Article Category: Bulb Growers

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Flower Festival & bulbs in Quadring

Robinson’s flower pickers in Quadring fields (see church in upper right hand corner). Cecil Robinson’s bulb sheds in Quadring (1937): Below: Mr Cecil Robinson, 1887 - 1941: …

Tulip Growers

Belmont Nurseries are the last commercial Tulip Growers in the South Holland area. More to come of this story To link to there website click HERE to read the history of Growing Bulbs click HERE…

Inspired by memories of the hard working people from the South Holland fens the Spalding flower bulb museum opened in 1995 to preserve the history of the industry for future generations. Spanning over…

Bulbs in Britain

This book written by R C Dobbs and covers the a century of growing bulbs. The book was published in 1983 and tells the story of bulb growing in Britain, Its origins, Growth, Organisation and Achieveme…

Bulbs made economy blossom

THE bulb industry came to South Holland in the late 19th century. John White was one of the pioneers of bulb-growing in the area. In the 1880s, he began to trade in snowdrops, daffodils, narcissi, and…

Article Category: Bulb Growers

Flower Festival & bulbs in Quadring

Tulip Growers

Spalding Flower Bulb Museum

Bulbs in Britain

Bulbs made economy blossom

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