Botanical Healing at Chelsea Physic Garden
Rosy periwinkles from Madagascar can help cure childhood leukaemia, I discovered, as I pottered about reading the labels and smelling the lavender in London’s oldest botanical garden. During August’s respite from lockdown, I longed to go somewhere green and beautiful, to connect with the natural world for a few hours. Chelsea Physic Garden, home to over 5,000 medicinal, useful and endangered plants from around the world, has its historical roots in plant-based remedies. So, as it’s medical science that will…