Gardeners

In October 1843 William Stark, a nurseyman at Waye, had 10,000 young apple trees for sale. John Caunter, of Waye House, was one of those testifying to the quality and reliability of Mr Stark's stock.
Western Times 21 October 1843, p2 col5

Nursery and Seedmen in White's History, Gazetteer and Directory of Devon 1850.
Wm Knapman East St
Rd Mugford North St
Edw Mortimore West St
John Smerdon East St
Wm Stark Way
Wm Waycott East St
White's Directory p464

1859 Wood Place House was up for let, and was described as having a coach house, gardener's cottage and stabling. 
Exeter and Plymouth Gazette 28 May 1859 p1 col4

August 1860. Richard Pengilly, a gardener, married Mary Ann Aggett of Lustleigh at Ashburton.

Western Daily Mercury 31 August 1860, p2 col3

A gardener's cottage was one of the features of Higher Waye, which was for sale in July 1874. The estate, of over 60 acres, also included a house, coach house, stabling and farmhouse.
Western Daily Mercury 4 July 1874, p4 col3

First General Meeting of the creditors of James Westaway, Market gardener
London Gazette Issue 24295 18 February 1876, p793

In 1878 a Mr Westaway, a market gardener and landlord, brought a case against Mrs. Rogers, a widow of Waye. The amount claimed was £9 4s 6d, the balance of a bill of £13 for work done, and trees and bushes supplied. Mrs Rogers had asked the plaintiff's advice the previous year, and as a result Mr Westaway had put in a variety of plants, much of the work being done whilst Mrs Rogers was in London. Mrs Rogers put in a counter-claim for alleged damage and replacement of trees with inferior stock, but the jury found for the plaintiff, for an amount of £5
Western Times 17 December 1878, p5 col6

A William Pengilly is shown on the 1891 census, living with his wife and family at West Street, 'Greengrocer'. His occupation is shown as Market Gardener.
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In April 1899 Samuel Lear, a 58 year old gardener, collapsed in the street in Ashburton. Dr Wilcox attended promptly, but Samuel was dead. He had recently complained of heart problems.

Express and Echo, 28 April 1899, p4 col4

'My grandfather was a Gardner at the mansion owned by the Cook earls* and Sunday after Sunday school he will take some of us up to walk around the beautiful gardens. It was about half a mile up the road from us we were always dressed up for Sunday in white start dresses with a ribbon sash around the waist. 
* Holne Cross
From the memories of "Alice". See also Growing up in the 1920s, and Rich and Poor, under People and Properties.
From material supplied by Heather Stimson, née Pearse, to whom many thanks.
Also thanks to transcribers Andrew Hamlyn and Graham Arscott.

In September of 1931 Knowle, together with a gardener's cottage and three and a half acres, sold for £1000
Exeter and Plymouth Gazette 24 September 1931 p2 col4

C Cowley and Company were registered as a company in March 1933. The object of the company was to acquire the business of C C C Cowley - nurseryman, florist, fruiterer and grocer -  at Haytor House and Belgrave Nursery, Ashburton. Clarence C C Cowley was one of the directors, and Frank S Cowley, traveller, of The Chalet, Ashburton. The remuneration of the managing directors was to be £156 per annum.

Western Morning News, 23 March 1933, p11 col7

C Cowley, seeds, plants, fruit and flowers, 16 West St and Belgrave Nursery
Businesses advertising in the Guide to Ashburton, Ashburton Urban District Council, undated, but between 1930 and 1935

Lear and Lear announced in September 1958 that they were about to auction Belgrave Nurseries in Ashburton. Situated on Bowden Hill, the nursery and market garden included Walldene, a semi detached modern residence with three bedrooms. There were 6 heated greenhouses, cold frames and store sheds.
Torbay Express and South Devon Echo, 5 Sept 1958, p3 col 3

Belgrave Nursery, I L Grimes, Bowden Hill, with shop 1 East St
Businesses advertising in the Official Guide of Ashburton, Ashburton Urban District Council, undated, but between 1952 and 1960

1950s.
The story goes...
'Bill Yolland's father*, known as Gaiters because of the protective leather gaiters that he wore, worked as a gardener for Mr Kennard, at Torns. Mr Kennard bought him a lawnmower to cut the grass, but he refused to use it because he remembered farm labourers put out of work by the advent of petroleum fuelled tractors. He continued to use shears.'
Ashburton resident
*Believed to be Charles Yolland, whose birth was registered in 1900 in the Newton Abbot district