NEW ZEALAND SHRUBS
Feature Of Public Park In
Gloucestershire
New Zealand flowering shrubs presented by the people of Tcmuka are to be a feature of a garden of remembrance surrounding a memorial to the men and women of Lydney, Gloucestershire, who have served in the present war. Lydney is the home of Viscount Bledisloe, GovernorGeneral of New Zealand from. 1930 to 1935. The garden will be in Bathurst Park, the original 15 acres of which were presented to Lydney 53 years ago by Lord Bledisloe’s father. Lord Bledisloe on the occasion of his 75th birthday in 1942 presented an addition of about 2J acres, which is to be used for extending tiie park’s sports facilities. At the same time plans have been made for tiie erection of a war memorial. On the path leading to the memorial there will be. besides a sunken garden consisting ot’ a lily pool and flower beds, four beds in which will lie planted tiie New Zealand shrubs.
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Dominion, Volume 38, Issue 232, 28 June 1945, Page 5
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163NEW ZEALAND SHRUBS Dominion, Volume 38, Issue 232, 28 June 1945, Page 5
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