The Garden

The design for the garden reflects all the best elements of British gardens and landscape design. The design synopsis required:

“A truly British garden, drawing from the many wonderful elements of the historic gardens and stately homes of Britain, with perhaps the integration of planters, benches, and native plants and flowers, that could thrive in New York, to add to the British flavour and authenticity.”

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The renowned British landscape architectural team of Julian and Isabel Bannerman was selected to design the garden. In an invitational competition held in 2003, the Bannermans were chosen for the project because of the originality, fluidity and aesthetics of their submitted design. It is reminiscent of the classic British flower garden, featuring yew hedges, topiaries and boxwood.

Anish Kapoor similarly won an invitational competition to create a monument to unity for the garden which will be carved from granite and serve as a focal point for Remembrance Day.

Design Synopsis

History of Hanover Square

Monument and Memorial