William Baylor Hartland - Overview

Overview

Hartland's grandfather came to Ireland from the Kew Botanic Gardens. He established a nursery at Belview, Mallow, in 1774. Hartland's father, William, relocated the business to Cork in 1810. Hartland's brother, Henry Albert Hartland (1840-1893), was a well-known artist.

William Hartland moved his nursery from Temple Hill to Ard Cairn, Ballintemple, Cork, in 1890. His bulb farm was approximately 10 acres (40,000 m2). Hartland sent flowers from his farm to various markets, including the one at Covent Garden. He also maintained the "Old Established Garden Seed Ware-House" at 24 Patrick Street, Cork.

William Hartland was a Guardian of the Cork Union and started a scheme of prizes for country plots. He called attention to the need for agricultural education and advocated the growing of early vegetables and flowers along the southern Irish seaboard.

William Hartland was florist and seedsman who was a supplier to Queen Victoria. He was awarded Silver Banksian Medal by the Royal Horticulteral Society in London May 1903.