Edinburgh's annual floral clock unveiled for 2026 with 35,000 flowers making up new creation
This year’s floral clock creation has been redesigned in honour of mental health charity Trellis
The finishing touches have been made to Edinburgh's annual floral clock - a fully functioning timepiece made of 35,000 flowers.
The clock in Princes Street Gardens was first created in 1903 by the city's parks superintendent John McHattie.
Each year, the clock is redesigned in honour of a different organisation, anniversary, event or individual chosen by the City of Edinburgh Council. The design is then unveiled at the start of summer.
This year, a team of gardeners have planted flowers in a unique 200sqm design which celebrates Trellis Scotland, a therapeutic gardening charity.
Colourful plants like antennaria, crassula, echeveria, sedum and saxifrage and annuals such as pyrethrum, begonias and geraniums have been used to decorate the face.
To plant the flowers, gardeners lay on top of long ladders stretched over the area to plant from the centre out without disturbing the rest of the patch.
Trellis, which is approaching its 20th anniversary, helps more than 15,000 people each and every week in Scotland to improve their health and wellbeing through therapeutic gardening, plants and nature connection.
This assists people who are recovering from long term conditions such as stroke or depression and people who have been diagnosed with cancer or dementia, and also children and younger people with additional support needs.
A spokesperson for Trellis Scotland said: “With tens of thousands of small, colourful plants, the clock takes gardeners working on ladders many weeks to plant, and is trimmed, weeded and watered throughout the season.
“It’s a celebration of craft, care and the power of plants to bring people together.
"Our heartfelt thanks to the brilliant team Edinburgh council who make this magic happen every year.”
The clock will remain in Princes Street Gardens until October.