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About this Project
Ive always wondered what the gardens of Rosarians looked like, and
what plants they used in combination with their Roses.
A long time before this project, I recall rather innocently asking a Rose expert - "What
plants do you grow in combination with your Roses?"
"Roses" - was the gruff reply.
Call it a quest if you like, but I suggested
(rather selfishly in light of the above) a photographic tour of member gardens to Norman Beck - Rose Judge and prominent member of the Rose Society of
Northern Ireland - of which I am a member.
Norman put it to the Rose Society members and the project was given the green light.
In all we visited 10 gardens
What a wonderful experience. Breathtaking!
Norman and I were invited to give a presentation of our photo collection
to the October 2005 meeting of the RSNI society.
We had less that half an hour to do our presentation.
Needless to say, with members questions and
comments, we did not manage to make a worthy presentation.
This website will hopefully make amends for that and help to promote the Rose Society of
Northern Ireland. You'll find much more about their endeavours on the official website - administered for many years with devotion by Norman:
Rose Society of Northern Ireland
In conclusion?
To my relief, the Rosarians
we visited turned out to be a lot more tolerant of other plants besides Roses!
The presentation of their collections were many and varied, from formal
beds of one Rose cultivar, to mixed beds of Roses, to the informal. To my delight, we found that one of the gardens proudly featured a truly old fashioned
Cottage Garden in the traditional style (with a spattering of Roses, of course).
In all cases, there were many other plants of interest besides Roses in each garden.
All in all a fantastic project, and I hope you enjoy this photographic presentation of our tour.
The photos are reduced somewhat for the web.
The
entire collection of original photos have been used in a database whcih can be accessed using any of my Garden Software items (Ideas Genie, Flower Genie
and Bonsai Genie)
Please get in touch if you would like a copy of that database.
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