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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SPRING GARDEN SHOW
14 - 17 APRIL 2005
Costa Mesa, California, USA (click either image to visit site)
One of the most highly anticipated garden events in the Western United States. Guests will experience competition gardens, over 75 unique vendors, seminars (two of which are to be given by rosarian Clair Martin - one on the 15th @ 5:00PM, one on the 16th @ 10:00AM) and children's activities. For more information, visit www.springgardenshow.com
Located in the Crate & Barrel/Macy’s Home Store Wing.
(Some text and all images courtesy: springgardenshow.com/)
HUNTINGTON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
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24 APRIL 2005
San Marino, California, USA
"Join the merriment as we celebrate William Shakespeare’s birthday and a new publication: Not of an Age, but for All Time: Shakespeare at the Huntington.
* (For more information, click on the image at right - for The Huntington homepage, click on the logo above - for the new Botanical website, click on the scrolling image below left) *
Festivities include performances of scenes from the Bard’s comedies and tragedies by the acting troupe Shakespeare at Play, Elizabethan lords and ladies from the historical re-enactment group Guild of St. George, period music, maypole dancing, a Shakespeare scavenger hunt for kids, a book talk and signing by author Jane Purcell, and more..."
(Text and images courtesy: Clair Martin & The Huntington Library, Botanical Division)
www.huntington.org/
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it will become more comprehensive - if you're a contributing staffmember, please forward information for any speaker engagements or other events, etc.,
in which you are participating. Thank you!
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HERITAGE ROSE FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
"CALIFORNIA'S ROSE HERITAGE"
12 - 16 MAY 2005
El Cerrito, California, USA (click image above for the Heritage Rose Foundation site)
"The 2005 Heritage Rose Foundation International Conference, entitled "California's Rose Heritage," opens with an overview of the history of the rose in California. Gain a perspective of significant benchmarks in the arrival of cultivated roses to California gardens and their development as a major landscape plant.
  Over the course of the conference, we will touch on the wild native roses of the West, and follow the course of rose introductions from the time of the Spanish missionaries to the heyday of rose hybridizing in the early twentieth century.
Speakers will include Fred Boutin, Jim Delahanty, Alice Flores, Mel Hulse, Jeri Jennings, and Gregg Lowery, among others.
Conference subjects include the History of Cultivated Roses in California, the Gold Rush, Historic Rose Sites, Old Rose resources and preservation efforts, how to collect and record found roses in the field, plus many more..."
For more conference information and an itinerary, click below to see TRN Travel Editor Bill Grant's Conference page - or click on the HRF's Adobe PDF file... (click on images here to visit Gregg Lowery's VintageRoses.com)
http://members.cruzio.com/~grant/rose.html
"CALIFORNIA'S ROSE HERITAGE" - PDF:
(Some text courtesy: Bill Grant & Heritage Rose Foundation)
(Images courtesy: Heritage Rose Foundation &
VintageGardens.com / Gregg Lowery: vintagegardens.com)
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CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW
24 - 28 MAY 2005
Chelsea, London, United Kingdom (click logo above to visit RHS)
 "During May the grounds of the Royal Hospital in Chelsea come alive with the sights and smells of the finest collections of flowers in the world. Nothing compares to the show gardens, each one created with attention to detail by some of the world's leading garden designers. Their ideas will provide you with lasting memories and endless inspiration whatever your budget..." (click CGS image at top for a link to their page)
TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW!
BUY YOURS HERE...
(Text and images courtesy: Royal Horticultural Society)
www.rhs.org.uk
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HEX CASTLE ANNUAL ROSE FESTIVAL
10 - 12 JUNE 2005
Hex Castle, Heks, Heers, Limbourg, Belgium
(click logo above to visit the Hex Castle homesite, and the image above to go directly to the Festival Info site)
"The collection of old roses at Hex is one of the most interesting in Belgium; from botanical roses, or wild roses as their name indicates, to more sophisticated roses which are the product of careful hybridisation. All the varieties are represented here, such as Centifolia and Bourbon roses, Hybrid Perpetuals, Damask roses, Gallicas and Albas, Floribundas, Moss roses, Polyanthas wichuraiana, as well as dwarf roses as groundcover..."
(Text and images courtesy: Kasteel Hex)
www.hex.be
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