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Britain

  • Harvesting aleum, from the 14th-century manuscript Tacuinum sanitatis.
    The Middle Ages
    Moya Andrews
    During the Middle Ages in Britain, the monasteries were the places with the space and the knowledge to garden.
  • Wardian Boxes
    Moya Andrews
    Dr. Nathanial Ward, a naturalist and physician living in London, discovered a way to transport and protect plants from the sea air and adverse temperatures during long sea voyages.