Flanders Fields Memorial Garden, War memorial garden in City of Westminster, United Kingdom.
The Flanders Fields Memorial Garden is a memorial garden next to the Guards Chapel at Wellington Barracks in Westminster, London. At its center sits a circular grass bed filled with soil from Flemish World War I battlefields, surrounded by a stone bench made from Flemish bluestone.
The garden was inaugurated in 2014 by Queen Elizabeth II and King Philippe of Belgium, as part of events marking the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I. It was built to honor the British soldiers who fought and died on Belgian soil.
The garden wall displays lines from John McCrae's poem 'In Flanders Fields', which visitors can read as they walk around the circular grass bed. The words connect this small London space directly to the fields of Belgium where so many soldiers died.
The garden is located within Wellington Barracks, a short walk from Buckingham Palace, and can be visited on foot from the surrounding area. Remembrance ceremonies are held here at different times of year, so it is worth checking in advance if you plan to visit on a specific date.
The soil filling the grass bed was gathered by schoolchildren from around 70 battlefields and military cemeteries across Flanders. It was then transported to London on board a Belgian Navy frigate, making the crossing by sea before arriving at its final resting place.
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