Mediaeval Monastic Herb Gardens. How the Monks’ and Nuns’ Secrets kept Plant Medicine Alive
Dilston Physic Garden Corbridge, Northumberland, United KingdomMonastic Foundations for both men and women in Britain date from at least the 600s, but all ended abruptly in Henry VIII’s Dissolution of 1539. The buildings and Herb ardens were sold off, the libraries, with many herbals dispersed. What then did these foundations know, and what can we still learn from them? John Adams …
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