Edinburgh Gardens

It was created from a grant of land in March 1862 by Queen Victoria and laid out by Clement Hodgkinson, who designed many of Melbourne's parks and gardens.

It is enhanced by the quality of individual elements, both built and floral, in terms of their historical, architectural, recreational and visual amenity".

In 1882 the Gardens were permanently reserved and in 1883 a formal layout, trenching and tree planting commenced to the straightforward design of Joseph Martin Reed, Victorian Lands Department district surveyor.

The Gardens continued to be redeveloped to various degrees throughout the twentieth century with the addition of further sporting, ornamental and memorial structures and plantings.

It also retains avenues of mature elms, together with other specimen trees and significant twentieth century examples of rare perimeter planting.

The unique shape of the gardens stems from the resolution between different street grids and the desire to create a circus along Georgian lines.

The scheme for a grand crescent with central gardens, playing grounds and rail facilities was developed as the most logical answer to this dilemma.

The old line has been replaced with a shared path that joins the Linear Park Reserve[6] and leads to the nearby Capital City Trail.

A timber pedestrian bridge remained in the south-west of the gardens until about 2003. it was sold and removed to make way for a low-rise development for the Office of housing.