The London Gardener

People of the Gardens: Five generations of the Rochford Family

Author - Barnaby Rogerson
Originally published in Volume 26 (2022)

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Tom I (1849-1901), founder of Thomas Rochford and Sons Limited, who was proclaimed ‘Prince of Horticulturalists’ (Reproduced from Mea Allan, Tom’s Weeds: The Story of Rochford’s and their House Plants, Faber & Faber, 1970, Plate 3a)