The Scott Brothers, pineapples & possibly Chiswick’s first garden centre!
7.30pm, 15 December, Chiswick Memorial Club, Bourne Place W4

The Chiswick Nursery stretched from the High Road to the Bath Road along the east side of Turnham Green Terrace, from at least the 1750s until well into the 19th century. Val Bott will use James Scott’s lavish trade card to show the range of plants, equipment and services he offered in the second half of the 18th century and will also tell his brother’s story, from working as a senior Chiswick House gardener to setting up a pineapple nursery of his own. And she’ll describe a few of the later nursery gardeners who ran the site.

The talk is open to all, admission free, though donations from non-members are welcome. If you missed the talk, a pdf of the slides is available here
There will be a small publications stall with James Marshall’s Great West Road History and Karen Liebriech’s Fruit book on sale – they make good presents!