Sally Williams, Keeper of the lnventory
ln the quest for new garden sites that might be usefully included on the LPGT Inventory and London Gardens 0nline, a friend’s mention of a secret animal cemetery in Richmond caught my imagination. An added poignancy emerged in its location close to the Royal British Legion Poppy Factory, since, as November approaches in this centenary year, it seems apposite to consider how the practice of buying a poppy to remember those who suffered and died in the First World War came into being.
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