Updates - Tibetan Peace Garden

Since the opening in 1999, the Tibetan Peace Garden was tended by two very hard working Park Rangers: Mark Thompson and Candy Edwards. In June 2011, they were both posted to Nunhead Cemetery. Tibet Foundation would like to thank Mark Thompson & Candy Edwards for their hard work and unswerving dedication to the Tibetan Peace Garden and we wish them good health and success in their new work.

 

 

We now have a new team of Park Rangers. They are Johan De Brouwer, Robyn Stone and Dominic Andrews. Tibet Foundation would like to welcome the new Rangers and wish them a long and happy association with the Garden. We look forward to working closely with them.

 

The Mary Harmsworth Park, in which The Tibetan Peace Garden is only one part, will be entering the Green Flag Garden Award Scheme in 2012 and I’m sure they will achieve the award. As I often have to visit the Garden I am always struck by the standard of the work there not just in the Tibetan Peace Garden but also throughout the park. If you have yet to visit the Tibetan Peace Garden I would recommend doing so and also to wander around the park itself, as it is full of variety with different backgrounds and histories.

 

The coming year, 2012 will be an exciting time for London, as in June we celebrate HRH Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee and of course the Olympic Games will follow. This is also the month when His Holiness the Dalai Lama who has opened and blessed the Garden some 14 year ago will visit and give Buddhist teachings and public talks in Manchester and London. As of yet there are no definite plans afoot in the Park to celebrate Jubilee or the Olympics or His Holiness’s visit, but Tibet Foundation will be holding a special Annual Tibetan Picnic in the Garden at some time during the summer.

Please contact me at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) nearer to the time for further information.

 

The Tibetan Peace Garden has now become a fully established landmark in London and a special place of Spirituality for many thousands of visitors since it opened in 1999. It is often assumed that the project is now finished and there is nothing much for the Foundation to do with it.

Although Southwark Council is responsible for looking after the Garden, it is the Tibet Foundation who continues to be responsible for the cost (approximately £2,000 annually) of maintaining the site.

We are lucky to have many members and supporters who generously donate to many aspects of our work but very often the Tibetan Peace Garden gets overlooked. Therefore I would like to appeal to you to think of the Tibetan Peace Garden in your Charity giving or legacies and to be a regular contributor towards maintenance of this great Buddhist landmark for Peace and Non-violence in the centre of London.

 

Gary Hawkins

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