The Rose Garden in Summer: Russell’s Cottage Rose or Russelliana (1837) Hybrid Multiflora Rose
You can find more information on this rose from a prior post here.
The Rose Garden in Summer: Great Western (1840) Bourbon Rose spilling from the Rose Garden into the Children’s Garden
The Rose Garden in Summer, Part I: A Walk Down the Brick Path of a 15′ x 30′ Rose Garden in a Sloped Suburban Backyard
Can a home gardener have a rose garden? If you have ever asked yourself that question, my answer is an unequivocal yes. Inspired by the Cranford Rose Garden at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden, I knew that I could fit a lot of roses into a small space, which I have endeavored to do in this 15′ x 30′ strip of a sloped suburban backyard. In this post (Part I), I’ll take you on a short little walk up and down the brick path. In the next couple of days, I’ll endeavor to sort through the close-ups of the individual roses and try to post at least some of them.
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A view from the Cutting Garden looking down towards the Children’s Garden
A view of the upper right side from the Cutting Garden as you walk down towards the Children’s Garden
A view of the upper left side as you walk up from the Children’s Garden towards the Cutting Garden
A view of the lower left side from outside the Rose Garden 
A view of the tuters in the middle of the right side from outside the Rose Garden
A view of the lower right side as you walk down towards the Children’s Garden 
A view of the lower left side as you walk down towards the Children’s Garden
A view of the lower left side as you walk up to the Cutting Garden
A view of the lower right side as you walk up to the Cutting Garden
A view from the Children’s Garden looking up towards the Cutting Garden
A view of the lower left side from the Children’s Garden looking up towards the Cutting Garden
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Some of the Roses Growing in the Cutting Garden: Louis Odier, Dortmund, Complicata, Jacques Cartier, Felicite Parmentier, Crimson Glory
Louis Odier on the side fence
Dortmund on the arbor
Complicata on the lattice in front of the chimney
Jacques Cartier on the back fence
Felicite Parmentier (white) on the back fence and Crimson Glory (red) on a tutuer
I apologize that some of these pictures are not in better focus, as they were taken by hand at slow shutter speeds at dusk..
UPDATE: As per several requests, I have added the names of the roses next to the pictures.
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"The Summer Palace" garden sculpture created by Patrick Dougherty for the Morris Arboretum
As a follow-up to my post about my visit to the Morris Arboretum, here is more information about the fabulous garden sculpture that was pictured in my post. It’s one of the most creative and awesome (in the true sense of that word) structures I’ve ever seen in any garden. I wonder if I can get my husband to build something like that for my garden?
Download a Brochure about The Summer Palace
Some Statistics:
*Over 25 feet high
*Built in only 19 days (March 30 – April 17, 2009)
*Over 75 Volunteers helped to construct it
*Made mostly of willow, dogwood, maple and birch
*Materials were gathered locally
*No nails or other hardware were used
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“On display in the Morris Arboretum’s Madeleine K. Butcher Sculpture Garden, the site-specific piece consists of three rounded “layers” with a top that resembles the quintessential onion-dome characteristic of Russian and Byzantine architecture.”
Support Your Local Farmers: Chatham and Summit, New Jersey Farmers’ Markets re-opening in June 2009
Summit Farmers’ Market opens on Sundays starting on June 7th, 8AM-130PM:
http://www.summitdowntown.org/images/farmersmarket09.pdf
Chatham Farmers’ Market opens on Saturdays starting on June 27th, 8AM-1PM:
http://www.chathamboroughfarmersmarket.org/
To find a farmers’ market near you, type your zip code into the Local Harvest website:
http://www.localharvest.org/
Garden Tour in Philadelphia, Part IV: pictures from the beautiful Linden Hill Gardens retail nursery for rare plants
Can a retail plant nursery be beautiful? Yes. These pictures do not do justice to the beautiful display gardens, outbuildings, and farm animals that make this a truly delightful place.
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“We scour our favorite plant sources for weird and wonderful perennials, shrubs, trees, and climbers to please even the pickiest plant geek, and we raise a wide variety of new and heirloom annuals and edibles from seed. We don’t do mail-order, so we invite you to visit our retail site in Ottsville, Pennsylvania (see About Us for information and directions).”
Related Posts: Garden Tour in Philadelphia, Part I: Chanticleer; Garden Tour in Philadelphia Part II: Scott Arboretum at Swarthmore College; and Garden Tour in Philadelphia, Part III: Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania
Organic Dairies Watch the Good Times Turn Bad
Another reminder to support your local and organic farmers, many of which are now going out of business or are at risk of doing so, from Katie Zezima in The New York Times:
“When Ken Preston went organic on his dairy farm here in 2005, he figured that doing so would guarantee him what had long been elusive: a stable, high price for the milk from his cows.
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Sure enough, his income soared 20 percent, and he could finally afford a Chevy Silverado pickup to help out. The dairy conglomerate that distributed his milk wanted everything Mr. Preston could supply. Supermarket orders were skyrocketing.
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But soon the price of organic feed shot up. Then the recession hit, and families looking to save on groceries found organic milk easy to do without. Ultimately the conglomerate, with a glut of product, said it would not renew his contract next month, leaving him with nowhere to sell his milk, a victim of trends that are crippling many organic dairy farmers from coast to coast.”
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For the full article, click here: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/29/us/29dairy.html
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