Chelsea Physic Garden

Chelsea Physic Garden is the oldest botanic garden in London. It is an oasis of calm in the city, tucked away beside the River Thames in historic Chelsea. Our walls shelter a unique living collection of over 4,500 edible, useful, and medicinal plants. The Garden was founded in 1673, by the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London, with the purpose of training apprentices in the identification and use of medicinal plants. A centre for learning, inspiration and plant science, Chelsea Physic Garden continues to play a significant role in education, running an exciting and varied range of courses and events for adults and activities for over of school children a year.