LONDON’S HORTICULTURAL HERITAGE

Ward’s London house at 7 Wellclose Square has long since been demolished but there are many other addresses across the city that have played their part in shaping horticultural history that can still be seen today 49 Kew Green, Kew Home to Sir William Hooker (17851865) and his son Sir Joseph Hooker (1817-1911). Both were botanists and were respectively the first and second directors of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Sir William was a friend of Ward’s. Bedford House, Acton Green The plant hunter, orchidologist and author John Lindley (1799-1865) lived here from 1836 until his death. Lindley was the director of the Chelsea Physic Garden and the first professor of botany at the University of London.