The Porter's Garden > PicturesJim Sykes opens 300th anniversary border on Sunday 4 May 2008
The border marks the 300th anniversary of the building of the Porter's Lodge in 1708 and celebrates the use of herbs in medicine.
Dr Ann Coats welcomes guests and Friends to the opening
Guests and Friends listen to the welcome speech
Surgeon Commodore Jim Sykes Royal Navy, Medical Officer in Charge, Institute of Naval Medicine, speaks about the use of herbs in medicine, naval medicine and the history of medicine in England
cuts the ribbon to open the border
then performs the first watering
Pictures: John Scott