IVC Group honoured to be supporting the Flanders Field Memorial Garden
IVC Group is honoured to be supporting the Flanders Field 1914-2014 Memorial Garden, part of the events marking the Centenary of World War One.
Designed by internationally acclaimed Belgian landscape architect Piet Blanckaert, the Flanders Field Memorial Garden, has been carefully considered so that it will become a special memorial to all those who fought on the battlefields of Flanders. The garden is located at Wellington Barracks alongside the Guards Chapel, adjacent to Buckingham Palace, and is to thank the British people for their sacrifice in liberating Belgium.
A ceremonial handover of 70 bags of soil taken from the battlefields took place on 30th November 2013, where it was laid into the circular bed of the newly constructed garden. The ceremony involved Belgian and English dignitaries, soldiers of the Household Division and schoolchildren from both countries. Due to open on Thursday 6th November 2014 during a very special ceremony that will be attended by members of both countries’ Royal Families, The garden will provide a place of contemplation and remembrance for all those that visit.
“We are both honoured and delighted to be supporting this poignant and beautiful garden,” says Francis Debrabandere, commercial director, IVC Group. “It is thanks to our status as a leading Belgian manufacturer that we are able to contribute to a very worthwhile project that will continue to serve as a mark of respect to all the British soldiers that gallantly and bravely took part in World War One and the liberation of Belgium.”
The Flemish Government, the House of Lords, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, the British Army, the City of Westminster, English Heritage and the Belgian-Luxemborg Chamber of Commerce support the memorial garden.
For further information contact IVC Group on 0800 032 3970 or visit www.ivcgroup.com
