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Edward Webb and Sons, a.k.a. Webbs, were English seed merchants or seedsmen, dating back to c. 1850 when Edward Webb started a business in Wordsley, near Stourbridge.By the 1890s, Webb and Sons had been appointed seedsmen to Queen Victoria, and had become a household name around the UK.
Suttons Seeds were founded in the Berkshire town of Reading in 1806 [1] by John Sutton (1777–1863). Originally the company traded as corn merchants and were known as the 'House of Sutton'. In 1832 John Sutton was joined in the business by his sons, Martin Hope Sutton (1815–1901) and Alfred Sutton (1818–1897).
In a dramatic change of direction in 1967 Gartons Limited ceased retailing seeds directly to farmers. Instead a new brand was created, Gartons GROplan, and marketing became wholesale through agricultural merchants throughout the United Kingdom. In 1970 Charles Hoskins became Production Director.
A street full of seed shops in Wuhan, China, a few blocks from Wuchang Railway Station. Seed companies produce and sell seeds for flowers, fruits and vegetables to commercial growers and amateur gardeners. The production of seed is a multibillion-dollar global business, which uses growing facilities and growing locations worldwide. While most ...
Unwins Seeds is a British seed company based in Alconbury Weston, Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire. The Times described Unwins as "a firm that has grown ... to become one of the most familiar features of Britain’s horticultural landscape", [ 1 ] and the BBC called the company "world-famous".
Thompson & Morgan (T&M) had its origins in a small garden behind a baker's shop in Ipswich, where a young William Thompson's passion for botany grew. His speciality was growing rare and unusual plants whose seeds were sent from countries all over the world.