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Katie Williams

Work begins on Edinburgh's historic floral clock ahead of summer

The iconic floral clock on West Princes Street Garden is being set up in time for summer.

Each year the clock displays a different design to honour a specific theme. Last year it honoured the Queen's Platinum Jubilee and the year before it honoured the 350th anniversary of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.

In 1903, the clock's floral design celebrated the coronation of King Edward VII, which might give us an idea of what to expect this year.

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While this year's theme has not been announced yet, one passerby spotted two men tending to botanical sight and the outline has been placed with foliage.

By the beginning of July, the clock will be expected to be in bloom and will attract locals and visitors to gaze upon it over the summer until October.

The floral clock was first commissioned in 1903 and was the first of its kind as it tells the correct time. 70 years later, in 1973 mechanical clock hands were installed to keep it moving. Though it needs to be wound every day.

Over the months it is tended to by the gardening team and over six weeks, tens of thousands of individual plants and flowers will be planted.

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