FLORALI

My friend Susan Donley, who I mention so often throughout R is for Rose, is a wonderful San Francisco Bay Area florist. Besides gorgeous arrangements, there's a great selection of vases, interesting containers, and all the materials you might need to create a floral display.
2345 Boulevard Circle
Walnut Creek, CA 94595
Phone: 925-934-6877

ROSE NURSERIES

VINTAGE GARDENS ANTIQUE ROSES

An own-root nursery growing the largest selection of roses offered by any source in North America. Their catalog, The Vintage Gardens Book of Roses (which I highly recommend), offers a descriptive compendium of nearly 3,600 roses with handy illustrations showing the size and form of eash shrub in relation to figures of people. It's only $15.00. Their nursery is now at Garden Vallley Ranch.
498 Pepper Road
Petaluma, CA 94952
Phone: 707) 829-2035

GARDEN VALLEY RANCH

A rose ranch so beautiful that it is also an event center. The nursery sells rose bushes and during the season, they sell cut roses to visitors and to the trade.
498 Pepper Road
Petaluma, CA 94952
Phone: 707-795-0919

ROSES OF YESTERDAY AND TODAY

This charming rose source was established by Francis E. Lester in the 1930's with help from Graham Stuart Thomas.
803 Browns's Valley Road
Watsonville, CA 95076
Phone:831-728-1901

REGAN NURSERY

One of the largest mail order suppliers of Grade #1 bare root roses in North America.
4268 Decoto Road
Fremont, CA 94555-3204
Within California (510) 797 3222.
International (510) 797 3222.
Outside California (800) 249 4680.

ROGUE VALLEY ROSES

2368 Terri Drive
Medford, Oregon 97504
541-535-1307
Paul Barden's roses are available here. To read about his hybridizing log on to his blog, HYBRIDIZER'S JOURNAL. Also check out his WEBSITE.

HEIRLOOM ROSES

Located in Oregon's fertile Willamette Valley, they mail order year round and have an especially good selection of cold-hardy roses.
24062 NE Riverside Drive
St. Paul, Oregon 97137
Phone: (503) 538-1576

THE ANTIQUE ROSE EMPORIUM

A source for own-root, old garden and antique roses. They mail order 2 gallon roses from October through the end of April. Display gardens.
9300 Lueckmeyer Road
Brenham, TX 77833
Phone: 800-441-0002

DAVID AUSTIN ROSES

Order English Roses from the source!

CHAMBLEY'S ROSE NURSERY

10926 U.S. Highway 69 North
Tyler, Texas 75706-8742
800-256-ROSE

ASHDOWN ROSES

PO Box 129
Campobello, SC 29322
864-468-4889

ROSES UNLIMITED

363 North Deerwood Dr.
Laurens, SC 29360
864-682-7673

AMITY ROSE AND GARDEN NURSERY

PO Box 357
Hydesville, CA 95547
877-768-2040

ROSE SOCIETIES

THE HERITAGE ROSES GROUP

Formed in 1975 by Miriam Wilkins, this is a fellowship of those who care about the Old Garden Roses, Species Roses, Old or Unusual Roses, especially those roses introduced into commerce prior to the year 1867. They host the famed "Celebration of Old Roses" each year in May, in El Cerrito, California. $15.00 dues include a charming Quarterly Rose Letter and the south-west chapters receive two issues yearly of Miriam's Old Roser's Digest.

AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY

A national organization with over 20,000 members dedicated to the enjoyment, enhancement and promotion of America's floral emblem. Go to their website to find your local chapter and information you might need for growing roses in your area. Membership includes The American Rose monthly magazine and many other benefits.
P.O. Box 30,000
8877 Jefferson Paige Rd.
Shreveport, LA 71119
Phone: 318-938-5402

THE HERITAGE ROSE FOUNDATION

A nonprofit organization established in 1986 was founded and developed to preserve and disseminate education and information about old garden roses and their origins and history.
Heritage Rose Foundation
P.O. Box 831414
Richardson, TX 75083

WORLD FEDERATION OF ROSE SOCIETIES

An association of the national Rose Societies of 36 countries with information about the Rose around the world.

GARDENS

THE HUNTINGTON ROSE GARDEN

The Rose Garden, consisting of approximately 1,200 cultivars, is arranged historically; in it, the story of the rose can be traced for more than a thousand years. Every two months they publish an e-newsletter "Subrosa" covering many interesting rose world subjects.
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Phone: 626 405-2100

ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS AT KEW

A vast horticultural treasury on three hundred acres located on the Thames River in London.

DESCANSO GARDENS

In this International Rosarium, significant collections of species, old garden roses and modern roses are arranged in theme gardens.
1418 Descanso Drive
La Canada Flintridge, CA91011

FILOLI

A grand Georgian mansion surrounded by a 654-acre estate garden, in the San Francisco Bay Area, represents the golden age of American gardens.
Woodside, CA 94062
Phone: 650-364-8300

DUMBARTON OAKS

This is my favorite American public garden. It's in our nation's capital and was designed over a tweny year period by Beatrix Jones Farrand. I especially like her custom-designs for garden features.

INTERNET FORUMS

HELPMEFIND.COM

Typing a rose name into the search box instantly rewards you with information and not one but numerous photos of the rose your're curious about. This is an invaluable tool for garden design research.

GARDENWEB.COM

Scintillating rose forums discuss everything rosy you can think of and more. The Antique Roses Forum is my favorite, especially when contributors send in garden photos.

AND MORE

ROGER'S ROSES

This website is a world encyclopedia of rose pictures and information based on the published (and unpublished) works of authors Roger Phillips and Martyn Rix, with a large contribution from Bill Grant. The site features over 5,800 pictures of roses!

BED AND BREAKFAST FOR GARDEN LOVERS

While visiting England in 2001, we found extraordinary accommodations in cottages and manor houses on this website. Each home we stayed in was surrounded by fabulous, magazine-worthy gardens. They also have listings in Scotland, Wales, and France.

COMBINED ROSE LIST

Published annually since 1980, the Combined Rose List is the one international reference for rose sources. It contains essential information about rose varieties and mail order nurseries in the USA, Canada, and many overseas countries. Information in this 264-page softcover book is provided for more than 14,500 different roses and more than 300 mail order nurseries.
Peter Schneider
P.O. Box 677
Mantua, OH 44255 USA
Phone: 330.296.2618

AND STILL YET MORE

LEROY PARKER'S ART

The art of of my husband, Leroy, has been displayed in both my books and it also appears on this website. If you'd like to inquire about his artwork, log on to his website.