Hex in the Garden: Healers, Harmers and the Witch Craze- Chelsea History Festival

Name: Hex in the Garden: Healers, Harmers and the Witch Craze- Chelsea History Festival
Start: 2026-10-03T17:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-10-03T19:00:00.000Z
Location: Chelsea Physic Garden

Chelsea Physic Garden

66 Royal Hospital Road

Sat 3 Oct · 18:00 · £25

London

Get tickets · £25

120m · Theatre

About this event

About the event Enter Chelsea Physic Garden after dark for a haunting evening of storytelling, history and performance. Founded in 1673, London’s oldest botanic garden offers an atmospheric setting to explore the lives of women herbalists and cunning folk persecuted during the Witch Craze. Led by Maria from Herstorical Tours, you will journey through the darkened Garden and encounter women whose stories were bound up in this turbulent period. The evening continues in our Gallery with a warming mulled drink and an engaging talk on the origins, victims and legacy of the Witch Craze, before closing with a powerful poetic performance. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="282"] Photo by Frankie Paz[/caption]

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