While I'm on the subject of roses, this deserves its own entry rather than just an added note to the Rhode Island Rose Show post:
The Rhode Island Rose Society''s Mike Chute leads Roseology 101 (scroll down this page), 2pm on Friday, June 22 at the Newport Flower Show. Learn the six basic and easy-to-follow steps to growing great roses. Mike is an accredited American Rose Society Horticultural Judge.
Roses, Roses, Roses: A Special Forum with David Austin
David J.C. Austin of David Austin Roses will be accepting the Newport Flower Show Lifetime Achievement Award for his father, David H.C. Austin, at the Newport Flower Show, June 22-24. He is hosting and is on the panel of experts at the Show's Rose Forum as well, on Sunday, June 24 at 1pm. Advance registration required. $45. [The photo in this post is of the first bloom of a neighbor's David Austin rose. Last year there was a metal tag on the plant. Someone took it off (not the owner) since then. Why do people do things like that? So I can't tell you the name of this rose at the moment.]
Barbara Gee, who writes local gardening columns in People, Places, and Plants and is the author of the Massachusetts Gardener's Companion, emailed me about the Newport Flower Show recently to be sure I knew about David Austin. But she hardly began to relate all the great activities at this event. Check out the details! Also, check out the Design Division and the Horticulture Division info. If you haven't been to a flower show, it's another world, but a gorgeous one.
A snippet from Barbara's description:
"...the inside of the mansion is full, I mean full, of unbelievable floral arrangements - make your jaw drop. The lawn has some very high-end garden and antique things to buy and there's a judged horticulture competition...."
And she concluded by quoting Mike Chute:
"'David Austin captured lightning in a bottle.'"
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