Plaque

Red Cross Garden 1

Erection date: 2005

Inscription

The wilderness shall blossom as the rose.
A new life for Red Cross Garden 2005.

The plaque is in a sheltered area just to the left of our main photograph.
The quotation is an edited version of Isaiah 35:1, “The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose” .

Site: Red Cross Garden (4 memorials)

SE1, Redcross Way, 50

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Red Cross Garden 1

Subjects commemorated i

Red Cross Garden

Part of Octavia Hill's pioneering social housing scheme. It consists of two r...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Red Cross Garden 1

Also at this site i

Octavia Hill - SE1

Octavia Hill - SE1

Octavia Hill, social reformer, established this garden, hall and cottages, an...

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Red Cross Garden 2

Red Cross Garden 2

The roundel was created by a glass-making firm, James Powell and Son, after a...

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Red Cross Garden 3

Red Cross Garden 3

The quotation comes from Genesis 1:31. The question is an addition.

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Nearby Memorials

Benjamin Waugh - N14

Benjamin Waugh - N14

N14, The Green, 33

The plaque is very similar in style to these erected by the City of London, (example) but the erectors are staying anonymous.

2 subjects commemorated
Colen Campbell

Colen Campbell

W1, Brook Street, 76

Greater London Council Colen Campbell, 1676 - 1729, architect and author of Vitruvius Britannicus, lived and died here.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
WW2 - Westminster

WW2 - Westminster

NW1, Marylebone Road, Westminster Council House

15 August is the official VJ Day in the UK so erecting this plaque on Wednesday 16th was perverse.

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Samuel Phelps

Samuel Phelps

N1, Canonbury Square, 8

{At the top, with the crossed laurel leaves:} L.C.C. {In the main area:} Samuel Phelps, 1804 - 1878, tragedian, lived here.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
St Marys Newington clock tower

St Marys Newington clock tower

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3 subjects commemorated