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The Education Department
Welcome to the Chelsea Physic Garden's Education Department.
We offer an excellent opportunity for adults and children of all ages
to enjoy an exciting educational experience in the heart of London.
The links to the left show the different areas of our educational work here.
NEW: Our very own Plant Families card game - 36 beautifully illustrated cards arranged in 9 plant families.
By popular demand, we are holding more Compost Clinics (for adults):
Dates: Wednesday 14th May 2008 & Wednesday 23rd July 2008
Times: 11-12:30 and 2-3:30
Cost: £15 person; £12 for Friends of the Garden
(this includes admission to the Garden via the West gate on Royal Hospital Road, SW3)
To make a booking for this event, please email us at: education@chelseaphysicgarden.co.uk
- We will lift the lid on the fascinating world of compost and teach you how to make the ultimate 'Black Gold'
- Whether you have a patio or a palace, we’ll be able to help you produce good compost and reduce what you throw away
- You will learn about the wonderful creatures lurking in a typical compost heap and how they are beneficial to the composting process
- Garden staff will be on hand to deal with any technical problems you might have
NEW: Teacher training day (CPD):
Tuesday 13th May 2008: 'Growing Understandings, How to develop, use, enjoy and sustain your school garden' - for KS2 and KS3 teachers
This training day aims to inspire and provide practical activities that will transform your school Garden in to a Learning Garden, to be used as a cross-curricular resource. There will be the opportunity to discuss ideas and top tips on how to sustain the Garden with the pupils as active participants. The day will include planting advice.
This will be held at Chelsea Physic Garden, in conjunction with The Royal Horticultural Society.
For more information on this training day for for KS2 and KS3 teachers, please download the booking form (Word doc/157KB)
For booking enquiries regarding these courses, please call the RHS on 01483 212 432
Outreach Package
Would you like us to visit your school with an assortment of plants, atrefacts, animals and other resources?
The Education Department can now come to your school to speak at assemblies and run tailor-made workshops throughout the day.
The topics we have already taught in this way are: Plants that poison and cure, 17th Century medicine, Shelf Life, Animals and plants in the local environment, 'Literacy in the landscape'.
This Outreach Package is conditional of at least one follow-up visit to Chelsea Physic Garden.
It costs £300 for a full day and £150 for a half day.
For more information, or to book, please call 020 7352 5646 extension 23; Fax: 020 7376 3910; Email: education@chelseaphysicgarden.co.uk
May 23rd 2007 was the 300th Birthday of the Swedish scientist, Carl Linnaeus, who devised the Latin Binomial system of naming plants and animals. To celebrate this occasion, we will be weaving classification, sorting and naming activities into all the educational visits this year. For any teachers of Latin, we are offering sessions to introduce botanical Latin.
Chelsea Physic Garden Education Department: 020 7352 5646 extension 23;
fax: 020 7376 3910; Email: education@chelseaphysicgarden.co.uk
For information about adult education at the Garden on the subjects of Garden design, Horticulture, Plantmanship, Botanical illustration (including short courses), please visit The English Gardening School website, or contact them by phone on: +44 (0)20 7352 4347