Chelsea Physic Garden blue plaque
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# Chelsea Physic Garden Blue Plaque Standing at Swan Walk, you're standing at the birthplace of one of England's most enduring scientific institutions—the very ground where the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries established their revolutionary garden in 1673, transforming a modest Chelsea plot into...
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Swan Walk, Chelsea
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The Chelsea Physic Garden was established by the worshipful society of apothecaries of London in 1673 and is the oldest botanic garden, after Oxford, in England. A statue of Sir Hans Sloane, an early benefactor, sculpted by Michael Rysbrach, stands in the centre. In 1899 responsibility for the garden passed to the trustees of the London Parochial Charities.