30% off in the End of Season Sale at J Parkers

30% off in the End of Season Sale at J Parkers

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Parker Dutch Bulbs (Wholesale) Ltd. Established 1933

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Humble Beginnings

During the depression in 1933, Martin Parker flew to England from his small hometown in Beverwijk, Holland, to start a mail-order bulb business. He came from three generations of bulb growers and exporters in Holland and felt ready to start a new venture in England.

J. Parker’s came from humble beginnings. The wholesale business started in a small, terraced house on Chester Road in Manchester. This was then run by Martin and his wife Joan, who would package products in the garden shed. They continued trading from their home as a small-scale operation from the late ‘30s, all the way through the second world war.

1950’s Gardening Boom The business slowly grew and in the ‘50s, Martin’s son Christopher joined the family business. A mini gardening boom in the 1950s encouraged the family to expand the company. They agreed to buy some farmland in Anwick, Lincolnshire to grow bulbs. During the ‘50s the company was highly successful. Around the same time, the retail branch of the company was created and run from Manchester, and wholesale began to be run from Anwick, Lincolnshire.