Like so many across our Nation we mourn the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II; she had a unique and simple power to make us happy. That is why we loved her. As public figures come and go she has been the constant in the lives of many of us, we have never known anything else – singing God Save the King instead will seem very strange.

The Friends of Parkinson’s Park are now keen to fulfil one of the Queen’s Jubilee wishes for there to be a Green Canopy planted in her name. We started with the dedication of the Jubilee Tree in June and at the start of December we will be planting more trees along Jubilee Walk, and trees in the Orchard with the help of local uniform groups and residents.

In June we also commissioned a special ‘Green Canopy’ story for the Jubilee Tree and that will be made available in booklet form later in the Autumn, as our tribute to the Queen and a record of this historic time.

We now enter a period of national mourning and reflection, and so we’ve used the Queen’s favourite flower, Lily of the Valley, as our background.