Rose Hill Day in Manito Park

Oct 212009

The Spokane Rose Society’s annual Rose Hill Day gathering and picnic took place on Sunday, July 12, 2009 at Rose Hill in Manito Park in Spokane, WA.

We had a good turnout of Rose Society members and visitors seeking information about roses and the Spokane Rose Society.

Everyone enjoyed a delicious potluck in the shade and strolled around Rose Hill admiring the roses in the sunshine.

Robusta - Rugosa

Colorful Miniature Roses

Floribunda

Starry Night - Shrub Rose

Graham Thomas - English Rose

Taking Time to Smell the Roses

Fragrant Cloud

Rose Arranging Class

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Oct 212009

In July Heather Figg gave a very informative class on how to create rose show arrangements on the beautiful grounds of the Northland Rosarium. The class covered Traditional, Oriental, Modern, and Abstract arrangements.

Heather showed tools and supplies used in flower arrangements, such as frogs, florist foam, floral adhesive, and discussed the proper use of each. Heather also recommended resources for flower arranging supplies, and she even gave away some books on the subject.

Participants learned about the best way to select, collect, and protect flowers for use in arrangements. Other topics included: the do’s and don’ts of rose show arrangements, proper placement of light and dark colors, how to find novel containers, when to stick with classic containers, filler foliage, and more.

Heather discussed the different styles of rose arrangements and demonstrated the composition of two of those styles, shown here.

This was a great class. We laughed a lot, learned a great deal about rose arrangements, and came away very inspired.

Garden Tours 2009 – Rendle Garden

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Oct 212009

In May we visited Harry and Leslie Rendle’s garden. We all refer to Harry as Mr. Mini with good reason. Miniature roses are his specialty.

Harry and Leslie keep their garden immaculate: everything is labeled and neatly manicured.

It’s no wonder that Harry takes home so many blue ribbons.

Garden Tours 2009 – Hathaway Garden

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Oct 212009

In May we visited the Hathaways for a tour of Phyllis’ famed garden. Phyllis certainly has a way with growing things, and it was a pleasure and inspiration to see her “French intensive” gardening style in person.

Phyllis uses lawn for pathways and to divide her flower beds.

You’ll find clematis winding its way throughout her yard.

Roses, roses, roses . . .

Easy access fruit.

Contrasts in texture, shape, height, and color add interest.

A covered path adds mystery.

Little touches of elegance abound.

Garden Tours 2009

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Oct 162009

Just one of the many benefits of membership in the Spokane Rose Society is the chance to attend our wonderful garden tours each year. The 2009 season was another great year with several very well-attended tours of members’ beautiful gardens in the greater Spokane area. We would like to thank all of our members who generously shared their gardens for our enjoyment and inspiration. And what an inspiration it was to see just what can be done with imagination and a love of gardening, not to mention a lot of elbow grease.

We visited gardens all over the greater Spokane area with a variety of different soil and weather challenges: everything from a complete lack of topsoil, to solid rock or hard clay. What these gardens have in common is that they belong to gardeners who worked and coaxed them into a beautiful end result, to which these pictures will testify.

Here is a sampling of photos from several of our tours. Follow the links to see more photos from each tour.

Use this link to see more photos from the Klement garden tour.

Use this link to see more photos from the Hathaway garden tour.

Use this link to see more photos from the Rendle garden tour.

Use this link to see more photos from the Jacobus garden tour.

Use this link to see more photos from the Neils garden tour.

Use this link to see more photos from the Gravelle-Odegaard garden tour.

Garden Tours 2009 – Klement Garden

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Oct 162009

In May we visited Charlie and Terry Klement at their beautiful, huge garden. This garden represents a labor of love – with an emphasis on the labor. The Klements went to a great deal of work and hauled in many truckloads of soil to create this little bit of heaven.

The garden is full of whimsical touches, and we will always remember Terry’s plum paint.

Are these the gardeners responsible for all of this beauty?

The earth laughs in flowers – this is certainly true in Charlie and Terry Klement’s garden.

Garden Tours 2009 – Jacobus Garden

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Oct 162009

In September we visited the garden of Leroy and Rose Jacobus. In addition to a beautiful garden for enjoyment, they have a huge vegetable garden that produces great quantities of fruit and vegetables.

Here is a sampling of what we enjoyed in their garden.

Some of their beautiful flowers . . .

and a visitor.

Garden Tours 2009 – Neils Garden

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Oct 162009

In September we visited the garden of Allan and Diane Neils. They have a bright, sunny area that suits their roses perfectly . . .

. . . and cool, shady areas under the trees that are perfect for relaxing on a summer afternoon.

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Garden Tours 2009 – Gravelle-Odegaard Garden

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Oct 162009

In September we toured Tracy Gravelle and Ed Odegaard’s lovely garden. Beautiful and peaceful, it was a fitting culmination to our garden tours this year.