Rose Gardening World: 2011

Saturday, December 31, 2011

CALIFORNIA ROSE GARDENS

Welcome to the World of Rose Gardening or Rose Gardening World. Here at Rose Gardening World, you’ll find rose articles that will educate you about Roses – Rose History, Rose Culture, Rose Growing, Rose Profiles, Rose Gardening Tips, Rose Gardens and even Rose Verses all in one place. So visit Rose Gardening World often.

Take time and smell the roses. Roses have been around for millions of years which just prove that roses are not difficult to grow. The Rose is also our National Floral Emblem and the state flower of several states.

While you are in California for the Rose Parade, make plans to see some of the rose gardens listed below. If you can not make it to California this time, make plans anyway to visit these rose gardens during the blooming season. You won't be disappointed.

A.C. Postel Memorial Rose Garden
555 Plaza Rubio
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
(805) 564-5437
www.sbrose.org

Christopher Greenwood Rose Walk of Fame
5702 Paseo Del Norte
Carlsbad, CA 92008
(626) 914-1091

Descanso Gardens International Rosarium
1418 Descanso Drive
LaCanada, CA 91011
(818) 790-7441
http://parks.co.la.ca.us

Exposition Park Rose Garden
3990 South Menlo Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90037
(213) 763-0114 x225
www.laparks.org/exporosegarden/rosegarden.htm

Fountain Square Rose Garden
6237 Fountain Square Drive
Citrus Heights, CA 95621
(916) 727-4910

Golden Gate Park Rose Garden
501 Stanyan St
San Francisco, CA 94112
(415) 666-7003
www.nps.gov/goga/

Inez Parker Memorial Rose Garden
Park Blvd., at Plaza de Balboa
San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 235-1114
www.balboapark.org

McKinley Park Rose Garden
601 Alhambra Blvd.
Sacramento, CA 95816
(916) 264-7316
www.cityofsacramento.org/parksandrecreation

Morcom Amphitheater of Roses
700 Jean Street
Oakland, CA 94610
(510) 597-5039
www.friendsofoaklandrose.org/

Pageant of Roses Garden
3888 S. Workman Mill Rd.
Whittier, CA 90601
(562) 463-4506

Pat Nixon Rose Garden at
The Richard Nixon Presidential Library
18001 Yorba Linda Blvd.
Yorba Linda, CA 92886
(714) 983-9120
www.nixonlibrary.gov

Ruth & Allen Ziegler International Garden
City of Hope Medical
1500 East Duarte Ave
Duarte, CA 91010
(626) 256-4673
www.cityofhope.org

San Jose Municipal Rose Garden
Naglee & Dana Avenues
San Jose, CA 95112
(408) 277-5422
www.sanjoseca.gov
www.friendssjrosegarden.org

South Coast Botanic Garden
James J. White Rose
26300 Crenshaw Blvd.
Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA 90274
(310) 544-6815
http://parks.co.la.ca.us

State Capitol World Peace Rose Garden
Corner of 15th Street and Capitol Street
Sacramento, CA 95816
(800) 205-1223
www.worldpeacerosegardens.org
www.capitolmuseum.ca.gov

The Huntington Botanical Gardens
1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108
(626) 405.2100
www.huntington.org

Tournament of Roses Wrigley Garden
391 S. Orange Grove Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91184
(626) 794-4414
www.tournamentofroses.com

Watts Senior Citizen Center Rose Garden
1657 E. Century Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90002
(213) 485-1343
www.laparks.org/dos/horticulture/watts.htm

Westminster Civic Center Rose Garden
8200 Westminster Blvd.
Westminster, CA 92683
(714) 895-2876
www.ci.westminster.ca.us

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HISTORY OF THE ROSE PARADE

The annual Rose Parade and Rose Bowl football game is an all-American tradition on New Year’s Day. Long before the radio was invented much less the TV in 1890, members of the Pasadena’s Valley Hunt Club wanted to celebrate the mild winter weather in California where roses were still in bloom in January. They were eager to tell the world about their paradise. They were from the East and Midwest who moved to California and discovered the nice mild winter weather in Pasadena. Dr. Charles Frederick Holder declared at a club meeting that “In New York, people are buried in snow. Here our flowers are blooming and our oranges are about to bear. Let’s hold a festival to tell the world about our paradise.”

