Rose (closed, reference only) Nursery  

Listing last updated on Mon Nov 2024

Havering-atte-Bower
Romford, Essex
United Kingdom

John Arthur & Ann Bentall, succeeded by 
Jack Bentall, their son


[From Modern Roses II, p. 19:] J.A. Bentall, Havering, Romford, Essex, England. (Successor to J.H. Pemberton)

[From Signore in Rosa, by Michele Mollia, May 2005:] Ann Bentall, wife of John, both gardeners to the Reverend Joseph Pemberton. The couple was well knit and efficient and Ann learns, in addition to all gardening techniques, also those relating to the cultivation, propagation and hybridization of roses. Following the deaths of Pemberton and his sister Florence in the 1920s, the Bentalls set up their own nursery - Brokenbacks Nursery, in the same village of Havering-atte-Bower, Essex. ....Brokenbacks Roses Nursery is still active, run by Anastasia Carter who is interested in collecting all the Pemberton and Bentall roses.