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By Leaves We Live A Talk and A Walk in celebration of Patrick Geddes and his contribution to Education and Town Planning in Edinburgh
Saturday 20th June 2009
Riddles Court, 322 Lawnmarket, Edinburgh This FREE event is being organised by the Workers Educational Association (WEA) and the Sir Patrick Geddes Memorial Trust in support of The Old Town Festival 2009 (15-28 June) - a lively two-week celebration of people and place.
Background
Programme
Patrick Geddes was an educationalist, pioneer of the
environmental movement and an architect of the regeneration of Edinburghs Old Town.
10.00am
Coffee and Scones
View the Patrick Geddes Illustrated Ceiling in Riddles Court
In 1884 he set up home in St James Court, Lawnmarket.
By the late 19th Century much of Edinburghs Old Town was in a state of dilapidation and decay. Rather than demolish and rebuild afresh Geddes believed in the renewal of the Old Town through making the most of its history, improving the existing natural and built environment, and attracting people to live and learn in the area.
10.30am
Welcome and Introductions
Elizabeth Bryan, WEA Area Tutor Organiser
10.40am
Patrick Geddes and the Summer Meetings
Talk by Sofia Leonard, Trustee of the Patrick Geddes Memorial Trust and Former Director of the Geddes Centre for Planning Studies at the University of Edinburgh Questions/Discussion Chaired by Joyce Connon, WEA Scottish Secretary
Find out how Patrick Geddes reinvigorated Edinburghs
Old Town at this free event.
Edinburgh Summer Meeting (1896)
Patrick Geddes Archive, Strathclyde University Archives
11.45am
Hidden Gardens and Green Spaces of the
Old Town Explore some of Geddes ideas in a guided walk round the Old Town led by Jean Bareham, WEA tutor and Founder of GreenYonder Tours
1.30pm
Close of the Event
Built in 1590, Riddles Court was lying derelict when Patrick
Geddes commissioned the top architects of the day to renovate the building and turn it in to a self-governing University Hall of Residence in 1890. Riddles Court was also a venue for the Patrick Geddes Summer Meetings and students taking part in these events from around the world lodged here. Riddles Court boasts many features from the Geddes era including a fine painted ceiling by the artist Thomas Bonnar comprising 40 illustrated panels commissioned by Patrick Geddes, in 1897, and restored by the City of Edinburgh Council in 1996.