Erection date: /6/2016
This golden Indian bean catalpa tree, known also as a catalpa bignonioides aurea, was planted by the St James's Square Trust in honour of the Diamond Jubilee Anniversary of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II - June 2012.
The tree was inaugurated by Ms Kate Adie OBE - journalist and broadcaster and celebrated by the St James's community.
SW1, St James's Square
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee tree - SW1
Our picture shows Queen Elizabeth II in the River Thames Diamond Jubilee Page...
Born 17 Bruton Street, to the Duke and Duchess of York. For information on wh...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee tree - SW1
From the Picture source website: "... the St James’s Square Trust is intent o...
The tree is in Russell Square garden beside the path on the north side. A small group congregate here each year in October to commemorat...
We have not followed all the various Sri Lankan lines of research opened up by the rather exotic text on this plaque. The importance of L...
There is a third plaque (far right) but it's about some gardening prize which we didn't find sufficiently interesting. During the early p...
The Sequoiadendron giganteum, otherwise known as the Giant Redwood, was discovered by Europeans in California in 1833. More pictures at R...
This 1843 picture of the tree, from the Illustrated London News comes from View from the Mirror.
