Remembrance Garden Opens
15 May 2025
Our Director, Andrew Clark was honoured to attend the opening of a new Remembrance Garden in Dumfries at the weekend.
Robert Potter and Partners have been working closely with the People’s Project and the Royal British Legion in Dumfries over the last two years to develop a new Remembrance Garden and obtain the statutory consents.
We were delighted that it is now officially opened to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of VE Day.
The Garden on Brooms Road close to St Michael’s Church has been the vision of Mark Jardine MBE DL, Chairman of The People’s Project and was officially opened by Lord-Lieutenant Fiona Armstrong and provides a reflective space to honours the fallen.
In addition to Robert Potter and Partners involvement included David Hardie Engineering Ltd along with Bobby Jones, Steven Jackson who built the sandstone walling, Sam Bowsher for woodcarvings and Trish and Layden who worked on the granite memorial stone. A real team effort!
The entrance plaque to the garden reads: “This Remembrance Garden was created by the People’s Project for The Royal British Legion, to celebrate the 80th Anniversary of VE DAY. It was officially opened by the Lord-Lieutenant of Dumfries, Fiona Armstrong, on 11th May 2025.”
The project has been funded from various sources including Loreburn Community Council and The People’s Project.
Robert Potter and Partners have been supporting The People’s Project in Dumfries in their aims to create opportunities for groups to improve areas in and around Dumfries since they formed in 2008.