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" (Left)One of the ceramic poppies by the Derby Studio of Paul Cummins. Photo courtesy of The Telegraph. (Right) Getty Close to 900,000 ceramic poppies will fill the moat around the Tower of London this summer in honor of the 100th anniversary of the First World War.  Starting in August, the installation, Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red, designed by Tom Piper, will turn the 16-acre dry moat into a sea of red as volunteers place the handmade flowers\u2014each in honor of the 888,246 soldiers lost during the war. Each poppy, made only with techniques available to potters during the early 1900s, will be for sale after the installation, raising money for six armed force charities. Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red will be displayed from August 5 to November 11. For more information on how to buy the poppies visit www.hrp.org.uk closer to the time of the tribute. Read more in The Telegraph. This article originally appeared on Veranda.com. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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