This tree was planted to commemorate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, 1953.
WC2, Victoria Embankment Gardens
There is a third plaque (far right) but it's about some gardening prize which we didn't find sufficiently interesting. During the early part of 2008 all three plaques were renovated and re-laid on identical plinths.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Coronation tree - Embankment Gardens
Queen Elizabeth II. A London Inheritance's post 2nd June 1953 – Coronation D...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Coronation tree - Embankment Gardens
City of Westminster London Memorial Garden Under these trees people of all ...
In memory of our secretary and vice-president, Elizabeth Rusbridge (Gibbs), 1...
This flowering Malus tree "John Downie" was planted on the 19th January 2000 ...
The plaque is in front of a tree stump, so that accounts for the "lost" tree ...
