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Herbs03 Nov 2005
The Chester collection

One of Britain’s biggest and most important collections of herbs is housed in a walled garden at the foot of Hadrian’s Wall in Northumbria. The Chester collection is so significant that the Herb Society of America has made a special pilgrimage to visit it.

Originally it was a kitchen garden attached to an 18th century mansion house, now it holds over 900 species, including nationally important specimens of oregano and marjoram.


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