Events
The British Memorial Garden at the Royal Horticultural Society Chelsea Flower Show 2008
May 27, 2008

Robert Holmes Tuttle, the United States Ambassador to the Court of St. James's in the United Kingdom, visited The British Memorial Garden stand at the annual Royal Horticultural Society Chelsea Flower Show, which ran from May 22-26, 2008. Seen here with Ambassador Tuttle are Alexandra Clarke, head of the September 11th UK Families Support Group and Camilla G. Hellman, MBE, president of the British Memorial Garden Trust.
The British Memorial Garden Trust were exhibiting the progress of the project and offering various ways of supporting the Garden, from making a donation to buying various unique and different memorabilia.
British Memorial Garden New York at the RHS Chelsea Flower
Show, London
May 22-26, 2007

British Memorial Garden intern Sarah Tyrrell and president
Camilla G. Hellman outside the garden's booth at the 2007 RHS
Chelsea Flower Show held in London.
The booth offered an overview of the progress the garden project has
made since its inception in 2003, and offered garden-themed items
for sale. These included porcelain boxes and candle holders from
Halcyon Days, a topiary charm from Links of London and BMG
sweatshirts and bags.

Fundraising Dinner at Windsor Castle
October 19, 2006
On October 19, 2006, the British Memorial Garden Trust
UK
Ltd. held a fundraising dinner at
Windsor
Castle
. His Royal Highness The Duke of York was the guest of honor, and
music was provided by the Choir of St. George's Chapel, Windsor
Castle. The event raised funds for the
British
Memorial
Garden
at
Hanover Square
, currently under construction in
New York City
.
The Duke of York, Rodney N.M. Johnson, Vice
President of the British Memorial Garden Trust, Inc., Alexandra
Clarke of the UK Victims' Families Support Group, the Earl of
Albemarle and Karen Rawl.

Chargé d'Affaires David Johnson and Ms. Scarlett Swan

Camilla G. Hellman, President of the British Memorial Garden
Trust, Inc. and Major General Sir Michael Hobbs, KCVO, CBE

HRH The Duke of York, UN Ambassador Philip Bonn, the Hon.
Alexandra Foley

September 11, 2006
Memorial Concert in Grosvenor Square, London
arranged by the British Memorial Garden Trust,
Inc.
The
British Memorial Garden Trust concert, in association with Sept 11th
UK Families Support Group and September Concert Series, took place
at the end of a day of remembrance in
Grosvenor Square,
London, at 6pm, in front of the
Roosevelt
monument. This concert was part of the September Concert programme of
Concerts. The British
Memorial Garden
which is being built in New York at this time held a concert simultaneously with
Grosvenor Square
as an example of international unity and friendship - central to
the message of the September Concert series which had concerts
taking place that day throughout the world - including another one
in Bath.
British
Memorial
Garden
board member, Patrick Owens, O.B.E., acted
as Consul in New York
during 9-11. Having recently returned from New York
to London, he presided over the evening and welcomed all to this free concert.
Ryland
Teifi, a Welsh BAFTA winner and Elin Manahan Thomas, a wonderful
young soprano, performed the national anthems and were joined
by 14 year old Daily Blue singing 'Some One to Watch Over Me'.
Everyone
came together at the end of the concert with ' All
You Need is Love', the message and chosen song of the September
Concerts.
Alex
Clarke, Chairman of September 11th UK Family Support Group, spoke just before the final song.
Also attending were US Ambassador Robert Tuttle and UK Culture
Secretary Tessa Jowell.
The
Garden in
New York
is being built now on three quarters of an acre in Hanover Square. It is a place of
remembrance for the 67 British victims of the World Trade Centre
attacks, as well as a place to celebrate the unity between the
United States and the United Kingdom. All of the elements of
the new garden will come from Scotland,
Wales, Northern Ireland or
England.

