How did the Clare Bulb Co come into being?
The proprietors of the business originally ran a nursery and garden-centre near Dunmow in Essex. Included in their range of products was bulbs. The nursery was sold in the 1960’s, but the proprietors continued to buy bulbs on the wholesale market for their own extensive garden, and also for their friends. As word got around that the best place to buy bulbs was from them, there came a point where it became sensible to register the business, and to create was was originally called The Byfield Dutch & English Bulb Company. On their move to the town of Clare in 1978 the name Clare replaced Byfield, and to shorten the name for the internet, the Dutch & English bit was removed as well. Thus the Clare Bulb Co.
