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Middle Elementary
Shakespeare’s England
Flower Power
Day 22

A physic garden is a garden full of plants and flowers used as herbal remedies. During Shakespeare's time, flowers, herbs, and plants were used to treat sick people. The Chelsea Physic Garden was set up to help teach apothecaries how to use these plants.

The Physic Garden is in a quiet part of London. Plants from around the world are grown here. Some of the plants in the garden can used to help treat a cold. The plants are also used in research for medicine.

Shakespeare wrote about herbs and plants in his plays. Michael Holland is a teacher that works at the Physic Garden. He showed us some of the plants that Shakespeare mentioned in his plays. Some of these are Belladonna and Henbane.

Michael even showed us a plant called Mandrake. This is the screaming plant from Harry Potter.

Michael also told us how important it is to take care of our environment. Plants play an important role in medicine and in our lives. It is our job to protect them. I left the Physic Garden thinking a lot about conservation.

What can you do to help protect our environment?