Sustainable Rose Garden Guide: Expert Tips for Growing & Caring for Roses | Perfect for Home Gardens, Landscaping & Floral Arrangements

The Sustainable Rose Garden - A Reader in Rose Culture was awarded the World Federation of Roses Literary Award at the 16th World Federation of Rose Societies Convention, which took place October 2012 in South Africa.The guide to creating a NEW generation of American roses . . . This work brings together experts from around the world to inform gardeners about developments in the new—irresistible yet long overdue—trend toward creating environmentally friendly yet enduring rose gardens, with “sustainability” as the key.Pick up any popular gardening magazine and browse through it. Chances are you will soon encounter one word—"sustainability." Sustainability has, indeed, become the catchword of 21st century gardening. And for tens of millions of environmentally conscious gardeners it has become a "must" goal, rapidly being realized as part of the much heralded NEW GARDENING. This means gardening that is consciously aware of the dangerous health and environmental risks posed by using traditional synthetic chemicals and pesticides, and that seeks to return to the principles of Mother Nature, while also growing low-maintenance plants that make fewer demands on environmental resources.The Queen of Flowers, the rose—by Presidential declaration America's National Floral Emblem—was initially left behind as “green consciousness” and the concept of sustainability took hold among the gardening public. But the rose is now making up for lost time. From the workshops of breeders—both in the U.S. and abroad—a new generation of disease-resistant and low-maintenance rose varieties has emerged in the last decade to fill popular demand. In this book, you will learn how to make your own sustainable rose garden. With 38 lavishly illustrated articles and descriptions of the best new (as well as old) rose varieties designed for the sustainable rose garden, this is a must-have book for today's new generation of avid but environmentally conscious gardeners.Table of ContentsForeword - Marilyn WellanIntroduction: Winston & Roses - Pat ShanleyGrowing Tea Roses - Lynne Chapman, Noelene Drage, Di Durston, Jenny Jones, Hillary Merrifield, Billy WestA Close Look at Tea Roses -Lynne Chapman, Hillary Merrifield and Billy WestHennessey Revisited: Sustainability, or The Accidental Environmentalist -James DelahantyRose Poems by Emily Dickinson -Historic Disease and Pest Control among Roses -Alice FloresRose Studies: Watercolors and Drawings Documenting the Genus Rosa -Maria Cecilia FreemanTea and Roses -Bill GrantEarth-Kind® Rose Trials — Identifying the World’s Strongest, Most Beautiful Landscape Roses - Derald A. Harp, David Zlesak, Gaye Hammond, Steve George, and Wayne MackayCharmed by the “Thereness” of My Roses -Pat HenryBeautiful Foliage, an Important Design Element - Janet InadaSecret Garden Musk Climber - Jeri JenningsRodents versus Roses - Jeri JenningsThe Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden’s Dual Mission of Disease Resistance and Protecting ‘Eva’ - Peter E. KukielskiThe Roosevelt Island Rose Garden - Marjorie MarcallinoHealth in David Austin’s English Roses - Michael MarriottMankind’s Second-Oldest Occupation (Cont’d.) - Clair G. Martin iiiThe Birth of a Rose Garden - Karl MckoySoil and Water and Roses - Dan MillsNotes from the Sacramento Historic Rose Garden - Barbara OlivaA Life Filled with Roses - William M. PattersonThe Pillar Rose - William Paul (1822–1905)Report on Kordes® ADR Roses in the United States, 2010 - Gary PellettSustainable Gardening Practices at the San Jose Heritage Rose Garden - Jill Perry and Brian DebasitisMemoirs of a Condo Rose Grower and Composter: Containers for Roses - Ellen Spector PlattTalking about My Work with Roses - William J. RadlerThe Days of … Chickens and Roses? - Ron RobertsonGarden Valley Ranch Compost Tea Program - Ron RobertsonAn Accidental Sustainable Rose Garden - Stephen ScannielloThe Historical Significance of ‘Knock Out’ - Pat ShanleyProbiotic Rose Growing - John StarnesEtiquette of the Rose Rustle - Allison StrongIt’s Only Water! - Billy Styles and Alan TalbertFire Ants versus Molasses - Betty VickersSustainable Rose Growing and the Breeding of New Roses: The View from India - Viru ViraraghavanSustainability Genes: Breeding the Blackspot-Resistant Rose - Vance WhitakerA Century (or Two) of Hybrid Musks - Jeff WyckoffContributors