Flanders Fields Memorial Garden
51°30′1.66″N 0°8′8.85″W / 51.5004611°N 0.1357917°W
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The Flanders Fields Memorial Garden is a monument dedicated to the participants of
The garden was opened by
Design
The garden was designed by the Belgian architect Piet Blanckaert.[1] The garden features a 'circular grass bed' which holds soil collected from Flanders in Belgium, the site of many battles in the Western Front of World War I and trees native to Flanders.[1] The grass bed is inscribed with words from the poem "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae. A stone bench is also situated in the garden made from Flemish bluestone.[1] The curator of the memorial garden, Andrew Wallis, said that the garden's design was "...full of meaningful features" and it was a "...wonderful fusion of Belgo-Anglo craftsmanship."[1]
The soil held in the grass bed was collected by children from 70 war cemeteries and battlefields in Flanders in 'ceremonies of remembrance'.
See also
Gallery
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "The Queen leads remembrance events in London". BBC News Online. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
- ^ a b c "The Memorial Garden". Flanders Fields Memorial Garden. The Memorial Garden. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
External links
Media related to Flanders Fields Memorial Garden, London at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- Flemish Government