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| They'll still have their other location and mail-order, but the display gardens in San Antonio are truly striking--it's a rose garden like no other and it's horrible that it's closing.
Has anyone ever visited and do they have pictures?
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Here is a link that might be useful: announcement of ARE San Antonio closing
Follow-Up Postings:
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| I'm sorry to hear that. I'd hoped one day to see it. Jeri in SoCal |
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| Those of us in the San Antonio area are very sad about their closing. Not only was it great to be able to see the roses growing in their gardens, but they offered a great variety of companion plants, some I've never seen in other nurseries. Also the staff was very friendly and extremely helpful. Fortunately there are quite a number pictures of the display gardens. Shirley of Rock-Oak-Deer, has done three blogs on it. I've put on pictures on the Texas Gallery, maybe here too, I don't remember. I'll check. |
Here is a link that might be useful: One of three ARE San Antonio blogs by Rock-Oak-Deer
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| For anyone that wants to see more photos of ARE in San Antonio here are a couple of posts from the Texas Gallery. This one has mostly companion plants. http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/txgard/gal081622532343.html On the post linked below there was some question about a photo being that of La Vesuve. I checked next time I was there and they said it was. That's just the way it looked after recovering from a long hot summer. I'm going to put some other photos I have of ARE San Antonio on the Antique Rose Gallery. |
Here is a link that might be useful: ARE San Antonio in October 2010
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| That is too bad. I'm glad to hear they will continue to be in business in a smaller way. Does anyone know what will happen to the garden itself? Rosefolly |
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| It looks lovely in the pictures. The one time I visited the original garden near Brenham, the roses looked bad. You could really tell they didn't spray much. The bugs were having a feast. It was fairly discouraging. |
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- Posted by professorroush 6A (My Page) on Wed, Jun 20, 12 at 16:36
| I'm more worried about the original nursery....does anyone know what this means for Brenham??? |
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- Posted by rock_oak_deer 8a TX (My Page) on Wed, Jun 20, 12 at 17:01
| According to the announcement the ARE nursery and gardens in Brenham will remain open and so will the mail order business. rinaldo - They don't spray at all, that is an important part of the appeal for me. |
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- Posted by harborrose 8a-PNW (My Page) on Wed, Jun 20, 12 at 17:55
| Texas has had some severe droughts the last few years; I think it's improved some but it's still dry there. Maybe that has a lot to do with how the roses looked and the bug levels...? I never made it to any of the ARE locations but have grown a number of their roses. I wish them well. Mike Shoup had a lot to do with my learning to love old roses. Thanks for posting those pictures on the antique rose gallery; I enjoyed looking. Gean |
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- Posted by rock_oak_deer 8a TX (My Page) on Wed, Jun 20, 12 at 19:33
| You're welcome Gean. Mike had a huge influence on my learning to love roses of all kinds, especially the old ones. I attended several of his talks and sat mesmerized while he told details of his adventures. We had two record cold winters combined with extreme drought. Of course the gardens were not at their best and we didn't shop for the garden much then either. The economy in this area is not too bad, but not good enough to continue the second location. I have heard that July 15 will be the last day for those of you in the area who would like to make a visit. |
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