FLORALI
My friend Susan Donley, who I mention so often throughout R
is for Rose, is a
wonderful San Francisco Bay Area florist. Besides gorgeous arrangements, there's
a great selection of vases, interesting containers, and all the materials
you might need to create a floral display.
2345 Boulevard Circle, Walnut Creek, CA 94595
Phone: 925-934-6877
www.florali.com
ROSE NURSERIES
VINTAGE GARDENS ANTIQUE ROSES
An own-root nursery growing the largest selection of roses offered by any source in North America. Their catalog, The Vintage Gardens Book of Roses (which I highly recommend), offers a descriptive compendium of nearly 3,600 roses with handy illustrations showing the size and form of eash shrub in relation to figures of people. It's only $15.00. Their nursery is now at Garden Vallley Ranch.498 Pepper Road, Petaluma, CA 94952
Phone: 707) 829-2035
www.vintagegardens.com
GARDEN VALLEY RANCH
A rose ranch so beautiful that it is also an event center. The nursery sells
rose bushes and during the season, they sell cut roses to visitors and to the
trade. 498 Pepper Road, Petaluma, CA 94952
Phone: 707-795-0919
www.gardenvalley.com
ROSES OF YESTERDAY AND TODAY
This charming rose source was established by Francis E. Lester in the 1930's with help from Graham Stuart Thomas.803 Browns's Valley Road
Watsonville, CA 95076
Phone:831-728-1901
www.rosesofyesterday.com
REGAN NURSERY
One of the largest mail order suppliers of Grade #1 bare root roses in North America.4268 Decoto Road
Fremont, CA 94555-3204
Within California (510) 797 3222.
International (510) 797 3222.
Outside California (800) 249 4680.
www.regannursery.com
HEIRLOOM ROSES
Located in Oregon's fertile Willamette Valley, they mail order year round and have an especially good selection of cold-hardy roses.24062 NE Riverside Drive
St. Paul, Oregon 97137
Phone: (503) 538-1576
www.heirloomroses.com
SEQUOIA NURSERY
Owner, Ralph Moore, is famous for hybridizing more than 300 miniature roses. Mr. Moore's rose 'Renae', a (non-mini) pale pink climber is one of my great favorites for disease resistance, beauty, and constant blooming.2519 East Noble, Visalia, CA 93292
PHONE: (559) 732-0309
www.sequoianursery.biz/
THE ANTIQUE ROSE EMPORIUM
A source for own-root, old garden and antique roses. They mail order 2 gallon roses from October through the end of April.Display gardens.
9300 Lueckmeyer Road, Brenham, TX 77833
Phone: 800-441-0002
http://antiqueroseemporium.com
DAVID AUSTIN ROSES
Order English Roses from the source!www.davidaustinroses.com
ROSE SOCIETIES
THE HERITAGE ROSES GROUP
Formed in 1975 by Miriam Wilkins, this is a fellowship of those who care about the Old Garden Roses, Species Roses, Old or Unusual Roses, especially those roses introduced into commerce prior to the year 1867. They host the famed "Celebration of Old Roses" each year in May, in El Cerrito, California. $15.00 dues include a charming Quarterly Rose Letter and the south-west chapters receive two issues yearly of Miriam's Old Roser's Digest.www.thefragrantgarden.com/hrg.html
AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY
A national organization with over 20,000 members dedicated to the enjoyment, enhancement and promotion of America's floral emblem. Go to their website to find your local chapter and information you might need for growing roses in your area. Membership includes The American Rose monthly magazine and many other benefits.P.O. Box 30,000
8877 Jefferson Paige Rd.
Shreveport, LA 71119
Phone: 318-938-5402
www.ars.org/
THE HERITAGE ROSE FOUNDATION
A nonprofit organization established in 1986 was founded and developed to preserve and disseminate education and information about old garden roses and their origins and history.Heritage Rose Foundation
P.O. Box 831414
Richardson, TX 75083
www.heritagerosefoundation.org
WORLD FEDERATION OF ROSE SOCIETIES
An association of the national Rose Societies of 36 countries with information about the Rose around the world.www.worldrose.org/
GARDENS
THE HUNTINGTON ROSE GARDEN
The Rose Garden, consisting of approximately 1,200 cultivars, is arranged historically; in it, the story of the rose can be traced for more than a thousand years. Every two months they publish an e-newsletter "Subrosa" covering many interesting rose world subjects.1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Phone: 626 405-2100
www.huntington.org
ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS AT KEW
A vast horticultural treasury on three hundred acres located on the Thames River in London.http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/
DESCANSO GARDENS
In this International Rosarium, significant collections of species, old garden roses and modern roses are arranged in theme gardens.1418 Descanso Drive
La Canada Flintridge, CA91011
www.descansogardens.org
FILOLI
A grand Georgian mansion surrounded by a 654-acre estate garden, in the San Francisco Bay Area, represents the golden age of American gardens.Woodside, CA 94062
Phone: 650-364-8300
www.filoli.org
DUMBARTON OAKS
This is my favorite American public garden. It's in our nation's capital and was designed over a tweny year period by Beatrix Jones Farrand. I especially like her custom-designs for garden features.www.doaks.org
AND MORE
LEROY PARKER'S ART
The art of of my husband, Leroy, has been displayed in both my books and it also appears on this website. If you'd like to inquire about his artwork, log on to his website.http://www.leroyparker.com/
ROGER'S ROSES
This website is a world encyclopedia of rose pictures and information based on the published (and unpublished) works of authors Roger Phillips and Martyn Rix, with a large contribution from Bill Grant. The site features over 5,800 pictures of roses!http://www.rogersroses.com/
BED AND BREAKFAST FOR GARDEN LOVERS
While visiting England in 2001, we found
extraordinary accommodations in cottages and manor houses on this website.
Each home we stayed in was surrounded by fabulous, magazine-worthy gardens.
They also have listings in Scotland, Wales, and France.
www.specialplacestostay.com
COMBINED ROSE LIST
Published annually since 1980, the Combined Rose List is the one international reference for rose sources. It contains essential information about rose varieties and mail order nurseries in the USA, Canada, and many overseas countries. Information in this 264-page softcover book is provided for more than 14,500 different roses and more than 300 mail order nurseries.Peter Schneider
P.O. Box 677, mMantua, OH 44255 USA
Phone: 330.296.2618
www.combinedroselist.com