Festival crowds as National Gallery revamp drags on [3 Aug 2019] www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/retro/princes-street-garde...
Edinburgh: Princes Street Gardens
Scottish National Gallery redevelopment underway. Shows partial access at the beginning of August (the start of the summer festivals season), but much of this part of the gardens is still closed and tree planting yet to take place. The fences are to allow vegetation establish - essential for slope stability.
The new gallery spaces are to open in 2021. The Garden entrance, accessibility improvements and landscaping have hit a number of delays and are continuing to be developed during summer 2019. Projected to cost £22m.
www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/features/scotti...
Many mature trees were removed as part of the redevelopment. This would have affected the stability of the existing slopes because the tree roots were part of the structure of the slope. Establishing a vegetation root matrix on the surface helps to prevent erosion by heavy rainfall.
greenbeltconsulting.com/articles/vegetationerosion.html
Princes Street Gardens closed to Festival crowds as National Gallery revamp drags on [3 Aug 2019] www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/retro/princes-street-garde...