The story of Clifton Nurseries began in 1851 with the construction of the Clifton Villas houses surrounding "an ornamental garden and nursery ground". In 1880 the lease passed from the Brown family to Johannes Adam Krupp who started a thriving nursery business based from greenhouses and the "largest Palm House in London, bar Kew". His son Frederik took over the business in 1937 before deciding to sell up. 

The enterprising Sydney Cohen bought the lease in 1944 and successfully built up the business, increasing the product range as seen in the old catalogues from 1947, now in our company archives. Under Mr Cohen’s able direction, Clifton Nurseries went from strength to strength – and in the mid 50s a successful Landscape division was founded. The influence of Clifton spread until the sudden demise of Mr Cohen in 1975 when the business was up for sale again.