[1] She took a leading role in her father's Open Spaces project, which aimed to revive derelict urban plots with gardens and play areas.

[4] In 1908, the group carried out a survey to locate sites within the city that could be used to provide outdoor recreation areas for the local residents and their children.

[4] Geddes joined her father's Open Spaces Committee at the Outlook Tower and Camera Obscura[6] but was left frustrated with her scope of work in the role.

[7] It was inspired by zoos in Hamburg and New York, which moved away from the caged menageries of the Victorian era and instead promoted large open enclosures and naturalistic settings.

[9] The display included a quote from an English friend in 1923, who said "Here, among the flowers, children can play while parents, oft-times too weary to climb the steep paths to the top, can sit just within the gate and read or sew or talk as they desire.