Visiting Vintage's Open Garden (pix)

16 years ago

If you live near and you've stayed away for one reason or t'other I would like to encourage you to take a hike through the Elysian Fields of roses. More than I've ever seen at once. Not to be missed. The best bloom ever and open only until the end of May, Weekends 10-4, not sure if they are open Thurs. and Fri. this year. Enter here:

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Park Spouse

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Time to hit the roses:

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Wander the rooms of damasks,albas,gallicas and Portlands,Bourbons, and noisettes

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cruise the allee' of climbers

the largest pot ghetto you will ever see and the roses

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more roses

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The reason we all grow Etoile de Hollande is right here on Gregg Lowery's veranda

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My favorite view and a last enchanting look and off to Sebastopol for one of those lovely lunches at Pastabella.Hope you make it!

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la

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Comments (29)

seattlesuze
16 years ago
Oh you lift my heart! What a glorious show and what a lovely thing to share. Thank you, LA!

Sue
kathwhit
16 years ago
All I can say is WOW!
K
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thorngrower sw. ont. z5
16 years ago
thanks for the show!!
jbcarr
16 years ago
That's what rose heaven must be like. Great!
roselovr_in_eh
16 years ago
Many fond memories, wish I could see it now. Thanks LA for posting!

George
aftermidnight Zone7b B.C. Canada
16 years ago
As I will not be able to see this in person, thank you for sharing these beautiful photo's. You've just made my day.

A......
lionheart_gw (USDA Zone 5A, Eastern NY)
16 years ago
Rose heaven! Thank you, LA!
emmiegray1
16 years ago
It's looking glorious! You got all the 'vistas', including Napping Norm. (?)
I'm on my way! (well, on Friday I'll be on my way)

a
carolann_z8
16 years ago
I really enjoyed looking at all the roses. Thanks for posting them.
wild_rose_of_texas
16 years ago
So beautiful! Many thanks!

Allison
emmiegray1
16 years ago
Oh wait, I see he's reading. I was just flashing back to the photo I took of Eelriver Susan's little guy...

a
bluesibe
16 years ago
Ahh beautiful. Can't wait for Sat to see the show. Carol
mendocino_rose
16 years ago
We went on Mother's Day. Everything was so beautiful. What a treasure this place is. Thanks for the great photos.
luanne
Original Author
16 years ago
No Andrea, I missed the vista looking out from his veranda. He was very delighted to show me a bouquet of pale pink roses with quilled petals named after him by our own Mendocino Rose. The name was given to one of her seedlings of Mme. Isaac Perriere. A lovely tribute, Pam and so deserved. Thanks for looking everyone, just know it is far more magnificent and tender in person, I almost didn't make it out of the Pernetianas. It amazes me that I can have 170 roses and still be totally charmed and desirous of another rose.The perfumes that float on the warm air are another storey entire.
la
jerome
16 years ago
Luanne, those photographs calmed the entire morning. Thank you for posting them.

Jerome
rosefolly
16 years ago
I plan to be there this Saturday. I can hardly wait to see for myself. Thanks, Luanne.
windeaux
16 years ago
Oh my . . . I can't decide if I should allow such splendor to spur me to try harder, or to just throw in the towel & admit defeat! Superlatives fail me -- stunning, magnificent, stupendous all seem somehow inadequate. How fortunate you are to live within driving distance. Thanks for sharing the photos.
jackie_o
16 years ago
Thanks for the tour Luanne! It must be especially gratifying for you guys who go there for dirt day and help out in that garden. You must feel like proud mommas and daddys.
berndoodle
16 years ago
Isn't it grand? I really enjoy all those wildly suckering gallicas, spinosissimas, mosses, damasks, centifolias and albas. I almost never make my way out of the garden of Old European roses. May hay.
onewheeler
16 years ago
If I ever get there I might just pitch a tent and stay for awhile. I can use my imagination and smell those roses now. Thanks for the tour, I loved it.

valerie
marcialene
16 years ago
Can you tell me how to get to this beautiful garden of roses? I live in Redding. I went last Saturday to Sacramento to the Old Cemetery Rose Garden on Broadway. They were all bloomed out and I was dissappointed to say the least. There were a few late bloomers so it wasn't a complete disaster and the rest of the cemetery is landscaped beautifully so I enjoyed that part.
carolfm
16 years ago
Jealous......I want to visit rose heaven with you guys. Have fun. Love the photo of that handsome devil reading a book surrounded by roses.

Carolina
AnneCecilia z5 MI
16 years ago
I've been back through all the photos 3x now and I just can't think of the right words to say about these beautiful photos...these beautiful roses.
My mouth is open. My heart is yearning. My, Oh my, oh my oh my oh my. Rose Heaven indeed.
Maybe some day I'll get there - till then, thank you so much.

Anne
neroseman
16 years ago
Hey Luanne: What's the current status of Vintage Gardens as a mailorder nursery? Didn't Gregg have plans to move operations to Ron's place??
rosefolly
16 years ago
Retail plants in gallon containers moved to Ron's place. Mail order continues just the same as ever.

Rosefolly
aliska12000
16 years ago
Thanks for sharing all those beautiful photos. It's hard to imagine caring for that many roses, and I was intrigued by the rustic look of the structures.
bettyd_z7_va
16 years ago
luanne

You have 170 roses? OH,BLISS!!!!!!!!! What are your favorite top 10 OGRs that will live in my zone 7 in mid-Va?
I'm most interested in fragrance and repeat bloom.

Thanks
Betty
zeffyrose
16 years ago
I need a full time gardener and more sunshine !!!

These pictures are amazing----I wish I could see them in person.

Florence
rosefolly
16 years ago
Tom and I went yesterday. It was not crowded, which made it easier to walk around and enjoy the garden, but there was a constant stream of people coming and going. Gregg says that Mother's Day weekend was the busiest. Apparently the garden peaked early this year. Normally right now is the height of the spring flush. That had passed, we were told, but it was still about as fine as you can imagine.

Rosefolly