Sunday 24th Sept saw the official inauguration of the Enfield Living memorial. With around two hundred people attending the informal open event. From one o’clock visitors came to view the work and mingle. Over fifty of them choosing to leave a small personal message of remembrance, which written on cards and tied to the trees.…
With the weather on our side the week of 18th Sept saw two benches installed, and the final sculpture delivered and erected in the ground. Our thanks to Bonnybond civil engineers for their hard graft, and concrete, to secure the steel work to its proper position in the centre of the heart of trees
Working close to a deadline the permanent sculpture has been cut. It forms the pattern of a phoenix surrounded by a pattern which combines the shape of flames and leaves.Made of a special sheet steel called COR-TEN the work is currently silver but in time it goes to a rust brown colour.
The Enfield Living Memorial is a community lead project aimed to provide a space to remember all those lost locally across the Borough
Sunday 25th September 12.30 – 4.00pm, near to the park cafe A project working to create an Enfield Living Memorial, for those lost during the pandemic, is holding a public drop-in day at Enfield Town Park. The Enfield Living Memorial is marking the collective loss and bereavement of the people of Enfield with a glade…
After months of planning the first spade finally went into the soil on Friday March 18th. Our initial hope had been to involve sections of the public in planting the trees but the uncertainties with Covid in the past few months made it unclear if we could do this. Time was not on our side…
Organisers of the memorial project recently met with members of Enfield Council’s parks team to identify the exact position of the tree memorial within Enfield Town park.
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Due to the hard efforts of steering group members and the amazing generosity of individuals and organisation