{"id":19793,"date":"2018-07-12T08:54:14","date_gmt":"2018-07-12T07:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ch.imperial.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/?p=19793"},"modified":"2018-08-13T14:12:44","modified_gmt":"2018-08-13T13:12:44","slug":"chemistry-and-music-in-the-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/?p=19793","title":{"rendered":"Chemistry (and music) in the Park."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"kcite-section\" kcite-section-id=\"19793\">\n<p>This last month, as a follow-up to the preceding post on the colour of flowers, I have been moonlighting by blogging elsewhere. Do go visit my &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guerrillagardening.org\">guerrilla blog<\/a>&#8221; at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.perivalepark.london\"> perivalepark.london<\/a>. Part of this project involves visiting two &#8220;physic or botanic&#8221; gardens, which originate from early 17th century explorations of herbs and other botanicals as medicines. Both are very old and their chemistry is indeed fascinating; more of which later.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile to add a splash of colour, here is a photo of a (parched) Perivale Park itself.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_3193.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19794\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_3193s.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_3193s.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_3193s-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_3193s-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_3193s-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- kcite active, but no citations found -->\n<\/div> <!-- kcite-section 19793 -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This last month, as a follow-up to the preceding post on the colour of flowers, I have been moonlighting by blogging elsewhere. 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