Physic Gardens

Cowbridge Physic Gardens

Physic Garden is a garden where plants with medicinal properties are grown. Such plants have been known to man from time immemorial and grown in gardens for many centuries in countries throughout the world.

In the Middle Ages Physic Gardens were associated in particular with monasteries. By the end of the seventeenth century physic gardens were proliferating across Europe, all linked with universities where medicine was taught The Chelsea Physic Garden in London was established in 1673 by the Society of Apothecaries to train their apprentices in identifying medicinal plants.

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