Category:Queen Street Gardens, Edinburgh

Queen Street gardens were established in 1822 by act of parliament (still in force in 2017) as part of the New Town of Edinburgh. The owners of houses in Heriot Row (to the North) and Queen Street (to the South) together in 1823 bought the ground for £3,000. About £2,000 was spent on landscaping and planting the gardens and £1,000 was spent on the railings. The gardens were designed by the landscape artist Andrew Wilson who also built a small Doric pavilion that was once the gardener's shed and has been classified as an A listed building. A pond in the gardens is said to have been the inspiration for Treasure Island written by Robert Louis Stevenson (who lived at 17 Heriot Row). The gardens are privately run - the 53 properties which look onto the gardens pay an annual rent to maintain the gardens. Residents in nearby streets can also rent keys to get to access these gardens.