Physic garden (IMAGE)

South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Physic garden

Caption

The physic garden in the world's oldest botanic garden, Orto Botanico di Padova, Italy. Today, I argue, the entire botanic garden should be a "physic" or healing garden, offering far more than a collection of medicinal plants.

Credit

Entwisle, Tim

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