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      Gardens open to the Public In earlier years, St Andrew 
      Square Gardens were owned by the banks, insurance companies and other 
      offices around St Andrew Square and were rarely used.  But they were 
      recently passed to the City of Edinburgh on a fifty year lease. The city has now redeveloped 
      the gardens, with new landscaping including a water feature as can be seen 
      in the photograph above.  The gardens were then open to the public 
      about a month ago (in April 2008) and have been well used to date. |