Before: Ireland Peace Garden, Moat of Historial de la Grande Guerre, Péronne, France
Recorded early 2018 before any works took place at The Historial de la Grande Guerre - this video shows above and below, what existed before the Irish Peace Garden was realised and completed, November 2018.
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Launching October 2018, this summer will commence the build of the Jardins de la Paix (Gardens of Peace), a series of perennial gardens on the theme of peace in the Hauts-de-France region that will pay tribute to the countless deaths on French soil between 1914 and 1918, and bear witness to the number and diversity of the countries involved in this conflict.
One of the gardens will be created at the Chateau de Perrone, Historial de la Grande Guerre in the Somme region of Northern France and will be created in the moat of the castle and its build realised by Dublin based Peter Donegan.
Peter Donegan selected by the French jury to represent Ireland, is one of just 14 international garden designers chosen to create one of the 9 gardens.
With 3 stays already complete, Donegan will next take up a residency in the Somme region of Péronne in July and later nearer the inauguration, to see the gardens design, its construction and finishing details to its completion.
With an eye on the future, this Garden of Peace will be testimony to the vitality of artistic creation in Ireland and to Franco-Irish friendship 100 years after the end of the First World War.
Of note, this is not a memorial garden. It is a garden of peace, for those who visit there and the People of Peronne.
Historial de la Grande Guerre:
The Historial of the Great War, was created in 1992 on the initiative of the county of the Somme. It is in two museums in the heart of the battlefields of the Somme, one in Peronne and the other in Thiepval. In these 2 museums the first world war can be seen in all its magnitude.
The contemporary museum of Péronne, is built within the medieval castle, badly damaged during the First World War, which dates back to the 13th century and is the emblem of the city.
The Somme Battle:
The battle of the Somme was fought by the British and French against the Germans, from 1st July to 18th November 1916. The objective for the allies was to relieve the pressure on the French defenders at Verdun by diverting German reserves to the battle of the Somme. It was one of the deadliest battles in history, with about 1,060,000 casualties, including about 442,000 dead or missing (420,000 of them were British).
The first day of this battle, 1st July 1916, was catastrophic for the British army with 58,000 casualties including 19,240 dead. The British army will call 1st July 1916 the bloodiest day of its military history.
The Project:
This project is initiated by the Association Art & gardens – Hauts-de-France and by the First World War Centenary Partnership Program, in agreement with the French Ministry of Culture.
The First World War Centenary Partnership Program is a public interest group established in 2012 by the Government for the preparation and implementation of the commemorative program for the First War centenary. Created by landscapers from countries which fought in the region, these artistic gardens will be grouped in clusters of three to four gardens, each located near Great War memorial sites and memorial tourism routes.
These gardens will be created in 2018 to be presented to the public in summer and inaugurated in autumn 2018, one century after the fighting of the Great War. One of these clusters is to be located in Péronne, in Somme Department (France).
Further information:
Arts Jardins, Hauts de France - artetjardins-hdf.com
Chateau de Peronne - historial.fr
Commonwealth War Graves Commission - cwgc.org
Peter Donegan: DoneganLandscaping.com
City Centre, Amiens, France
Video of Amiens City Centre and the shopping areas.
Travel France: How Much Does It Cost To Camp In France?
In this video I show what a municipal campground in France is like and how much it costs.
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BBC Radio Ulster, Gardeners Corner, WW1 France
BBC Radio Ulster, Gardeners Corner.
Saturday 10 November, 9am
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David Maxwell presents a special edition of Gardeners’ Corner from the Somme where 15 Gardens of Peace (Jardin de la Paix) are being constructed near sites of the Great War.
David visits a garden to commemorate those soldiers from Ireland north and south who died in the region and speaks with Irish garden designer Peter Donegan in Péronne, France. He’ll meet David Richardson, a Northern Ireland native, who is now Head of Horticulture at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission to reveal how one of the biggest gardening organisations in the world tends to war graves and memorials at 23,000 locations in 150 countries. He’ll also chat to Gardeners’ Corner regular Brendan Little about how gardens help us to remember.
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Soldier Monuments in Albert France
Whilst on a visit to the Somme battlefields I stopped off in the town of Albert. As a monument to the soldiers who fought in the battles in the areas during the First World War there are a number of statues have been erected throughout the town. These include a French soldier (in from of the train station), a Scottish piper, an Australian and a British 'tommy' (around the Place d'Armes) and a German soldier (in the Jardin Public Arboretum).
The backing track was created using Garageband with the musical loops Courier Strings, Longing Strings 02 and Skyline Piano.
Flowers at Camping Le Mont Libre in Gannat France
Flowers at Camping Municipal Le Mont Libre in Gannat France.
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Vacances camping 2014 /Vacation camping
Je me suis bien relaxé en camping et vue de belles choses.J'ai d,autres photos mais pas en camping..au zoo de Granby et autres.Il y a eu le camping de St-Alphose,Orford-Magog et Massawippi.
Un show de cascades avec voiture et Monster truck
Découvrez la voiture transformers et des Monster truck qui démolissent sur leur passage une Golf et une Twingo au cours d’un show avec des cascades et bien sûr des caisses dont les pneumatiques fument à tout va le tout dans une bonne ambiance.
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