Listing last updated on 23 Apr 2024.

Lutterworth Road
Blaby, Leicestershire
United Kingdom

Nursery in existence until about 1994.
A. J. Biesheuvel, owner (d. 1960)
Bernard Marie Joseph Hanraads (b. March 6, 1920 Alkmaar), manager

[From The London Gazette, 1954, p. 5445:] Hanraads, Bernard Marie Joseph; Netherlands; Nurseryman's Manager; "Eglantine," Lutterworth Road, Blaby, Leicestershire, 16 September, 1953.

[From The Garden, 1957, p. 473:] [advertisement] . BLABY Roses in well over 400 VARIETIES PLEASE SEND FOR OUR CATALOGUE 57 containing EXCLUSIVE FULL COLOUR PLATES We also specialise in SOFT FRUIT , APPLES , PEARS , PLUMS , SHRUBS , PAEONIES , etc. Please enclose 4d . stamp . 

[From Gardener's Chronicle, 1973, p. 24:]  Ben Hanraads , a partner in the Leicester Rose Co with headquarters at Arnesby near Leicester . I recently visited him and his partner , Miss Doreen Chambers , to discover for myself the problems of the small rose grower . On the 25 acres ...

[From Tea Shop Walks Leicestershire & Rutland, by Paul & Sandra Biggs, 1998, p. 46:]  Glebe Garden Centre. Opened in 1974, the garden centre caters for all types of gardeners. It is owned by Bernard Hanraads and Mary Knifton who really make you feel at home when pottering about in their garden . The garden centre is on one level and welcomes wheelchairs ....

[From the website newnovel.co.uk/blaby] The Blaby Rose Gardens was as famous as Harry Wheatcroft for its award-winning rose varieties. It was owned by a Dutchman and run by a manager, Bernard Hanraads who, it is claimed, developed a black rose.