Space has been made - or has it always been there? - for a brand new garden: a memorial dedicated to those who fell in the Third Wizarding War. The garden is surprisingly quiet, given its location in a busy wizarding London street. It's calm here. Peaceful.

Most likely to immediately draw the eye is a statue in the middle of the garden, at the centre of a small pond. A tall, titanium sculpture of a phoenix stands atop a round plinth; almost two hundred names are engraved here, the names of those who fell during the length of the war, listed in columns and slowly revolving, though the plinth itself is stationary. The sculpture seems to bathe the garden around it in a warm glow, and does so year-round. There are some flashes of colour on the titanium phoenix; many of its feathers are detailed in red and gold, and the astute observer will notice that the number of coloured feathers exactly matches the number of names listed below.

Every year, on the anniversary of the 2104 battle, the phoenix can be seen to cry, shedding tears from sunset on 9th May to sunset on 10th May.

A mosaic-like path winds its way through the grass and under arches, made up of bricks and paving stones of different colours. Spaced around the garden, roughly in each of its corners, are four benches. According to the inscriptions on these benches, each has been provided by a different institution or significant area of wizarding Britain: Hogwarts, St Mungo's, the Ministry of Magic, and Diagon Alley itself. Throughout the garden, a variety of brightly coloured and aromatic flowers, shrubs, young trees, and other plants can be found, with plenty of space still left to be filled.

During the 600th year celebration, members of the public are invited to help place the finishing touches to the garden, and plant any remaining flowers and saplings they wish to add. Now is also a good time to wander around and pick out a paving stone in the path to sponsor; anyone with the means to pay can have one inscribed - perhaps in memory of someone who has fallen, or to honour someone living. There are Ministry officials present to help with this - you can find them wandering around, planting flowers and shrubs, or waiting for the official opening and unveiling of the garden - and once the arrangements have been made, your inscription will appear immediately on the chosen stone. All proceeds go towards maintenance of the garden, and the relief fund established after the war.

The garden will be officially opened by the Minister for Magic on the first afternoon of the event.