Chelsea Physic Garden
United Kingdom - London
Institution Code: CHEL
International Agenda Registrant: Yes
Current BGCI member: Yes
Statue of Sir Hans Sloane, benefactor of Chelsea Physic Garden.
About the Chelsea Physic Garden
The Chelsea Physic Garden was founded by the Society of Apothecaries in 1673 in order to promote the study of botany in relation to medicine, then known as the "physic" or healing arts. As the second oldest botanic garden in England it still fulfills the traditional functions of scientific research and plant conservation and undertakes to educate and inform as well as to provide the amenity of a walled "secret" garden in the heart of London.
Its aims are:
• to demonstrate through its plantings and publications the range of species named or introduced to cultivation by a succession of distinguished curators;
• to pursue horticultural excellence, especially in the cultivation of rare and tender plants;
• to demonstrate to all who visit the many uses of plants and particularly the heritage of the plant world as our common medicine chest
Main Address:
Chelsea Physic Garden
66 Royal Hospital Road, LONDON SW3 4HS,U.K.
London
SW3 4HS United Kingdom
Telephone Number: 44 (0)20 7352 5646
Fax Number: 44 (0)20 7376 3910
Web Site: http://www.chelseaphysicgarden.co.uk
Institution Email Address: curator@chelseaphysicgarden.co.uk
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- Staff Details
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Director: Rosie Atkins
Curator: Rosie Atkins
Plant Records Officer: Mark Pateman
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Total Staff:
Number of Horticultural Staff: 7
Number of Educational Staff: 2
Number of Research Staff: 1
Number of Administration Staff: 5
- About this Garden
- Institution Type: Botanic Garden
- Status
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State: No
Educational Establishment: Yes
Municipal: No
Satellite Garden: No
Trust Administered: Yes
- Date Founded: 1673
- Physical Data
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Total Area (in Hectares): 1 hectares
Annual Rainfall: 662 mm
Altitude: 5.00 metres
- Local Information
- Garden Name: Chelsea Physic Garden
- Address: 66 Royal Hospital Road
- City: London
- State:
- Features and Facilities
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Herbarium: Yes
Number of Specimens in Herbarium: 600
Arboretum: No
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Micropropagation/Tissue Culture Facilities: No
Seed Bank: Yes
Published Plant Catalogue: No
Computer Plant Record System: Yes
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Open to the Public: Yes
Society of Friends: Yes
Retail Outlet (shop): Yes
Retail Outlet (plant sales): Yes
Disabled Access: Yes
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Number of Visitors: 33000
Number of Volunteers: 60
- Plant Collections
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Number of Living Plant Accessions: 18216
Number of Taxa in Cultivation: 4866
- Special Collections:Asplenaceae, Dryopteridaceae, Geraniceae, Lamiaceae, Trichomanes, Welwitschia, medicinal, Ethnobotanical & culinary plants, plants associated with the Garden's own history, Cretan & Atlantic Island endemics.
- Conservation Programmes
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Conservation Programme: No
Medicinal Plant Programme: Yes
Ex Situ Conservation Programme: No
Reintroduction Programme: No
- Research Programmes
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Biotechnology: No
Plant Breeding: No
Conservation - Biology: No
Conservation - Genetics: Yes
Data Management Systems and Information Technology: Yes
Ecology: Yes
Ecosystem Conservation: No
Education: Yes
Ethnobotany: Yes
Exploration: No
Floristics: No
Horticulture: Yes
Invasive Species Biology and Control: No
Molecular Genetics: No
Pollination Biology: No
Restoration Ecology: No
Seed/Spore Biology: No
Systematics and Taxonomy: Yes
Sustainability: Yes
Pharmacology: Yes
Agriculture: No
Land Restoration: No
Urban Environments: Yes
- Education Programmes
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Visitor/Education Centre: Yes
Education Signs in Garden: Yes
Public Lectures/Talks: Yes
Education Booklets/Leaflets: Yes
Guided Tours: Yes
Permanent Public Displays: Yes
Special Exhibitions: Yes
Courses for School Children: Yes
Courses for University/College Students: Yes
Courses for General Public: Yes
Education Programme: Yes
