Tag Archives: West Princes Street Gardens

Ross Fountain

The restoration of the beautiful Ross Fountain is now complete! Water flows freely for the first time in eight years. Now sporting its new colour of a bluish-green and copper moving away from it’s all gold colour, paying homage to its sister fountain of Fontaines de la Concorde in Paris.

Ross Fountain was produced at the iron foundry of Antoine Durenne in Sommevoire, France, standing at it’s current position in West Princes street gardens since 1872

Happy to see it fully working again

Ross Fountain

Ross Fountain

Ross Fountain

Ross Fountain

Ross Fountain

Ross Fountain

2017 Floral Clock

The floral clock for 2017 is complete, this year it commemorates the Scotsman newspaper bicentenary. It’s an actual working clock, with a new design each summer. see the bird house, every hour a wee cuckoo pops out and does her calling. – it’s awfy nice 😊 (you can find this in West Princes Street Gardens next to The Mound entrance)

2017 Floral Clock

2017 Floral Clock

2017 Floral Clock

2017 Floral Clock

West Princes Street Gardens – Panoramic

West Princes Street Gardens - Panoramic

West Princes Street Gardens – Panoramic

Panoramic photo of West Princes Street gardens, this has the Castle, The Ross Fountain (which I really wish they would fix) and st cuthbert’s parish church to the right.  Between 1460 and 1759 this area was entirely flooded with water, this was the castles northern defense known as the Nor’ Loch