The first floral festival on New Year’s Day was attended by more than 2000 people and was patterned after the Battle of the Flowers held in Nice, France. The festival included a modest procession of flower-covered carriages with afternoon games of foot races, tug-of-war contests, bicycle races, ostrich races, polo matches and other contest on the town lot. There was even a race between a camel and an elephant. The elephant won. Eventually, the contest was replaced by the best of college football. The town lot was then renamed Tournament Park in 1900. The first football game was played in 1902 between Stanford University and the University of Michigan with Michigan winning 49-0. Due to such defeat, the Association dropped football in favor of chariot races.

Then in 1916, football came back to stay. In 1920, a new stadium was built which the local newspaper called the Rose Bowl. On January 1, 1923, the Tournament held the first Rose Bowl game. Today, the festival starts with a parade that includes matching bands, high-stepping equestrian units and spectacular animated floats covered with million flowers from all over the world. Volunteers called petal pushers work hand in hand with professional designers to make this event a huge success. This was followed by the Rose Bowl where the championship collegiate football teams of the Pac-12 and the Big Ten conference meet for the showdown of the Granddaddy of them all.

In the early years, few teams arrived in flower decorated carriages which gave Dr. Holder the idea to change the name of the festival to “Tournament of Roses”. By 1895, the festival had gotten so big that it was difficult for the Valley Hunt Club to handle so the Tournament of Roses Association was formed. Today the Tournament of Roses Association headquarters is housed at an Italian Renaissance-style house, thanks to the generosity of the famous chewing-gum manufacturer, William Wrigley Jr. whose favorite pastime was watching the parade. The 18,500 square foot mansion designed by architect G. Lawrence Stimson with a 4-1/2 acres rose garden is located two blocks south of the starting point of the parade and was bequeathed to the city of Pasadena upon Mr. Wrigley’s death in 1958 with the stipulation that it be used as the Tournament’s permanent headquarters.

On Monday, January 2, 2012, the 123^th Rose Parade with the theme “Just Imagine…” starts at 8:00 a.m. (PT) followed by the 98^th Rose Bowl Game at 3:10 pm between the No. 10 ranked Wisconsin Badgers, champions of the Big Ten Conference, and the No. 5 ranked Oregon Ducks, Pac-12 Conference champions. From a humble beginning, the Rose Parade is now presented by Honda and expects to be watched by millions on television in more than 120 countries plus thousands of spectators along the parade routes. The parade will be broadcast on ABC, Hallmark Channel, HGTV, KTLA, NBC, RFD-TV and Univision. The Rose Bowl Game is presented by VIZIO and can be watched on ESPN.

The events take place on Monday, Jan. 2, 2012 to avoid interfering with worship services on Sunday. J.R. Martinez, a retired soldier, actor and spokesman, will serve as the Grand Marshal of the 2012 Tournament of Roses festivities. This year, one of the judges is Lois Fowkes, an American Rose Society Judge from New York. As a New Yorker and a friend, I am very proud of her.

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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

TOURNAMENT OF ROSES

‘Impatient’ x seedling

Hybridizer – Warriner, 1988

This pink grandiflora of 25 to 30 petals is aptly named in honor of the Tournament of Roses, the famous parade of all times held annually on New Year’s Day in Pasadena, California. Tournament of Roses is an AARS selection in 1989. It is sometimes classified as a hybrid tea because of the shape of its flowers although it is really a grandiflora. Bloom size is 3.5 inches on long stem with light fragrance. The blooms have all shades of pink within them – deep pink in the center, pale pink at the edges, darker pink on the outside. Tournament of Roses blooms profusely in clusters of 5 to 7 blooms like a floribunda on a medium upright bush with glossy dark green leaves and large prickles. It is highly disease-resistant and easy to grow. It produces blooms well into the winter. Tournament of Roses is both an excellent rose for exhibition and garden rose with plenty of blooms to enjoy outside in the garden and to take indoors to enjoy.

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Monday, December 26, 2011

TABLE STYLING WITH ROSES

With all the running around we do during the holidays, there are times when we think is it all worth it. The key to stay calm during the holidays is to spend some time with the things that we love to do best. We love roses and we should not stop having them in the house just because the garden is closed for the season. Even the simplest meal can be transformed into something quite magical with the addition of a few beautiful roses to the table.

Nowadays, commercial growers are more aware that the public wants perfumed flowers and are breeding more scented roses. Florist roses are usually sold in bud and take a few days to open into full bloom and get the strongest perfume so buy them a few days before you need them. Floral designs for the tables should be kep short so diners can see each other and may need the support of some greenery for a simple arrangement. For a lovely welcome, tuck a rose in a napkin ring. Try to coordinate the color of the flowers with the food and table linen for a look that’s both attractive and sensational. Another simple idea is a rectangular basket big enough to accommodate four little pots of miniature roses. Add some variegated trailing ivy around them. The key is to keep it simple.

