Erection date: 2005
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” .
SE1, Redcross Way, 50
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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