A pair of ‘Pulham’ Pots have been generously donated to Lowewood Museum, High Street, Hoddesdon. The Mayor Councillor Mrs Lyn White will officially receive them at a handing over ceremony on Wednesday 9 September at 3pm at the museum.

James Pulham and Son were eminent landscape gardeners of the 19th and early 20th centuries. They are now most widely remembered for the spectacular rock gardens they created in many country estates around the United Kingdom, including the Royal Estates at Sandringham and Buckingham Palace, and the RHS Gardens Wisley. The Pulhams moved to Hoddesdon around 1841.

Local man Claude Hitching is currently researching the lives and work of the Pulhams with a view to producing a book about them. His interest stems from the fact that no fewer than five of his ancestors – including his grandfather and great-grandfather – all used to work for them as ‘Rock Builders.’

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