George Elwanger: The Nurseryman Who Made Rochester a “City in a Forest”

George Ellwanger (1816-1906), a German immigrant who co-founded the Ellwanger & Barry Nursery in Rochester, New York, in 1840.

Flower City Co-Founder November 26, 1906  Today is the anniversary of the death of the German-American horticulturist and nurseryman George Ellwanger (“El-WANG-ur”). In the mid-1800s, George Ellwanger and his Irish business partner and experienced nurseryman, Patrick Barry, claimed their Rochester, New York nursery was the largest in the world. Built on 650 acres along Mount…

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November 26, 2020 Proper Watering, Jean-Jacques de Mairan, George Ellwanger, Washington Atlee Burpee, Sarah Addison Allen, John Evelyn, Aileen Fisher, Wall Art Made Easy by Barbara Ann Kirby and Ruth Myrtle Patrick

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