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Roses for Veterans Long Forgotten

On May 22, 2013 By Gaga

Tweet Memorial Day, formerly known as Decoration Day, began after the American Civil War to commemorate Union and Confederate Soldiers who died in the Civil War. By the 20th century Memorial Day now honors all Americans who have died during military service. The Natchez Trace Parkway | Highway 61 [...]

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Sunsprite in the Floribunda Garden Phase One

The Sensible Rosarian

On May 15, 2013 By Gaga

Tweet A funny thing happened on my way to plant the next rose garden. I planted a vegetable garden. Thank-you Doomsday Preppers. If you haven’t watched that show, tune in. I fully expected the participants to be loony tunes. Well, they aren’t. Many preppers are [...]

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Joy, ARS Award of Excellence Winner by David Clemons

Ode To Joy, A Rose by David Clemons

On May 8, 2013 By Gaga

Tweet “Joy, beautiful spark of Gods!, Daughter of Elysium, Joy, beautiful spark of Gods!” Ode To Joy, Ludwig Von Beethoven’s – Symphony No 9 Ode to Joy Ludwig Von Beethoven’s – Symphony No 9: Ode to Joy is the first time in history lyrics were added to a major [...]

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A Rose for Seven Sisters by Sue Tiffany | A Mother’s Day Story

On May 6, 2013 By Gaga

Tweet Roses can create a living legacy connecting us to past generations. Let me tell you a love story of a rose called Seven Sisters and a beautiful family knit together today by a rose bush after six generations. It will make you wonder if a mother’s love cut [...]

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Ma Petite Rose Garden

On April 23, 2013 By Gaga

Tweet “The Marriage of the Sport of Kings with the Queen of Flowers” David Clemons Thoroughbred Roses Ma petite roseraie, my little rose garden. Profoundly a reverie of our surroundings, quietly speaking to us, roses create a tapestry as a window to God. Ever changing and [...]

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Rosa foetida bicolor, OGR photo Dr. Tony Liberta

Old Garden Rose Sweet Memories

On April 16, 2013 By Gaga

Tweet Memory triggers fascinate me, especially fragrance triggers. Have you ever caught the whisper of a fragrance on the wind and been taken back in time? Last night Dr. Tony Liberta, retired biology professor from the State of Illinois University at Normal did a presentation at the Stephen F. Decatur [...]

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Spring Rose Shopping

On April 9, 2013 By Gaga

Tweet Où voulez-vous aller faire du shopping? That’s French for “where do you want to go shopping?” Funny how all those French phrases keep coming to me. It has to do with short term versus long term memory. Translation: I can’t remember what I did yesterday but I can remember [...]

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Happy Easter from Gaga's Garden Geese Family

Rose Garden Easter Snowmageddon

On March 29, 2013 By Gaga

Tweet Hallelujah! The geese family is all decked out in their Easter Regalia. It was touch and “snow” due to snowmageddon. Readers of Gaga’s Garden will remember when the Geese Girls were kidnapped from their Plano, Texas home one [...]

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Dr. Tommy Cairns, internationally renowned rose expert and exhibitor

The Evolution of The Knock Out® Rose, A Talk with Dr. Tommy Cairns

On March 19, 2013 By Gaga

Tweet Knock-Knock who’s there? Knock Out® is who’s there! Who’s not there? Hybrid teas, grandifloras and floribunda roses. The Knock Out® rose has become part of landscape designers staple planting. They offer an easy maintenance solution for the seasonal gardener and landscape companies who plant and maintain gardens. Here’s where [...]

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The Sensual Rose Garden Experience

On February 25, 2013 By Gaga

Tweet The greatest gift of the garden is the restoration of the five senses ~ Hanna Rion Your garden will engage all your senses if you are open to the power that surrounds you there. Five senses will be enrapt, certainly. The 6th perhaps. You can experience your garden [...]

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