Countryside Commission's Task Force Tree Programme
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Task Force Trees
Creations i
Avenue of trees - Hampstead Heath
This avenue was replanted in November 1988 to replace trees destroyed by a hu...
Millionth Tree - Victoria Embankment Gardens
This is the millionth tree of the Countryside Commission's Task Force Tree Pr...
Other Subjects
Cypress Oak
Rather than risk life and limb in trying to get to the central reservation, we have borrowed a photograph. The latin name Quercus Robur translates as 'hardy oak'. The cultivar 'Fastigiata' is diffe...
1 memorial
Finsbury Park
The land that makes up Finsbury Park was originally part of the Manor of Brownswood. The New River was built 1609-13. Copt Hall was first recorded in 1649 and was probably built to house the people...
1 memorial
Old Velho / First Jewish cemetery
From London Gardens Online : "The Sephardi Velho (Old) Cemetery opened in 1657, the first Jewish cemetery to be established with Oliver Cromwell's approval. The land was formerly part of a garden a...
2 memorials
Lancelot 'Capability' Brown
Landscapte architect. Baptised in Northumberland. The 'Capability' came from his habit of declaring estates to have 'capability' for improvement, rather than being a description of his skills. Nowa...
1 memorial
Henry Edmunds
Owner of the Cholderton Estate. He is the great-grandson of Henry Charles Stephens, who founded the estate in order to develop his multiple interests in arable agriculture, aboriculture, architectu...
1 memorial
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War dead, WW2
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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