Erection date: /4/2010
This apricot tree (Prunus armeniaca) serves as a memorial to the one and a half million victims of the 1915 Armenian Genocide.
W5, Ealing Green
2009-10 there were ructions at Ealing Council as Armenian factions promoted the creation of this memorial and Turkish factions opposed. Flickr has some photos of the dedication ceremony. The tree was planted in April 2010 but the plaque came later, in April 2011.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Armenian Genocide
Inflicted by the Turkish government on the Armenian population of the Ottoman...
The plaque is in front of a tree stump, so that accounts for the "lost" tree but it is mid-way between a holly and a deciduous tree so it...
The modern red brick building to the right, behind the tree, houses the offices of Islington Council.
School of Oriental and African Studies, part of the University of London. The building on the right is by Lasdun. The young trees at the...
National Tree Week is an event which has been promoted by the Tree Council since 1975.
Tilla platyphyllos (broad leaved lime) planted by The Right Hon. The Lord Mayor Sir Hugh Wontner, CVO, D.Litt. On 8 February 1974 to comm...
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