First Garden Review: Edinburgh Gardens

Edinburgh Gardens

The Edinburgh Gardens dates back from the year 1872 and receive it's name from the Duke of Edinburgh. It's beautiful and also huge as it has 8.9 meter square area per person based on the 2001 census, which is actually above the average of the world's garden. This make the garden suitable for outdoors activities such as:

- Playing Catch

- Cycling

- Picnic

- Dog Walking

- Even music bands come along to practice!

The garden also have beautiful flower beds for sightseeing, with a lot of bench and some pavilions to enjoy, they are brilliantly placed as they are at the edges of the garden which doesn't disturb places for outdoor activities.

Garden beds, 8/10 for fabulous view!

The Edinburgh Gardens is pretty much a wonderful public place to be visited, but however I would be lying if I said it was perfect and it does not have any problems at all...

The fact is that there are 3 main problems currently happening for this garden:

1)Main Problem: The water restriction because of the drought in the past 10 years, could cause the flower beds to be removed x_x!!!!

2) Budget Constriction: Since it is a non- profitable garden (free to use), the garden relies on fund from the government and management of Yarra

3) Bicycle usage, does NOT blend well with dog walking: A lot of problems from dog breeders has been issued that their dogs had an accident as they got crashed by the bicycles, causing serious injury or maybe.. dead O.o!

Solutions :

1) They are currently working on a Raingarden and ponds to conserve water for irrigation source which could be finished in a short 4 months. This could save the garden beds ! \(^^)/

2) Errr.. Nothing much they could do with it, hopefully grateful resident will donate for this cause as they need the funds for a better irrigation system and etc

3) This is actually my suggestion for the good of dogs:

a) Put a warning side on tracks like "beware of bicycles" near the tracks

b) Make a rule: for safety issues - dogs need to be leashed

c) Make another rule: Cycling must remain on tracks

That way it should lower the risk of accidents !

That's all for this week review,

thanks for reading and remember to keep garden clean as a form of appreciation

There are trash bins you know !

Regards - Justin H Kusnandar