The Carl Linnaeus Tribute and Healing Garden can be found on the grounds of Swedish Medical Center First Hill Campus at the corner of Broadway Avenue & Cherry Street in Seattle. This is particularly appropriate because Carl Linnaeus was Swedish. Here there are a fairly wide number of plants, some of medicinal value, each listed by their common names & the botanical Latin names that Linnaeus gave them during his lifetime (1707-78). Linnaeus published Species Plantarum, the work that was the starting point of modern botanical nomenclature, in 1753. The garden is small & pleasant, certainly worth a visit, if you are on First Hill, or at nearby Seattle University. Swedish Medical Center has also created a vivid tropical garden here at the entrance to its campus on Broadway. The Seattle Public Utilities Green Gardening Program has used these gardens as a case study for Transitioning to Sustainable Landscape Practices.
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