Caradoc Doy
 travels widely to give interesting and entertaining gardening talks. He has also become a specialist studying the work of the 
Veitch nurseries of Exeter and Chelsea
 and their many pioneering plant collectors, as well as other horticultural stories.
This talk is a brief history of a remarkable nursery which sent twenty-three plant collectors to numerous countries, mainly during the Victorian period. William and Thomas Lobb, Richard Pearce, John Gould Veitch and Peter Veitch, Frederick Burbidge, Charles Maries, Ernest Wilson and others all worked for the Veitch family nurseries of Exeter and Chelsea.
The presentation highlights some of the well-known and interesting varieties introduced by these pioneering plant hunters who discovered many hundreds of new species. So successful were they that there is scarcely a garden in the British Isles that does not contain a plant derived from their introductions.
Our speaker, 
Caradoc Doy
, is an experienced horticulturist and an authority on the history of plants introduced during the Victorian period.
If you are a member of the Exeter Local History Society, tickets are free for you - please select a £0 ticket when registering for the event. If you are not a member of the Society, there is a small (£5) entry fee. If you would like to attend as a non-member, please select a non-member ticket when registering.
More information about the Society and its events can be found on the Society's website at 
www.exeterlocalhistorysociety.co.uk
.
Information Source: Exeter Local History Society | eventbrite

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