A medieval garden is to be built at one of Evesham’s most iconic sites.

The Almonry will soon be home to a herb garden, thanks to funding from the Royal Society.

The Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences, announced it has provided up to £3,500 of funding for 36 small museums across the country as part of it’s Places of science scheme.

Chair of the scheme’s panel, professor Jonathan Ashmore, said: “The projects funded use a diverse range of creative activities and content to inspire their local communities.

“Many of this year’s awardees are also actively trying to make sure that their projects are accessible to everyone in their local communities. If your local museum has been given a Places of science award, I would like to encourage you to look out for the displays, festivals, and exhibitions, that celebrate the science on your doorstep and that will inspire local generations to come.”

The 36 awardees were announced on International Museum Day earlier this month.

The Places of science scheme aims to engage local communities and help with the museum sector’s recovery.

The funding received by the Almonry will be used to create a “functioning, historically accurate Monastic garden”.

The garden will be on the site of the museum’s original medieval garden and will boast both kitchen and medicinal plants that would have been grown historically in Evesham.

The herbs grown in the garden will be used alongside surgery kits in school workshops for Key Stage Two and Three students to teach them about the development of medicine across the 800AD to 1550AD period.

You Turn youth centre will oversee the propagation of the seedlings while the garden itself will be tended to by local volunteers, with support and training provided by Ryton Organic Gardens.

Celebrating the news on Facebook, the Almonry posted: “We are very pleased to announce that The Almonry is a lucky recipient of a #PlacesOfScience grant to develop a medieval garden. 

“The Almonry will work with local community groups to develop a new space in our garden for education and pleasure. 

“Huge thank you to The RoyalSociety for accepting our application. 

“Stay tuned for updates and progress reports!”