Wakefield's tulip society has been one and only for 80 years
By Laura Drysdale
Published 28th Feb 2019, 14:03 GMT
Updated 3rd May 2019, 13:21 GMT
The Wakefield and North of England Tulip Society holds an annual show.
The Wakefield and North of England Tulip Society will hold its annual show in Horbury on May 11. Ahead of the dazzling event, we look back at key points in the society's development.
The earliest discovered record of a tulip show in Wakefield dates back to 1829, though a florists society held its first meeting nearly two decades earlier in 1807.
The society was established in 1836. At the time, the flowers were being grown and shown by artisan labourers.
Since 1936, the Wakefield and North of England Tulip Society has been the only one in the country dedicated specifically to the flower.
