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[[File:Hanover Sq counties jeh.jpg|thumb|Inscribed with names of [[Counties of England]]]]
The '''Queen Elizabeth II September {{not a typo|11th}} Garden''' is located in [[Hanover Square (Manhattan)|Hanover Square]] in the [[Financial District, Manhattan|Financial District]] of [[Lower Manhattan]], [[New York City]]. It commemorates the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] member states' victims of the [[September 11 attacks]] on the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]]. It was officially opened by Queen [[Elizabeth II]] on July 6, 2010, in a ceremony alongside her husband [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]], then-Mayor of New York City [[Michael Bloomberg]], then-Governor of New York [[David Paterson]], and then-Governor of New Jersey [[Chris Christie]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Kleinfield|first=N. R.|title=Elizabeth II Pays Her Respects at Ground Zero|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/07/nyregion/07queen.html|access-date=May 11, 2011|newspaper=New York Times|date=July 6, 2010}}</ref>

==History==
Originally planned as The British Memorial Garden, it was officially named The British Garden at Hanover Square by [[Prince Harry]] on May 29, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|title=Design and Development|url=http://www.britishgarden.org/development.html|access-date=May 11, 2011|website=The British Garden at Hanover Square|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110911062954/http://www.britishgarden.org/development.html|archive-date=September 11, 2011}}</ref> On May 2, 2012, it was renamed the Queen Elizabeth II September {{not a typo|11th}} Garden at a rededication ceremony led by the Dean of [[Westminster Abbey]]. This was to include victims of other Commonwealth of Nations member countries who died in the September 11 attacks.<ref name=DailyMirror>{{cite news|last=Palmer|first=Alun|title=Brits' garden of goodbyes|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/09/12/brits-garden-of-goodbyes-115875-23414281/|access-date=September 12, 2011|newspaper=Daily Mirror|date=September 12, 2011}}</ref><ref name=Gazette>{{cite web|date=September 11, 2011|title=Prime Minister Stephen Harper speech at British Garden, New York, Sept. 11|url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/9-11-anniversary/Prime+Minister+Stephen+Harper+speech+British+Garden+York+Sept/5385474/story.html|work=montrealgazette.com|publisher=Montreal Gazette|access-date=September 12, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803050419/https://montrealgazette.com/news/9-11-anniversary/Prime+Minister+Stephen+Harper+speech+British+Garden+York+Sept/5385474/story.html|archive-date=August 3, 2017}}</ref>

==Design==
The original idea for the garden came from [[Isabel Bannerman|Isabel]] and [[Julian Bannerman]].<ref name="NYC Parks">{{cite web|url=https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/british-garden-at-hanover-square/highlights/19681|title=The Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden|publisher=NY City Parks|access-date=February 25, 2020}}</ref> [[Lynden Miller]] and Ronda M. Brands, both garden designers, later helped choose and plan the layout of plants and shrubs for the space.<ref name="NYC Parks"/>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{official website|http://queenelizabethgarden.org/}}
* [http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/british-garden-at-hanover-square British Memorial Garden — Hanover Square] at [[New York City Department of Parks and Recreation]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120513082734/http://www.westminster-abbey.org/press/news/news/2012/may/dean-of-westminster-dedicates-queen-ii-garden-in-new-york Westminster Abbey press release]

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