The Art & Healing Power of Plants, a new exhibition that intertwines botanical art, medicine and plants. focusing on those used to treat heart and lung conditions. It brings together the RB&H, as the largest specialist heart and lung centre in the UK and Chelsea Physic Garden, the oldest botanic garden in London.
| The myth and magic of Hampton Court Warren | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Diana the goddess of the moon and tthe creatures of the wild | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Suddenly the golden statue of Diana dissolved into a sparkling ball of golden light and shot like lightning through the trees and across the park to raise the alarm... | ||||||||||||||||||||||
By the way, did you know, well they do say, that Shakespeare came to Hampton Court on Midsummer’s Eve to see the magical statues come to life, but because the event is a very private affair, he missed the magic, and so instead wrote Midsummer Night’s Dream | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Summer visitors to the Park watch a band of young actors perform the Shakespeare play Midsummer Night’s Dream, a comedy telling how the Queen of the Fairies fell in love with a donkey. Humphrey the Lord of the Hampton deer and Head of the Herd finds the play absolutely ridiculous. He stamps his hoof during the performance and bellows loudly, “the queen of the fairies would never fall in love with an old donkey, not when the park is full of such handsome deer, with such magnificent crowns of horns.” | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| The King's Beasts and Diana of Hampton Court, the magical parade on Midsummer's Eve | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hector's Midsummer Madness - Jo Rutherford | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Did William Shakespeare visit Hampton Court on Midsummer's Eve to see the magical parade of mythical beasts who come to life once a year to cast a spell of protection on the Palace and its grounds, and did the story influence his magical play A Midsummer Night's Dream? | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sir Guy and Lady Elouise de Hampton, the Lord and Lady of Hampton Court Warren | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nannie the keeper of the healing herbs at Hampton Court Warren | ||||||||||||||||||||||
all illustrations by Georgie Hampton, a trainee artist at Hampton Court Warren | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Medieval roots of Hampton Court | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Chelsea Physic Garden CoursesFood and herb know-how Living Medicine: Digestive Discomforts - Sunday 12th May | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hector the house rabbit goes wild with the Coneys of Pine Cone Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hector's Tale Jo Rutherford | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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