Throughout history, herbs and plants have been cultivated not only as tasty fare, but for their medicinal purposes. Greek and Roman scholars as early as 300 B.C. created volumes of works about the… ...

A new public attraction is to be created at the Palace of Holyroodhouse inspired by a 17th Century herb garden. ... historic link to the Palace of Holyroodhouse and Scotland's first physic garden.

The new St. Hildegard of Bingen Garden is dedicated to the 12th century Catholic Benedictine Abbess, mystic, composer, poet, playwright, healer and herbalist. Herbs mentioned by St. Martha in her ...

The continuing legacy of Balfour and Sibbald’s 17th century physic garden looks safe for a good a while yet. Admission to the Royal Botanic Garden is free, but nominal donations can be made at ...

THE new Garden of Medicinal Plants at Chelsea Physic Garden completes an extraordinary circle tomorrow (April 1) for London’s oldest botanic garden. By Deborah Stone 07:48, Mon, Mar 31, 2014 ...

Today tourists and film crews vie for space on the pavements amongst the charming 17th century houses with their traditional pan tiled roofs and crow-stepped gables. The backdrop to these white ...

As local news outlet Croatia Week reports, the team found the burial ground in the front garden of the Radošević Palace, a 17th-century Baroque building on the western end of the island.

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The Chelsea Physic Garden, nestled alongside the Thames on the Chelsea Embankment, is one of London’s best-kept ...

Culross Palace and Gardens, Culross, Fife, KY12 8JH. The village of Culross, on the north bank of the River Forth, was once a bustling port and its steep streets and narrow wynds would have been ...

The village of Culross, on the north bank of the River Forth, was once a bustling port and its steep streets and narrow wynds would have been filled… ...