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Bedford House, Acton Green<\/strong>\nThe plant hunter, orchidologist and author John Lindley (1799-1865) lived here from 1836 until his death. Lindley was the director of the Chelsea Physic Garden and the first professor of botany at the University of London.<\/p>\n
9 Gilston Road, Chelsea<\/strong>\nWas home to the Victorian plant hunter Robert Fortune (1812- 1880) who used Ward\u2019s closed cases to smuggle tea plants out of China in 1848 to break China\u2019s tea monopoly.<\/p>\n
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182 Ebury Street, Belgravia<\/strong>\nThe novelist Vita Sackville-West (1892-1962) and her husband Harold Nicolson (1886-1968) lived here before creating their famous garden at Sissinghurst.<\/p>\n
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54 Broadwick Street, Soho<\/strong>\nThe landscape gardener Charles Bridgeman (1690-1738), who helped to pioneer the naturalistic landscape style, spent the final 15 years of his life at this address.<\/p>\n
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Fanny Wilkinson<\/a>, Britain\u2019s first professional female landscape gardener, lived at this address from 1885 to 1896. She designed over 75 open spaces and gardens in London.<\/p>\n
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