During the late Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee weekend in June 2022, a spectacular 21-metre sculpture, featuring 350 British native trees, was created outside Buckingham Palace as the centre-piece of the weekend’s celebrations and the culmination of The Queen’s Green Canopy project.
Queen’s Park Community Organisation was one of three groups in Bedfordshire to receive a gift of one of the trees used in the sculpture.
Following conversations with local individuals, groups, and communities, it was agreed to plant the tree in Queen’s Park, outside All Saints church, a short distance away from the Queen’s Park Orchard around which the Organisation was formed.
A planting ceremony took place on Saturday, January 28 at the church. The event was attended by representatives of all faiths, the majority of whom gave a short speech to the large crowd who attended.
The actual planting was performed the Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire ably assisted by numerous others that can be seen in the photograph above.
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