John Veitch (horticulturist)
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John Veitch (/viːtʃ/; 1752–1839) was the Scottish horticulturist who founded the Veitch dynasty who created the Exeter based firm of Veitch Nurseries.
Life
Veitch was born October 1752
Sir Thomas died in 1785, and work on Killerton House had fallen into abeyance. Veitch carried on his flourishing business as a landscape consultant and tree contractor, and in 1800, he became firmly established as a nurseryman following an order for trees to the value of £1,212. These were for Luscombe Castle where the renowned landscaper Humphry Repton was undertaking a major replanting of the main valley area.
Veitch and his wife, Anna Davidson, had six children, including James, who helped his father on the Killerton estate from a very early age.
As the nursery business expanded, Veitch rented more land in 1810 before moving the operation to larger premises at
John Veitch remained at Budlake and spent some time running down the nursery with another son, Thomas. As the Budlake venture closed other land purchases were made including, in 1836, a 7-acre (28,000 m2) site at
References
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- ISBN 0-7475-6066-8.
External links
- "The Veitch Heritage Garden" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-27. (132 KiB)
- "Family Fortunes: Veitch Nursery" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-28. (722 KiB)
- John Veitch - nurseryman and tree expert (Article on www.exetermemories.co.uk)
- ^ Veitch, James H. (1906). Hortus Veitchii. London: James Veitch & Sons. p. 27.