The World of Everything that Grows.
“A goal without a plan is just a wish.â€
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
“Tony Abruscato, Chicago Flower & Garden Show Director believed we could build a major rose garden at Navy Pier in March & we worked together to make it happen. ~Susan Fox â€
Guest Post by Dr. Charold Baer of the Portland Rose Society; the story of how her husband Rich Baer’s photo of the ‘Peace’ Rose was selected to be the ultimate USPS symbol of love & celebrate the birthday of the world’s best selling, most popular rose. Meet the rose photographer Continue Reading
This is the most in depth look at ‘The Life & Times’ of the creator of the English Rose, David C.H. Austin, Maker of Heavenly Roses’ who spent an outstanding lifetime working to make tangible contributions to the evolution of roses. His life is a
wonderful story well worth telling for generations to marvel at his
achievements. ~ Dr. Tommy Cairns
“A rose is an argument. It proclaims the triumph of beauty over brutality, of gentleness over violence, of the ephemeral over the lasting, and of the universal over the particular. The same rose bursts into bloom on the North Cape and in the Sahara Desert.†~ Alain Meilland