The Lawn Sessions on the main lawn at Chelsea Physic Garden
After a sell-out launch earlier this month, our midweek musical extravaganza 'The Lawn Sessions' returns on Tuesday 1 September!
We are thrilled to present a range of performances from some of London's best emerging talent - including Duncan Berrington, Rosie Holloway and TATYANA - with all profits from these fundraising events directly supporting the charitable work of the Garden.
It's selling out quickly. Book your ticket by clicking here https://bit.ly/34Jmm1I
Green Staycation - Getting to the Garden by bike
15 minutes from Clapham or Fulham
20 minutes from Brixton
30 minutes from Shoreditch or Peckham
Get on your bike and make a day of it at the Garden!
Book your ticket now https://bit.ly/2FrFyGB
Bees in the Dicotyledon Order Beds
Busy bees hopping around Hypericum in the Dicotyledon Order Beds, behind the kiosk 🐝🏵️🌼
We'll be keeping you up to date with everything that's happening in the Garden throughout the season 🌱
Here's Allison and Nell to take you through why we use nematodes in our Propagation House 💚
Pond Rockery 19/03/20
We had a very cheeky visitor to the Pond Rockery today...
We hope this snapshot from the Garden brings you some relief from the news, particularly if you are feeling anxious. 🌿
Alice "Sloane" gives an account of her "husband's" "murder" to "investigators" as part of Imperial College London's med students' 'alternative' tours, running in the Garden today.
The Art and Healing Power of Plants
Thrilled to present a short film about our summer exhibition 'The Art and Healing Power of Plants' in partnership with Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust and Chelsea Physic Garden Florilegium Society.
Right on cue for the Summer Solstice, the sun is beaming down on Chelsea Physic Garden
It’s a (Ahem) busy time in the pond today ...
Fortune's Tank is positively brimming with life! 🐸
treat yourself and learn skills at one of our workshops
Still a few places left on our our Bee Friendly course next Wednesday. This little one would sure like to see you there 🐝 Book here https://bit.ly/2ICvLti
Bumped into the apiarist at the Filipendula vulgaris and now know more about bee love than I ever really wanted to...
Thankfully, there were bees around to distract him 🐝🍯🥀
An Elixir of Letters
A Summers day at the Chelsea Physic Garden showcasing our current exhibition 'An Elixir of Letters' in partnership with The Lettering Arts Trust.
Get yourself a cup of tea, turn up the sound and enjoy the Garden.
Enjoy a moment of calm.
The gentle breeze in the branches of our majestic Umbellularia California.
Pots, pots, pots...
Our Gardening team are kept busy with over 5,000 plants in our collection! Here’s Takuya, cleaning and sorting pots...
Today on #RemembranceSunday we remember all of the veterans who lost their lives in service to their nation.
The Garden was affected by WWI & WWII. Many of the men working at the Garden left for service and women substituted for men, as they did throughout the country. In 1918 war poet, Wilfred Owen, spent one of his last afternoons in England at the Garden. He soon returned to Flanders where he would tragically die three months later, just one week before the signing of the Armistice, which ended the war. He’s remembered to have spent a happy summer afternoon at the Garden.
#RemembranceSunday #ArmisticeDay #LestWeForget
Judith Hann 'Herbs' competition
Ahead of Judith Hann's upcoming #Suppertalk, we're giving away 5 signed copies of her new book 'Herbs' With Nourish. Please share this post for your chance to win!
Here's a taster with Judith giving some top tips on growing your own herb garden. Get your tickets for the talk here: http://bit.ly/2sXsYUW
Bees 🐝 enjoying our poppies this morning (Papaver triniifolium, native to Turkey and Iran)
Robin chick fledging in a Glasshouse
Our Plant Records Manager Lucy captured this charming video of a baby robin learning to fly in one of the Garden's Glasshouses. The flight feathers are the last to grow on a robin chick, and when they fledge 14 days after hatching they are not yet able to fly. The young will continue to be looked after by their parents for up to 3 weeks after fledging, this is often left to the male as the female will be preparing herself for the next brood! It has been known for robins to have up to 4 broods in one year.
Chelsea Physic Garden
An overview of the wonderful work that takes place at the Garden, introduced by Director & Curator Sue Medway and featuring the Gardeners, Education Team and the staff and volunteers who do so much to support the Garden's work.