The Botanical Garden is adjacent to the chapel.

The medicinal plants grown in this garden were used as simple remedies, rather than compounds. The garden is divided into six sections:

Women’s plants : to treat women’s ailments, in particular those in connection with pregnancy, the menstrual cycle and abortion.

War plants : to treat serious wartime injuries. For example, comfrey is used to heal deep wounds.

Animal plants : to treat the farm animals: tansy to treat worms, helleboris viridis to relieve pain.

Plants for minor ailments : to treat coughs, headaches, colds etc.

Plants to treat fevers : note the plural of fevers. In the Middle Ages, men and women were treated differently because the fever supposedly had a different origin for either sex.

Plants for hygiene : to protect dwellings from vermin, also used to dye hair and perfume the body.

From the garden there is a magnificent view of the outer walls.