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SPRING CLEAN, 2006, Grannies Green, Grassmarket, Edinburgh
20m x 6m x variable

Commissioned by Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop and Edinburgh City Council in commemoration of Patrick Geddes. Seasonal artwork consisting of 6,000 crocus bulbs which appear in Spring in the form of giant pieces of clothing stretched between traditional iron washing poles. After the 19th C wash -house originally on the site was pulled down, the communal garden was used during the 20th C as a drying green for the Barrack's families serving at Edinburgh Castle.