While at Chelsea I had the opportunity to pop just down the road to the Chelsea Physic Garden. Started hundreds of years ago by the equivalent of pharmacists today the garden was used to grow plants of pharmaceutical uses. The garden also has a small fernery, lovely potager, and a interesting section of plants with uses. Though the garden is of small size it holds some very important plants. Back in the day plant hunters would go out and buy or forage for new plants themselves and then grow them to make remedies from. This was quite the garden it really packed a punch for its size. Its quite fortunate that a garden with a rich and important history still remains in the heart of Chelsea, London today.
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