Biography
Born in Britain at Wolverhampton in 1866, Charles Harry Jones became a gardener, working on a number of private estates in England from the 1890s, including Great Ote Hall, near Burgess Hill, Sussex. His gardening was noted for the quality of his flowerbeds and cultivation of fruits and vegetables. As a photographer, Jones was noted for his documentation of the fruits of his gardening labours. Jones also offered his services as a photographer to other gardeners.
He died in Lincolnshire on 15 November 1959, aged ninety-two.
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