Horniman Talks: Healing through cabbages, carrots and weeds

Join Roy Vickery for a story-filled tour of the Horniman’s Food Gardens. Hear how our ancestors used their vegetable patches and common weeds to treat illnesses, from cabbage to curing hangovers and groundsel to treat constipation. Roy is a local and former botanist at the Natural History Museum.


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