Erection date: 17/9/1997
Friendship Tree
Maidenhair Tree (Ginkgo biloba)
Planted by His Excellency Dr. L.M. Singhvi, High Commissioner for India in the presence of Councillor Ray Adamson, Mayor of Camden.
Dedicated to the poetic genius of W. B. Yeats, on 17 September 1997.
WC1, Tavistock Square Gardens
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
WB Yeats - tree
Poet and dramatist. Born in Dublin to John Butler Yeats. Â A member of The Rhy...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
WB Yeats - tree
Ray Adamson served as the Mayor of the London Borough of Camden for the year ...
High Commissioner for India in the UK, 1991-7: after V. K. Krishna Menon, he ...
None of the nearby trees are oaks so we have to assume that the tree planted in 1996 has sadly not survived, which is ironic given the te...
Marvell wrote 'The Garden', the poem which is quoted here.
The modern red brick building to the right, behind the tree, houses the offices of Islington Council.
This Whitebeam was planted by the Rt Hon The Lord Forsyth of Drumlean, founder chairman of Westminster Tree Trust to mark the Silver Jubi...
Ahmed Ali Kanoo, who spent many enjoyable hours in these lovely gardens
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