Cowbridge Physic Garden

{{short description|Herb garden in Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox park

| name = Cowbridge Physic Garden

| native_name = Gardd Berlysiau'r Bont-Faen

| native_name_lang = cy

| image = File:Cowbridge Physic Garden in spring.jpg

| image_alt = A picture of the Physic Garden, featuring paths and box hedges, with the old Grammar School in the background.

| image_caption = Cowbridge Physic Garden in spring

| map = Wales

| map_alt = Map of Wales, indicating the geographic position of the Cowbridge Physic Garden

| map_width = 200

| location = Cowbridge, Wales

| grid_ref_UK = SS 99316 74604

| coordinates = {{Coord|51.461427|-3.4506646|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| opened = 2008

| opening = June 26, 2008

| designer = Anthony Jellard Associates

| administrator = Cowbridge Physic Garden Trust Limited

| website = {{URL|www.cowbridgephysicgarden.org.uk/}}

}}

The Cowbridge Physic Garden is located in Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan in South Wales. The {{convert|0.5|acre}} physic garden was created by the Welsh Historic Gardens Trust in 2004,{{cite book|last1=Dalton|first1=Nick|last2=Stone|first2=Deborah|title=Frommer's Wales With Your Family: From Cliff-top Castles to Sandy Coves|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=evah8S5hyt8C&pg=PA75|accessdate=4 January 2012|date=27 January 2009|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-0-470-72320-3|pages=75–}} and was opened in June 2008 by Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. who is its patron.{{cite web|url=http://www.whgt.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=139:cowbridge-physic-garden&catid=66:success-stories&Itemid=90&lang=en|title=Cowbridge Physic Garden |publisher=Welsh Historic Gardens Trust|accessdate=5 January 2012}} Surrounded by high stone walls, parts of which date to the 13th century, the physic garden is situated within a former 18th century formal garden which belonged to the Edmondes family of Old Hall.{{cite web|url=http://www.keepbritaintidy.org/GreenFlag/GreenFlagAwardSites/Wales/Default.aspx?parkID=791|title=Cowbridge Physic Garden|publisher=Keep Britain Tidy|accessdate=5 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117231022/http://www.keepbritaintidy.org/GreenFlag/GreenFlagAwardSites/Wales/Default.aspx?parkID=791|archive-date=17 November 2011|url-status=dead}} The garden was designed to replicate the styles of its 18th century predecessor, and only plants found in Britain before 1800 are included in the garden.{{Cite book|last=Cowbridge Physic Garden Trust Ltd|first=|title=Welcome to Cowbridge Physic Garden|publisher=|year=|isbn=|location=|pages=4}}