| 词条 | John Mattock (rose grower) |
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He was born in Oxford, the eldest child of John and Marita Mattock, where his father was a master rose grower. He joined the Royal Navy in 1944 and took part in the D-Day landings as an electrician on a landing craft, rejoining the family business after the war to run the Mattock rose gardens in Headington. He helped to grow the turnover tenfold, after which the family opened a garden centre at Nuneham Courteney, which became the firm's head office. They exhibited at the Chelsea Flower Show, winning several medals, and Mattock became chairman of the show. He retired in the late 1980s and sold the business to Notcutts Garden Centre. In retirement he lectured and wrote, publishing such books as "The Reader's Digest Gardener's Guide to Growing Roses" and "Growing and Displaying Roses". In 1983 he was awarded the Victoria Medal of Honour of the Royal Horticultural Society He died aged 91 in 2017 and was buried at St Andrew's Church in Sandford-on-Thames. He had married twice;firstly Sheila Weatherley and secondly Sheila Port and had two daughters. References1. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/13498842.He_used_to_grow_500_000_roses_a_year___and_he___s_still_judging_them/|title=He used to grow 500,000 roses a year...and he’s still judging them|newspaper=The Oxford Times|accessdate=29 November 2017}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://floristbusiness.co.uk/2017/11/obituary-john-mattock-roses/|title=Obituary: Master Rose grower and D-Day veteran, John Mattock - Florist Business|date=14 November 2017|website=Floristbusiness.co.uk|accessdate=29 November 2017}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/john-mattock-obituary-r9vtj6vkb|title=John Mattock|date=28 November 2017|publisher=|accessdate=29 November 2017|website=Thetimes.co.uk}} 4. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/15648157.Obituary__Master_rose_grower_and_D_Day_veteran_John_Mattock/|title=Obituary: Master rose-grower and D-Day veteran John Mattock|newspaper=The Northern Echo|accessdate=29 November 2017}} External links{{commons category|Roses}}
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