The College has had a medicinal garden since 1965, which contains plants from the first book on pharmacy, Pharmacopeia Londinensis, 1618, published by the Royal College of Physicians.
Traditional medicinal plants from various cultures, plants with known medical value and those connected with physicians through the ages are labelled and arranged in beds, mainly according to their geographical origins including North America, the Orient, Europe, Central Asia and the southern hemisphere. There are trees that commemorate Hippocrates, Captain Winter of Drake’s circumnavigation of the globe and the Rev. Stephen Hales who first measured blood pressure; there are plants here that have survived from before the extinction of the dinosaurs such as the cycads which cause dementia, and Gingko that is often regarded as a ‘cure-all’.
Dr Henry Oakeley, The Garden Fellow, will be giving a conducted tour of the College's Medicinal Garden on the first Wednesday every month at 2pm for the next six months.
April 1st, May 6th, June 3rd, July 1st, August 5th, September 2nd.
To book a place, please contact henry.oakeley@virgin.net
Read more about our unique medicinal garden.