Museum Represents a museum WC No EventsForChildren Yes Place The town or city Old Town HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear No DisabledAccess Yes Activities Guided tours. Information leaflets/notes available. OpeningTime1 10.00-17.00 OpeningDate1 22/9/2012 IsNewThisYear No ID Google Panorama ID 12333 Refreshments No Street The street address 5 Bakehouse Close AddressLine2 146 Canongate Postcode EH8 8DD Parking No DisabledWC No LimitedAccess No NotAccessible No Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Acheson House Garden Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived edinburgh Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1488 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,55.95114,-3.179157; Description An account of the resource Acheson House Garden is a newly restored historic walled garden just off the Canongate, tucked away in the medieval Bakehouse Close. It takes its inspiration from the 17th century examples, primarily foodgrowing gardens, which once lay at the rear of town houses in the Canongate. The design includes medicinal herbs, native vegetable varieties and heritage fruit trees, bordered with edible hedging to create formal shapes. At the heart of the garden, footpaths create a Scottish saltire and a biodiversity pond. The garden has lain neglected for many years, but it has now been regenerated with the help of Edinburgh World Heritage, Bridgend Growing Communities and the Patrick Geddes Gardening Club, named after the influential town planner who believed in the importance of communal green spaces. This hidden gem, a small ‘green island’, is concealed in the heart of the Canongate.