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- Floral_clock abstract "A floral clock or flower clock is a large decorative clock with the clock face formed by carpet bedding, usually found in a park or other public recreation area.The first floral clock was the idea of John McHattie of Edinburgh Parks and the clockmaker James Ritchie. It was first planted up in UK in the spring of 1903 in West Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, though such floral clock already existed in 1900 in Switzerland and more precisely in the village of Les Avants above Montreux. In that year it had only an hour hand but a minute hand was added the following year. A cuckoo which popped out every hour was added in 1905. The clock was soon imitated across the United Kingdom and later throughout the world. In Edinburgh the clock mechanism is set inside the plinth of the statue to Allan Ramsay adjacent. The first mechanism using salvaged parts from Elie Parish Church in Fife was installed by Ritchie. A new mechanism was installed in 1934 and is still maintained by Ritchie's company.Most have the mechanism set in the ground under the flowerbed, which is then planted to visually appear as a clock face with moving arms which may also hold bedding plants.The only flower clock with two faces moved by the same system is located in Zacatlán, Puebla, Mexico. It has two faces, each five meters in diameter. It was manufacturated by Relojes Centenario, a local manufacturer.Michael Jackson had a floral clock at his Neverland Ranch.Other floral clocks can be seen in the International Peace Garden on the border between North Dakota and Manitoba and in Frankfort, Kentucky.".
- Floral_clock thumbnail FloralClockEdinburgh2014.jpg?width=300.
- Floral_clock wikiPageExternalLink flower_clock.
- Floral_clock wikiPageExternalLink floralclock.
- Floral_clock wikiPageExternalLink 20090702-NEVERLAND_17.html.
- Floral_clock wikiPageID "1349866".
- Floral_clock wikiPageLength "3250".
- Floral_clock wikiPageOutDegree "23".
- Floral_clock wikiPageRevisionID "678573131".
- Floral_clock wikiPageWikiLink Allan_Ramsay_(poet).
- Floral_clock wikiPageWikiLink Bedding_(horticulture).
- Floral_clock wikiPageWikiLink Carpet_bedding.
- Floral_clock wikiPageWikiLink Category:Clock_designs.
- Floral_clock wikiPageWikiLink Category:Floristry.
- Floral_clock wikiPageWikiLink Clock.
- Floral_clock wikiPageWikiLink Edinburgh.
- Floral_clock wikiPageWikiLink Elie.
- Floral_clock wikiPageWikiLink Elie_and_Earlsferry.
- Floral_clock wikiPageWikiLink Fife.
- Floral_clock wikiPageWikiLink File:Worlds_largest_floral_clock,_Tehran.jpg.
- Floral_clock wikiPageWikiLink Floral_clock_(Frankfort,_Kentucky).
- Floral_clock wikiPageWikiLink International_Peace_Garden.
- Floral_clock wikiPageWikiLink Mexico.
- Floral_clock wikiPageWikiLink Michael_Jackson.
- Floral_clock wikiPageWikiLink Neverland_Ranch.
- Floral_clock wikiPageWikiLink Park.
- Floral_clock wikiPageWikiLink Princes_Street_Gardens.
- Floral_clock wikiPageWikiLink Relojes_Centenario.
- Floral_clock wikiPageWikiLink Zacatlán.
- Floral_clock wikiPageWikiLink Zacatlán,_Puebla.
- Floral_clock wikiPageWikiLink File:FloralClockEdinburgh2014.jpg.
- Floral_clock wikiPageWikiLink File:FloralClock_ChCh_gobeirne.jpg.
- Floral_clock wikiPageWikiLink File:Reloj.jpg.
- Floral_clock wikiPageWikiLink File:Unbenannt_(114_von_136).jpg.
- Floral_clock wikiPageWikiLink File:Кривой-Рог-украина-часы-цветочные-часы-95804.jpeg.
- Floral_clock wikiPageWikiLinkText "Floral clock".
- Floral_clock wikiPageWikiLinkText "floral clock".
- Floral_clock wikiPageWikiLinkText "floral cuckoo clock".
- Floral_clock hasPhotoCollection Floral_clock.
- Floral_clock wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Botany-stub.
- Floral_clock wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Commons_category.
- Floral_clock wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Distinguish.
- Floral_clock wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
- Floral_clock subject Category:Clock_designs.
- Floral_clock subject Category:Floristry.
- Floral_clock hypernym Clock.
- Floral_clock type Instrument.
- Floral_clock type Person.
- Floral_clock type Instrument.
- Floral_clock type Machine.
- Floral_clock type Thing.
- Floral_clock comment "A floral clock or flower clock is a large decorative clock with the clock face formed by carpet bedding, usually found in a park or other public recreation area.The first floral clock was the idea of John McHattie of Edinburgh Parks and the clockmaker James Ritchie. It was first planted up in UK in the spring of 1903 in West Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, though such floral clock already existed in 1900 in Switzerland and more precisely in the village of Les Avants above Montreux.".
- Floral_clock label "Floral clock".
- Floral_clock differentFrom Linnaeus_flower_clock.
- Floral_clock sameAs Horloge_fleurie.
- Floral_clock sameAs 花時計.
- Floral_clock sameAs 꽃시계.
- Floral_clock sameAs Bloemenuurwerk.
- Floral_clock sameAs Relógio_floral.
- Floral_clock sameAs m.04vtpc.
- Floral_clock sameAs Q3067433.
- Floral_clock sameAs Q3067433.
- Floral_clock wasDerivedFrom Floral_clock?oldid=678573131.
- Floral_clock depiction FloralClockEdinburgh2014.jpg.
- Floral_clock isPrimaryTopicOf Floral_clock.