Green Spaces Project of
the Month
November
2002 - Chelsea
Physic Gardens
Contact: Dawn Sanders and Michael
Holland, cpged@cpgarden.demon.co.uk
Cheslea
Physic Garden is a special green space, a
wonderful place to walk and rest in, with
healing plants laid out beautifully and,
according to the time of year, many
different kinds of mesmerising scents.
Above all it enables ethnic groups to see
for themselves the many plants from their
countries of origin which have
contributed to the healing arts for
centuries.
On the
day I visited, I learned various snippets
of interesting knowledge. For instance,
did you know that Zulus mainly take their
medicine in the form of snuff, including
a preparation made by grinding the foots
and stems of lobelia (the small
purple-blue edging plant so common in the
borders of British gardens) as a remedy
for colds.
The
Chelsea Physic Garden goes beyond having
a unique collection of plants - among
which are plants from almost any country
you can name1 Their educational services
will assist people to find out how to
grow them, sometimes giving you or
selling you plants, and if appropriate,
will assist a community group, for
example, to identify a space to grow
herbs and other medicinal plants, perhaps
as part of a community garden or play
area.
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