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Task Force Trees

Categories: Gardens / Agriculture

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Countryside Commission's Task Force Tree Programme

This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Task Force Trees

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Avenue of trees - Hampstead Heath

This avenue was replanted in November 1988 to replace trees destroyed by a hu...

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Millionth Tree - Victoria Embankment Gardens

This is the millionth tree of the Countryside Commission's Task Force Tree Pr...

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Other Subjects

Gerrard Winstanley

Gerrard Winstanley

Protestant reformer, political philosopher, and activist. Co-founder of the True Levellers. Born Wigan. 1630 came to London, became an apprentice and, 1638, a freeman of the Merchant Taylors' Compa...

Person, Gardens / Agriculture, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Kevin Davis

Kevin Davis

Probably a gardener working for Tower Hamlets in the 1990s, who died young. Our colleague Andrew Behan had had a shot at identifying this man. While not conclusive we think this is probably correc...

Person, Gardens / Agriculture

1 memorial
Victoria Park

Victoria Park

London's first public park. Known locally as Vicky Park or the People's Park, it was laid out by Sir James Pennethorne. It became a welcome relief from the cramped living conditions of the East End...

Place, Gardens / Agriculture, Sport / Games

2 memorials
River Fleet

River Fleet

The Daily Mail has a useful map showing the route of the old Fleet River, buried long ago. It is said that you can still hear it gurgling past through a grating in Farringdon Road near the Guardian...

Place, Gardens / Agriculture

2 memorials
Sir Reginald Blomfield

Sir Reginald Blomfield

Architect, garden designer and author. Born Devon. Followed his uncle, Sir Arthur Blomfield, into architecture. Buildings include: United University Club (1906), south-east corner of Suffolk Stree...

Person, Architecture, Gardens / Agriculture

6 memorials