Lothian Police, Protect the Protectors Present British Memorial Garden Trust, Inc. with Major Donations for a New Park for New York City

Business Wire, Sept 13, 2004

NEW YORK -- Two British police charitable organizations have made substantial contributions to the British Memorial Garden Trust - the Lothian and Borders (Scotland) Police Service and Protect the Protectors, a British national police service group. The Lothian and Borders Police made a donation of $46,000 to the New York-based British Memorial Garden Trust, while Protect the Protectors gave the garden project $25,000.

"We are extremely grateful for these generous donations from the British police service," said British Memorial Garden Trust President Camilla G. Hellman. "To have their active support of the garden project means a great deal to all of us involved."

The British Memorial Garden Trust was formed in 2003 to build a new City park at Hanover Square in Lower Manhattan. The mission of the British Memorial Garden Trust is two-fold: to create a truly British garden to commemorate the 67 Britons who died in the World Trade Center attacks; and create a park dedicated to the friendship and unity between the United States and the United Kingdom. A UK branch of the charity was launched in April 2004.

The new garden at Hanover Square will be built to a design by British landscape architects Julian and Isabel Bannerman with New York associate landscape architects, Matthews Nielsen.

The garden will feature elements of British landscape architecture including topiaries, yew trees and boxwood hedges - it will be a traditional garden with a contemporary twist. Stone from Scotland will form the paving, a water rill will feature Welsh slate and benches of Portland stone will be placed throughout the garden. The 67 British victims of the terrorist attacks will be memorialized in iron railing finials carved by British artist Simon Verity. The park will be anchored by a sculpture to Unity by British sculptor Anish Kapoor, the 1991 Turner Prize winner.

The British Memorial Garden Trust, Inc. is a 501 (c) 3 charity. The British Memorial Garden Hanover Square has received the approval of the New York Department of Parks & Recreation and the Art Commission. Pre-construction of quarrying of stone began in June with site construction scheduled for March, 2005.

For additional information, please visit our website at www.britishmemorialgarden.org.