Join Royal Parks arboriculture officer Greg Packman for a guided tour of Chelsea Physic Garden with a focus on trees and the microhabitats they provide to the wildlife in nature.

As you explore the Garden’s Living Collection, you will find out how each tree is a tower block of biodiversity and examine how invertebrates, bats, birds, and fungi are all linked.

Ticket Information:

Tickets are £35 per person.

• This tour will go ahead whatever the weather, please dress appropriately.
• There are no discounts for Friends of the Garden.

Teacher’s Bio:

Greg Packman

Greg Packman is a multi-award winning arboriculturist working in London, specialising in tree management in urban parks. Greg has worked in locations such as Hyde Park, St James’s Park, City of London, Epping Forest, Inner Temple Gardens and Brompton Cemetery amongst other locations. Greg’s work focuses on tree health, tree risk management, landscape management and ecological management.

Greg also runs a tree walk and education programme in a range of locations, aimed at connecting people and helping them learn more about trees. Covering a range of guided walks, short courses and presentations, Greg’s other topics include winter and summer tree identification; ancient trees; folklore and mythology of trees; trees & ecology; urban tree management; tree pests and diseases and more.

Website: https://www.gregtalkstrees.com/ 

This event is part of our Chelsea Physic Garden’s 350 anniversary year.