USP Post Types
| Garden Festival 'zone' | Science and Technology |
| Type of object | Sculpture or other artwork |
| Current situation | Unknown |
| Notes | This apparently consisted of a kinetic sculpture entitled 'Power Plant', designed at the National Engineering Laboratory and fabricated by Hutton Engineering Ltd of Renton |
| Garden Festival 'zone' | Landscape and Scenery |
| Sponsor, if appropriate | Joint Council Landscape Industries |
| Type of object | Garden only |
| Current situation | Partly known |
| Current location, if known | The centrepiece sculpture, 'Season Stone' by Frances Pelly, was purchased at the conclusion of the Garden Festival by the then-chairman of the Scottish Conservative Party for his own garden (private correspondence). |
| Garden Festival 'zone' | Health and Wellbeing |
| Sponsor, if appropriate | Royal Bank of Scotland / Hewden Stewart Plant Hire |
| Type of object | Pavilion, building or other structure |
| Current situation | Unknown |
| Notes | Dismantled after the Festival and rebuilt as part of the 1990 Gateshead Garden Festival. Location after that unknown (correspondence ex. John Banks, May 2023). |
| Sponsor, if appropriate | British Telecom |
| Type of object | Vehicle, boat or ship |
| Current situation | Known |
| Current location, if known | Milton Keynes Museum |
| Notes | The BT Roadphone was a promotional device constructed on a Ford Transit chassis which allowed telephone calls to be made my members of the public. It is currently (2023) held by Milton Keynes Museum as part of their Communications collection. (Our thanks to Ian Green and the staff of Milton Keynes Museum for this information.) |
| Garden Festival 'zone' | Health and Wellbeing |
| Sponsor, if appropriate | Moray District Council |
| Type of object | Pavilion, building or other structure |
| Current situation | Unknown |
| Garden Festival 'zone' | The Rendezvous |
| Sponsor, if appropriate | Moray District Council |
| Type of object | Pavilion, building or other structure |
| Current situation | Unknown |
| Garden Festival 'zone' | Water and Maritime |
| Type of object | Vehicle, boat or ship |
| Current situation | Known |
| Current location, if known | Scottish Fisheries Museum, Anstruther |
| Notes | The full history of the 'Reaper' can be read at the Scottish Fisheries Museum website. |
| Sponsor, if appropriate | Bathgate Brothers (Marine) Ltd, Edinburgh |
| Type of object | Vehicle, boat or ship |
| Current situation | Known |
| Current location, if known | Crinan Boatyard |
| Notes | Built as VIC 27 by Isaac Pimblott & Sons, Northwich, Cheshire in 1943. Working for the Ministry of War Transport, she spent some time in Liverpool, then Greenock. Following the war, taken on by the Admiralty, then - after passing through the hands of a couple of subsequent owners - purchased in 1968 by Sir James Miller and converted into a youth training vessel based at Oban. After the conversion, she was renamed 'Auld Reekie'. In 1979, sold to Bathgate Brothers (Marine) Ltd, Edinburgh, for charter. Nine years later, she appeared at the Garden Festival with banners carrying the words 'Vital Spark' covering her formal name. Apart from a brief employment as this fictional vessel in the 1994 BBC series 'The Tales of Para Handy', she spent the intervening years resting at Crinan Basin. In 2007 she was transferred to Archie McArthur and Inveraray Pier for a year, after which she was returned to the ownership of Crinan Boatyard, where she is still being restored (as of 2022). This information - and much more - at vic27.co.uk. |
| Garden Festival 'zone' | Water and Maritime |
| Type of object | Sculpture or other artwork |
| Current situation | Known |
| Current location, if known | Carnfunnock Country Park, Northern Ireland |
| Notes | 'The entire exhibition was within the 'British Summer Time' period, and so only one ring of Hour-markers was needed. When the Garden Festival finally ended, all of the "Sunclock" parts were permanently relocated in Carnfunnock Country Park, with another ring of Hour-markers also being added' (from Facebook post). Description of the 'sunclock' here. |
| Type of object | Pavilion, building or other structure |
| Current situation | Unknown |