Now, here is something the Ancient Romans did. They added some fragrant rose petals to the wine for a delightful way of serving wine. It also delays the intoxication of its drinkers! And they didn’t even have a car to drive. Did they get a breath analyzer test to drive a chariot, or did they have a designated charioteer?

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Saturday, December 24, 2011

HISTORY OF THE CHRISTMAS CARD

FIRST CHRISTMAS CARD

Back in 1843, London businessman Henry Cole decided that he did not have enough time to write personal messages to friends and relatives so he asked his friend, artist John /Calcott Horsley, a member of the Royal Academy to design a card that he could put in an envelope and mail. That idea resulted in a new holiday tradition. Horsley dsigned a three –panel, pastel-tinted design featuring a happy Victorian family toasting the season. On the side of the panel are two Christmas traditions – clothing the needy and feeding the hungry.

In 1840 with the passage of the Penny Postage /Act which allowed anyone in England to send mail for a penny, sending Christmas card became in vogue in England. America caught up with the new craze when Louis Prang perfected his lithographic process of multicolor printing in the 1870s. Prang sponsored art contests to get original designs for his cards. Today billions of cards are sent around the world with all kinds of designs.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

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Friday, December 23, 2011

DECORATING FOR THE HOLIDAYS

If you still have roses in the garden, use them to decorate your home for the holidays. If your garden has gone to bed, greenhouse-cultivated or florist rose can be used instead. Two or three pots of red minis grouped together make a bold statement in any room. An arrangement of red roses amongst different shades of pines on a low container; red tapers with white roses on a bed of pine boughs; blue tapers surrounded by blue-green spruce with yellow roses are all sensational centerpieces. Here’s a decorating idea for your stairway:

Materials needed:

Fresh or synthetic garland

Red or gold ribbons

Various berries, herbs and greens

Fresh red roses

Floral vials and floral tape

Drape the garland around the railing. Tie the garland with a ribbon. Bunch a small cluster of berries, herbs and greens to the garland until it looks full. Clusters of aucuba leaves are great because of its gold speck on them. Trim each rose stem to the length of the vial. Slip it into the tightly capped water-filled floral vial. Tape with floral tape for added security. Slip the vials of roses into the garland, wedging them in place. Add fresh water to the vials daily.

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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

The Legend of the Christmas Rose

When the star appeared in the East, the three wise men knew that this was the sign that they long awaited for and packed their gifts – precious gold, fragrant myrrh and pricelss frankinscence and traveled to look for the newborn king.

As they came close to Bethlehem they stopped and asked a young shepherdess where the newborn child was. The girl sent them to the stable. She saw the three wise men had presents but she had no gift to offer the wonderful new king. She wept but an angel saw her tears. Suddenly a rose sprang up where the tears had fallen, glistening white against the parched hillside. The little girl quickly gathered the blossoms and ran after the wise men. When she shyly presented her miraculous gift to the Christ child, Baby Jesus smiled and the petals of the roses turned pink.

Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming

From tender stem hath sprung!

Of Jesse’s lineage coming

As Men of old have sung.
It came, a flow'ret bright
Amid the cold of winter,
When half spent was the night

Katholischer Geistlicher Kirchengesang
1599

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Alabama Rose Gardens

Here is another list in the Series of Rose Gardens in the United States. These rose gardens are in the state of Alabama.

Bellingrath Gardens Rose Garden

12401 Bellingrath Gardens Rd., Theodore, AL 36582

(251) 973-2217
www.bellingrath.org

City of Fairhope Rose Garden

555 S. Section St., Fairhope, AL 36532

(251) 928-8003

www.cofairhope.com/tourism.html

David A. Hemphill Park of Roses

(Mobile Public Rose Garden)

Springdale Plaza, Airport Blvd., Mobile, AL 36606

334-479-3775

Dunn Formal Rose Garden

Birmingham Botanical Gardens

2612 Lane Park Rd., Birmingham, AL 35216

(205) 414-3910
www.bbgardens.org

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Saturday, December 31, 2011

CALIFORNIA ROSE GARDENS

HISTORY OF THE ROSE PARADE

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

TOURNAMENT OF ROSES

Monday, December 26, 2011

TABLE STYLING WITH ROSES

Saturday, December 24, 2011

HISTORY OF THE CHRISTMAS CARD

Friday, December 23, 2011

DECORATING FOR THE HOLIDAYS

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

The Legend of the Christmas Rose

Alabama Rose Gardens

Epsom Salt and Its Role in the Rose Garden

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