Historic Royal Palaces will be unveiling a tribute garden to commemorate the lives of park employees who died in the war.

The garden seeks to commemorate the lives of the 24 Royal Parks and Palaces gardeners and park keepers who died in the war, including three members of Hampton Court Palace staff.

Marking the centenary of the end of the First World War, the garden was designed by landscape architect Todd Longstaffe-Gowan with Hampton Court Palace’s own gardeners and volunteers.

Visitors will be guided through a recreation of a WW1 trench and into a wildflower meadow with poppies, cornflowers, loosestrife, mallows and cranesbills in full bloom.

The tribute garden will be unveiled on Tuesday, July 3, as part of the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show.

Todd Longstaffe-Gowan says:“We hope that by leading visitors through our recreation of a WWI trench and into the fresh woodland meadow, they will be able to experience a journey from ruin to remembrance.”

Graham Dillamore, Gardens Operations Manager at Hampton Court Palace, said: “During the Great War Hampton Court Palace’s 60 acres of formal gardens and 750 acres of parkland were left untouched while its grounds staff were fighting overseas.

“As we mark the 100th anniversary of the end of the conflict this year, it’s particularly poignant that our current team of gardeners, who work on the very same soil, helped to create this special tribute to the 24 Royal Parks and Palaces grounds staff who never returned.”

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