The Brother Gardeners Quotes

“The scene of his labours was the Chelsea Physic Garden, which since his arrival in the early 1720s he had completely transformed. Originally the four-acre garden had been laid out by the Society of Apothecaries for their apprentices, in order that they might learn to differentiate herbs accurately so as not to poison their patients. As such, the purpose of the garden was to be a giant living materia medica*1—providing a research tool for the apothecaries as well as rare ingredients for some”
― Andrea Wulf, The Brother Gardeners