Flowers: The Vegetable Sermon, Shoreditch Parish Church @RupertSheldrakePhD

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Thomas Fairchild was a pioneering plant breeder who lived in Shoreditch, in the East End of London. When he died in 1729, he left a legacy for a "Vegetable Sermon" to be preached each year in Shoreditch Parish Church in the week following Pentecost on "the wonderful works of God in creation". Recorded on May 15, 2015.

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Flowers: The Vegetable Sermon, Shoreditch Parish Church

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Flowers: The Vegetable Sermon, Shoreditch Parish Church