The Organic Rose Garden

MOST OF WHAT I NOW KNOW about rose gardening was shared by rosarians and gardeners who've helped to educate me since I discovered my passion for roses ten years ago. No other group of people in the world could possibly be as friendly, supportive, and tolerant of anyone interested in learning, and any mistakes I've made in the text are in spite of their sound advice. I want to thank especially the rosarians of the Texas Rose Rustlers, the Dallas Area Historical Rose Group, the Heritage Roses Group, the New Orleans Old Garden Rose Society, and in particular my colleagues in the Heritage Rose Foundation. Some of the people who have given aid, inspiration, or both beyond all reasonable expectation are: Martha Alejandro, Mary Anderson, Dr. Robert Basye, Virginia Brown, Benigno Diaz, John Dromgoole, Henry Flowers, Gloria Guajardo, Janet Handley andJim Bade, Esper K Chandler, Carol Hendricks, Carlyle Holland, Domenique and Charles Inge, Daniel P. Jones, Ruth Knopf, Dr. Yan Ma, Dr. Malcolm Manners, Coleman Mills, Ken McFarland, Holly McGuire, Brent Pemberton, Pam Puryear, Ted Rogers, Stephen Scaniello, Margaret Sharpe, G. Michael Shoup, Rosemary Sims, Angie and Leslie Smith, Conrad Tips, Leonard Veazey, Charles A. Walker Jr., Dr. William C. Welch, Jane White, Brent Wiseman, Elizabeth Rice Winston, Dr. Bill Wolverton, Joe Woodard, Nellie and Ron Zimmerman, the staff of The Organic Plant Institute (Peaceable Kingdom School) , the staff of the Antique Rose Emporium, the staff (especially the Grounds Division) at the American Rose Center, and all the wonderful friends who have swapped stories, dug beds, and hunted roses with me.