Snell’s Nursery, Jubilee Gardens, Broad Street, Ely

History of Snell's Nursery

Ordnance Survey map snippet from 1925 showing Broad Street in Ely, featuring building footprints, a nursery, and timber yard.

Broad Street, Ely OS 1925

Audrey Denton, 1991, Broad Street, describes how local housewives could buy salads straight from the nursery, as well as flowers, wreaths and bouquets.

A rectangular information board titled The Dry Garden, featuring text, a central garden photograph, and various plant images.

Jubilee Gardens Ely (RGL2025)

A textured, grey metal eel sculpture rises from a circular stone plinth set within a grassy park landscape.

Jubilee Gardens Ely (RGL2025)

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