Turnback Tuesday remembers the H. M. Bradley Florist. Henry started out as a vegetable gardener on North Turnpike in 1883. Within a few short years, he established H.M. Bradley Florist at 113 New Haven Ave., advertising wholesale & retail, cut flowers & bedding plants, a nurseryman, marked gardener, early vegetables, trees, shrubs and vines. By 1914, his sons Henry M. Jr. & Louis H. became co-owners and later took over the business in 1924 with the addition of Maggie C. & Charlotte Bradley. Their tradition continued with the next generation until 1981.
The business was located approximately where Bradley Pond Plaza is now.
The location of the business is shown on an 1898 map here at the Library, 313 Elizabeth St., Derby in the History Reference Room.
Photo scanned from the B. Berman collection.
Thanks as always to the Derby Public Library staff for sharing interesting local history each week.
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