Gardeners' Corner in France: Gardens of Remembrance

Published: Dec. 29, 2018, 9:45 a.m.

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Another chance to hear a special edition of Gardeners\\u2019 Corner from the Somme where 15 Gardens of Peace (Jardin de la Paix) have been constructed near sites of the Great War. David Maxwell visits the Irish peace garden in Peronne designed by Peter Donegan. He\\u2019ll meet David Richardson, a Northern Ireland native, who is now Head of Horticulture at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission to reveal how one of the biggest gardening organisations in the world tends to war graves and memorials at 23,000 locations in 150 countries. He\\u2019ll also meet Irish designer Peter Donegan in Peronne and chat to Gardeners\\u2019 Corner regular Brendan Little about how gardens help us to remember.

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