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Pennsylvania Hospital Gardens: The Physic Garden and Beyond
With Stacey C. Peeples, Curator-Lead Archivist at the Pennsylvania Hospital

September 29, 2026, 1pm Eastern

Stacey C. Peeples

This presentation will discuss the cathartic nature of the Pennsylvania Hospital grounds, including the Physic Garden and lesser known gardens/landscaped areas on the hospital campus. Medicinal plants used in pharmaceutical preparations are traditionally grown in physics gardens. As PAH celebrates its 275th anniversary, and the nation its 250th, this presentation will celebrate the historic landscape of one of Philadelphia's oldest institutions and the grounds where it has stood for over 270 years. 

For over 25 years, Stacey C Peeples has served as the Curator-Lead Archivist at the Pennsylvania Hospital.  Stacey oversees the manuscripts, rare books, fine art, artifacts, ephemera and antique furniture; works with researchers; provides presentations and education on the history of the institution, and has now expanded into facilities management as she curated the new Pennsylvania Hospital Museum. 

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