Rose Breeder  

Listing last updated on Sun Nov 2024

Nuneham Courtenay,
Oxford,
United Kingdom

Code = MATT--
1975 The Rose Annual UK. page 205John Mattock Ltd. advertisement. In 1875 John Mattock started to grow Roses near Oxford. In 1975 John, Robert and Mark Mattock, great grandsons of the founder of the firm are still growing roses.....
2018 March By Any Other Name page 31Obituary: John Mattock (April 23, 1926 - October 23, 2017)...After his father’s death in 1973, the three brothers took over the nursery, with Mark minding the fnancial aspects, Robert the cultivation of roses, and John in charge of marketing and selling.

Wikipedia: John Stewart Mattock (23 April 1926 – 23 October 2017) was an English rose grower, and the chairman of the Chelsea Flower Show for twelve years

The family business was sold in 1985 to Notcutts and John retired to become a lecturer, judge and author.