To quote France 3 TV News,
Honor, again and again, but otherwise. A little everywhere in the Hauts-de-France and by next autumn, “Gardens of peace” will see the day. Created in places of conflict, they will embody renewal, peace after the war, and life turned towards the future.
A poetic way to remember our ancestors and what we do not want to see anymore……
The above report from the moat of Chateau de Peronne, mid build of the first of the Jardin de la Paix (Gardens of Peace) in the Somme region of Northern France.
Peter Donegan was selected by the French Jury to represent Ireland. One of just 14 garden designers selected internationally.