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Garden Name: Chelsea Physic Garden
Last Modified: 20/01/2011
Garden ID: 0042

pic: 0042_chelseaphysic.jpg

Owner: Mrs. Maureen O'Grady
Address:
66 Royal Hospital Road
Chelsea

Postcode: SW3 4HS
County: Middlesex

tel: 020 7352 5646
fax: 0207 376 910
website: www.chelseaphysicgarden.co.uk
email: enquiries {at} chelseaphysicgarden.co.uk

Features: 
London's earliest Botanic Garden

English Heritage Grade:
I*

Opening Times:
1st April - 31st October
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays 12-5pm
Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays 12-6pm
Last admission 30 minutes before closing



Best Times of Year to Visit: 


To see: 


National Collection: 


National Garden Scheme days: Yes
Comments: 

Parties / Coaches: Yes 
Comments: Group visits outside normal hours by appointment only. School groups welcome but please telephone in advance.

Viewing by Appointment: no
Comments:  

House Open for Viewing: no
Comments: 

Admission Prices:
Adult £8; Child, Unemployed & Students £5; Over 60s £6.50. Max. of 2 children per accompanying adult
Friend of the Garden £35 for one year for those living within London; for those living overseas £20 p.a.

Parking: No
Lavatories: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes
Shop: Yes
Plants for Sale: Yes
Lunches: No
Teas: Yes
Refreshments: Yes
Picnics: No
Dogs allowed: No
Only on Lead: No
Events: Yes

Other Facilities:
Guide dogs only. Wheelchairs via 66 Hospital Road.
Guided tours booked in advance for groups. Lunches in CFS week only.


Designer: 
Description of Garden:
Famous Botanic garden with two ponds, glasshouses, rare and tender plants, and the largest olive tree indoors in Britain. Historical walk shows a variety of plant species introduced by a succession of famous curators. The garden is three and a half acres in all, showing the history of medicinal plants, with world medicine beds and the oldest rock garden in Europe, dating from 1773.


History: 
Founded in 1673 by the Society of Apothecaries, it is one of the oldest botanic gardens and the only one to retain the title 'Physic' after the old name for the healing arts.

Local Inns: 
The Phene Arms,
Kings Head & Eight Bells, Chelsea Embankment
The Coopers Arms

Accomodation: 
The Gallery, Queensberry Place, S. Kensington

Restaurants: 
Foxtrot Oscar, Chelsea Hospital Road
Gordon Ramsay

Village/Town/Sightseeing: