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25TH ANNIVERSARY SUMMER TALKS
It wasn’t until 1983 that the public were allowed to visit Chelsea Physic Garden. To mark the occasion, Friends are invited to nine free lectures on Wednesdays in July and August, starting promptly at 6.45pm. The Garden and Café will be open until 10pm with last admission at 8.30pm.To book a table or picnic please ring Tangerine Dream Café on 07983 251458. All admissions via Swan Walk Gate.
HOW TO BOOK
The 25th Anniversary Summer Talks are free to Friends of the Garden but places are limited to two seats per member on a first come basis. To book email friends@chelseaphysicgarden.co.uk or telephone 020 7352 5646 x 21 giving your name and membership number. (NB: The Lecture Room is upstairs and does not have disabled access)
Dr. Catherine Horwood’s talk on Wednesday 23 July is being held in association with Chelsea Gardens Guild and their members are asked to book their ticket in advance by ringing 020 7352 5646 x 21.
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Wednesday 2 July ~ The Pharoah’s
Pharmacists Dr Jackie Campbell from the KNH Centre for Biomedical Egyptology at the University of Manchester talks about her research into just how much the ancient Egyptians knew about medicine. |
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Wednesday 9 July ~ Planting
with Nature Piet Oudolf, the Dutch Garden designer, talks about his projects which include Battery Park in New York, Millenium Garden in Chicago as well as Pensthorpe and Scampston Hall in England |
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Wednesday 16 July ~ What’s
in Your Shopping Basket? Bee Wilson photographed by © David Runciman |
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Wednesday 23 July ~ The Unusual
History of Indoor Plants In association with the Chelsea Gardens Guild, Dr. Catherine Horwood talks about her latest book Potted History: The Story of Plants in the Home. |
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Wednesday 30 July ~ From
Spuds to Chelsea The Independent Magazine columnist Cleve West talks about the Chelsea Flower Show Garden he created this year and his now famous allotment. |
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Wednesday 6 August ~ Reviving
the Walled Kitchen Garden Garden Historian and food writer Susan Campbell talks about her crusade to revive the walled kitchen gardens around Britain and what drives her obsession with bringing these productive gardens back into use. |
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Wednesday 13 August ~ Discovering
South Africa’s Flora Jekka McVickar, writer and nurserywoman talks about her visit to South Africa and the unusual medicinal plants and familar herbs she found there. Jekka will be signing books and selling plants. |
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Wednesday 20 August ~ Clematis,
the Plant for Town Gardens Internationally renown plantsman and nurseryman Raymond Evison talks about his lifetime passion for clematis, the subject of Clematis for Small Spaces, one of many books he has written on this plant. |
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Wednesday 27 August ~ The
World Under Your Feet Garden historian and expert dowser Ted Fawcett talks about the many gardens and ancient sites he has explored which lie hidden beneath the soil. You might even get to experiment with the dowsing rods yourselves? |
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25th Anniversary Appeal This year we are celebrating our anniversary of being open to the public with an appeal that will set the Garden in good stead for the next 25 years. Having recently completed some major work, we hope to raise the funds for future projects. To help, please contact Rosie Atkins on 020
7352 5646 x 22 or email
the Curator. |
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