Sunday 4 September 2016

Chelsea Physic Gardens - London Sightseeing

The Chelsea Physic Garden established as the Apothecaries’ Garden in London, England, in 1673. (The word "Physic" here refers to the science of healing.) This physic garden is the second oldest botanical garden in Britain, after the University of Oxford Botanic Garden, founded in 1621.
The rock garden is the oldest English garden devoted to alpine plants. The largest fruiting olive tree in Britain is there, protected by the garden’s heat-trapping high brick walls, along with what is doubtless the world’s northernmost grapefruit growing outdoors. Jealously Guarded during the tenure of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries, in 1983 the Garden became a registered charity, and opened to the general public for the first time. The garden is a member of the London Museums of Health & Medicine.
















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