COLLIN COUNTY ROSE SOCIETY
2009 Garden Tour
2009 Garden Tour Tour details:
Index to gardens on this page: The Graves Garden The tour begins Saturday at 10 a.m. and will end at 4 p.m. On Sunday, the tour will be from noon to 4 p.m. Pam and Claude Graves' garden (below) is one of the premier gardens in the area. Their lot at 2204 Canyon Creek Plaza, Richardson, Texas, contains more than 300 roses of every color and form available, from miniatures to large old garden climbers. Those gardeners who have seen this landscape in full bloom will never forget it. Visitors who are interested in show quality hybrid teas, antique roses, miniatures, and landscape roses will all find inspiration in this garden. Mr. Graves is the co-author of the EarthKind Specialist Training Handbook and a favorite lecturer on a variety of rose topics. The garden is at 2204 Canyon Creek Plaza, Richardson, Texas. See more images on the Graves Garden Page.
The Hawthorne Garden This garden began in 1989 when Ernest and Judy Hawthorne (below and at right) decided to replace gardenias beside the patio with two 'Peace' and two 'Gold Glows' roses. After the first season, they were hooked on roses. Today, the garden is a smorgasbord of beds and a few containers, including a variety of climbers, hybrid teas, floribundas, polyanthas, and shrub roses. The bed along the west side of the house is planted mostly with hybrid tea roses to provide cut flowers for bouquets. Last fall, Judy and Ernest began to make slow but major changes in varieties, culture, and garden structure, including reworking some beds to EarthKind™ standards as they add EarthKind varieties. This garden is at 2837 Prairie Creek Drive, Plano, Texas. See more images on the Hawthorne Garden Page.
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The Hutchinson Garden This delightful country cottage garden features Heritage and EarthKind roses in a beautiful natural setting. Using earth-friendly gardening techniques, Loring and Kathleen Hutchinson (images above and below) have artfully combined roses, perennial bulbs to create a garden with roses, not not a simply a rose garden. Whether your garden is the size of a container or you have several acres to spare, you will be inspired by this garden. At 1 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday an EarthKind Rose Specialist will present a seminar on EarthKind roses and how to grow roses with less spraying and coddling. This garden can be seen at 8816 County Road 864, Princeton, Texas. More images of the Hutchinson Garden are on the Hutchinson Garden Page.
The Agee Garden Co-winner of the 2008 Dallas Rose Society Fergusson Award for the Best Garden, Vicki Agee's garden (above and at left) combines the best of design and rose cultivation. The front and side yards offer an introduction to the garden, and passersby can peek into the back yard through a wrought iron windows in the fence. When you enter the yard, you find yourself surrounded by roses. In the center of the yard is a collection of roses selected especially for their scent. Nestled among the roses are day lilies, poppies, larkspur, and other companion plants which complement the roses. This garden is at 2310 Hanover Court, Rowlett, Texas. It is at the corner of University and Hanover. More images of the Agee Garden are the Agee Garden Page. |
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