Beacon Park's Fernery and Museum Gardens brushed metal plaque

Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

Beacon Park's Fernery Museum Gardens opened as a public park in 1859, during the reign of Queen Victoria, at a time when ferns were popular exotic plants. They were believed to be magical and mysterious, due to the unusual way they reproduce by spreading microscopic spores rather than seeds. Ferns h

ave had many uses over the years. The Ancient Greeks used fern extracts for ailments, including asthma, hair loss and kidney problems. Fern bracken were also used to thatch cottages, and fern ashes we

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