Originally established in 1673 as The Apothecaries Garden. The word ‘physic’ in this context means ‘healing’. In 1983 the garden became a registered charity and opened to the public for the first time. It is the oldest English rock garden devoted to alpine plants, and contains the largest fruiting olive tree in Britain and probably the most northernmost outdoor growing grapefruit tree.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Chelsea Physic Garden
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea The Chelsea Physic Garden was establ...
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Rose growing company, founded in Yorkshire by brothers John and Robert Harkness, and still run as a family firm.
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Thomas William Richard Henry Haskell was born on 1 February 1901 the second of the seven children of Thomas Henry Haskell (1879-1949) and Alice Maud Mary Haskell née Vidler (1873-1946). His birth w...
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Person, Execution, Literature, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous
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