History Month Fact 28: lady gardeners
Miss Elizabeth Hughes-Jones established one of the first schools for lady gardeners in the country in 1906. The school was originally known as Henwick Fruit Farm and later as Henwick Fruit and Flower Farm School as well as Thatcham Fruit and Flower Farm School. The school survived in various forms, including a mushroom farm until 1982 and was eventually redeveloped in 1989 with the current Wyevale Garden Centre.
