Launch of Royal Mile garden book

A WRITER will launch her book about secluded city centre gardens at a free event later this week.

Hidden Gardens of the Royal Mile, by Jean Bareham, will be unveiled at Out of the Blue Drill Hall in Dalmeny Street on Thursday.

The book features the history of the area’s hidden gardens, new research on children’s gardens and interviews with those involved.

The event is at 7.30pm, and is part of the Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair.