http://ianandoana.com/blog/2007/05/06/and-of-course-i-jinxed-the-weather/ Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:57:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://ianandoana.com/blog/2007/05/06/and-of-course-i-jinxed-the-weather/comment-page-1/#comment-1710 ianandoana.com » Blog Archive » Open Parks and Gardens Sat, 26 May 2007 13:43:36 +0000 http://ianandoana.com/blog/2007/05/06/and-of-course-i-jinxed-the-weather/#comment-1710 [...] I am a little behind on posting, as Oana always seems to beat me to it. So I’ll start by expanding a bit on her post about the open parks and gardens day on May 5.  It was a little while ago but as a free event it deserves all the free advertising I can give it. In Vancouver, private parks and gardens are the exception rather than the rule. In Edinburgh, things are changing and public parks and gardens are becoming more and more common but private parks and gardens are still very common. When you walk around town you may notice that green areas are often surrounded by cast iron fencing with locked gates. In some cases you can pay a £20 fee per year for a key; in other cases you have to belong to some type of club or organization; in others, you have to live in one of the adjacent buildings in order to access a small piece of green space close to your building or area of work. [...] [...] I am a little behind on posting, as Oana always seems to beat me to it. So I’ll start by expanding a bit on her post about the open parks and gardens day on May 5.  It was a little while ago but as a free event it deserves all the free advertising I can give it. In Vancouver, private parks and gardens are the exception rather than the rule. In Edinburgh, things are changing and public parks and gardens are becoming more and more common but private parks and gardens are still very common. When you walk around town you may notice that green areas are often surrounded by cast iron fencing with locked gates. In some cases you can pay a £20 fee per year for a key; in other cases you have to belong to some type of club or organization; in others, you have to live in one of the adjacent buildings in order to access a small piece of green space close to your building or area of work. [...]

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