With the memorial gardens the Government of Flanders seeks to honour those who fought and died during the First World War and commemorate them in a suitable manner. The memorial gardens are to serve as a lasting witness to hope, peace, reconciliation and international unity.

"The historical bonds between Great Britain and Belgium, in particular the battlefields and cemeteries in Flanders, are unique and very close. That is why I consider it important that our first memorial garden is created in London”, says Minister-President Peeters.

The garden will be located alongside The Guards Chapel at Wellington Barracks, adjacent to Buckingham Palace. The Flanders Fields Memorial Garden will thus be at the heart of royal and military London, which is visited daily by thousands of people from all over the world and takes centre stage during each national British ceremony.

A lot of schools helped in collecting the soil for the garden. One of them was the Burgerschool of Roeselare. They collected some soil on Perth Cemetery - China Wall at Zillebeke.



























Afterwards they visited the Memorial Museum Passchendaele at Zonnebeke.





























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