Dual Celebration
In the late 18th century, John Wedgwood of the ceramic dynasty moved to Cole House near Bristol to pursue his interests in botany and horticulture. He also had other plans, writing to William Forsyth, head gardener to King George III, in a letter dated 29 June 1801: ‘I have been turning my attention to the formation of a Horticultural Society and have drawn up such heads as have appeared to me necessary for the first formation of the Society.’
On 7 March 1804, the Horticultural Society of London (later The Royal Horticultural Society) was founded in a room in what