HRH The Prince of Wales and HRH The Duchess of Cornwall visit
the British Memorial Garden at Hanover Square, New York and dedicate
centre stone
November 1, 2005

His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, Royal Patron of the
British Memorial Garden Trust, Inc., and HRH The Duchess of Cornwall
visited the British Memorial Garden site on November 1, 2005, the
first day of their American visit. Escorted by British Memorial
Garden Trust president Camilla G. Hellman and British Consul in New
York Patrick E. Owens, the Prince and Duchess toured the
garden-in-progress and met with City and State officials, including
Governor George Pataki and Commissioner Adrian Benepe of the NY
Department of Parks & Recreation. Also in the garden to greet
the Royal couple were families of British 9/11 victims, supporters
of the project and various dignitaries.
Following the presentation to the Duchess with a bouquet of roses,
peonies and calla lilies by five-year-old Katherine Beaumont, Their
Royal Highnesses unveiled and dedicated the center stone for the
garden, carved with the Prince of Wales's crest by Simon Verity
from a design by Isabel Bannerman.
The Royal couple then entered India House Club to meet privately
with the British victims' families and attend a small reception of
British Memorial Garden Trust supporters and representatives of
various Lower Manhattan organizations. The Prince and Duchess toured
the room, greeting the guests and later the Prince of Wales gave a
short speech about the garden and its importance. He singled out
Camilla Hellman, founder of the project, for her vital role in
making the garden a reality. The speech was met with enthusiastic
applause.

Isabel and Julian Bannerman,
designers of the British Memorial Garden.

Left: Jill Sackler, Richard Kaplan
and Edwina Sandys. Right: Sir Evelyn and Lady de Rothschild.

Tina Brown and Sir Harold Evans meet
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall.

Katherine and Richard Astor talk
with HRH The Prince of Wales.

Sir Philip Thomas, the Earl of Albemarle and
Ghislaine Maxwell.

HRH The Prince of Wales, Camilla G. Hellman and
Frank Morgan.
British Memorial Garden Exhibition at 2005 RHS Chelsea Flower Show
wins Bronze Medal

The British Memorial Garden Trust, in collaboration with the
Royal Parks, mounted an exhibition at the recent Royal
Horticultural Society's Chelsea Flower Show . The exhibition was
awarded a Bronze Lindley medal in the "Lifelong Learning in the
Garden" section of the famed annual show. The garden's British
suppliers came together to help create an interpretation of the
future garden.
The exhibition, based on the original garden design by Julian and
Isabel Bannerman, featured large renderings of the garden as a
backdrop, mock-ups of the benches, carved stone paving, the
Memorial railing, City of London bollards and other elements that
will make up the finished garden.
Part of the British Memorial Garden NY exhibit at the show
The lovely live plants that complemented the elements of the
exhibition were provided by the Royal Parks, with special thanks
going to Steven Edwards and Tom Jarvis. This was the first time in
ten years that the Royal Parks has been part of an exhibition at
the Chelsea Flower Show.
The exhibition was created by as John Kinnear, AIA, the project
manager for the British Memorial Garden Trust, Camilla G. Hellman,
president of the Trust, and watercolor renderer Michael McCann.
The carved paving stones were the work of sculptor Simon Verity
and the signage throughout the exhibition was the work of the
garden press representative Peggy A. Brown.
A special thankyou goes to those worked so hard on the exhibition,
including Chris Topp & Company, Ltd. for the iron Memorial
railings, Caithness Stone Industries Ltd. for the paving, the Cast
Iron Work Company Ltd. for the bollards, and Rutters for the
graphics and backdrops.
Among the many dignitaries at the show, which drew crowds of
thousands, were HRH Princess Anne, the Princess Royal and HRH the
Duke of York. In 2003, Princess Anne, while visiting New York,
made a special presentation of British heirloom seeds for planting
in the garden.
HRH The Duke of York with Camilla G. Hellman at the RHS
Chelsea Flower Show
HRH Princess Anne, Camilla G. Hellman and British
Garden designers Julian and Isabel Bannerman share a warm moment at
the British Memorial Garden Trust's exhibit at the RHS Chelsea
Flower Show
The British Memorial Garden Exhibition at Grosvenor Square,
London
Grosvenor Square Exhibit, 1-22 April 2005
Left: Simon Verity at work in
Caithness. Right: Simon in Grosvenor Square, 31 March 2005 (AP
Photo/John D. McHugh)
An
exhibition of a portion of a hand-carved map of the United Kingdom
and its counties was on display in Grosvenor Square from
April 1st - 22nd, 2005. The
map, created by British artist Simon Verity, will form the paving
for the British Memorial Garden in New York's Hanover Square.
The
exhibition previewed the map for Britons before the stones are
shipped to New York for installation in the three-quarters of an
acre park. The
completed map will feature all the counties of Great Britain, as
well as the boroughs of London and British islands and
protectorates. The map
is carved from stone from Caithness and Morayshire, Scotland.
All of the building elements of the new park will come from
Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland or England, making it a truly
British garden.
Learn more of the development
and progress of the British Memorial Garden in New York.
For information on future events, please telephone 01732
810543.
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