Dedicated to Friends of Vintage Gardens
Friends of Vintage Gardens
Photographers
Marilyn Hartley
Our Website
Whence came these Roses?
Phillip Robinson
Provenance
Thank You, Friends of Vintage Gardens!
Vintage Gardens would not exist were it not for the good will and support of many people beyond those who work here. The Friends of Vintage Gardens above all deserve our thanks; they are as much a part of what we do as our customers are. This intrepid band of friends spend two or three days each year helping us to keep our unruly collection of plants in order, assisting in the weeding, digging, planting and mulching of our roses. Soon we will devote a page to Friends of Vintage Gardens here on the website, and you’ll be able to share the joy, the tears and the luncheon splattered grins of our whole crew! For now, all we can say is Thank You to them all; Luanne, Carol, Carolyn, Pamela, Michael, Susan, & Susan, Gene, Ron, Missy, Andrea, Robert, Lorene, Rozanna, Jean, Diana, Patti, Paula, Cass, Samantha, Vito, Elise, Lisa, Lance & Betty, Karen & Bill, and to that wonderful person whose name I’ve failed to include. Anyone out there else who wants to join is always welcome!
A Special Thanks to Marilyn Hartley
We have been very fortunate in our friendships over the years, but none so much as that with Marilyn Hartley. She came to us in 1998 asking if she could help us out with our roses and our nursery. Marilyn began coming every weekend to lend us a hand in 1999. She helped with customers, with our plantings, with our rose labeling in the garden, and with organizing our disheveled collection of slides. Thanks to her we began finally to include some photos on our website. Most recently Marilyn has worked on the downsizing and uploading of nearly a thousand photographs to our site. She has us well prepared for this coming season to complete the photography of our collection, and will be photographing alongside Phillip, Ron and others who are working on this immense project. We are honored and very fortunate to have such a steadfast friend, such a devoted contributor to this collection of roses, and such a loving and generous friend.
In 1994 we created our first presence on the Internet. We were pups and the Internet was a giant puppy daycare that had just opened. Only a couple of other commercial rose websites were to be found, and ours soon became the first and most complete online experience of a rose catalog.
Twelve years later technology had left us behind. We still wanted a website that was easy to navigate, to find information about our plants, and easy to order from. But we had fallen behind. We have been very fortunate to have found Jayne Hofer of Skyline-design.com, who instantly understood what we are about when she first met our old website. We thank Jayne for having made this new place on the net a place we know our friends and customers will want to be, with the quiet and beauty of a grand old library!
Our collection has grown from a deep and abiding love for roses, but it is more that the creation of one or two people, for it is made up of all of the great and small loves for roses that have come before us. None of the beautiful creations we have gathered would be here were it not for the chain of owners who have cherished roses. It is a pleasure to be able to provide you with information on the provenance of our roses, and following these words you will find a list of those people and nurseries from whom we have received our original plants. As we revise our print catalog for 2006 we will update this provenance listing.
We owe thanks to so many friends, but these few cannot go unnoticed; Siegfried Hahn, Carolyn Lanphere, and Lee Sherman of New Mexico; Joyce Demits and Virginia Hopper of Heritage Rose Gardens; Miriam Wilkins and Barbara Worl whose encouragement and generosity we treasure; Charles Walker of the Heritage Rose Foundation; Malcolm Manners, Steven Scanniello, Muriel Humenick, Frances Grate, Jay Williams, Conrad Alexander, Fred Boutin, James Sagmiller, Kathleen Jagger, Machrina Blasdell, Peter Klement, Cindy Graebner, Sidney Charles, Helen Grier, Crystal Squires, Denise Gilmer, Michael Bates, Don Vogt, Phil Edinger, Anna Van Houtten, Mike Tallman, Don Gers, Anne Kahle, Carl Luhn, Marion McKenzie, J. E. Murphy, Don Myers, Katie Watts, Freeland Tanner, Dabney Sanders, Linda Street, Genie White, Margaret Brown, Frances Bowers, Karen Gustafson, Joe Ghio, Mel Hulse, Jim Joannides, Elaine Sedlak, Roger Zielinski, Stuart Lauter, Carolyn de Rouen, Jim Connolly, Nancy Moorhead, Jason Derer and George Matson, all of whom have shared their gardens with us, and particularly Kim Rupert whose hard-won collection of roses of unusual coloring he has generously shared with us. We are also grateful to Ed Wilkinson and Mel Hulse of the San Jose Heritage Rose Garden, who have shared that collection so selflessly.
Several very dear friends have supported us with their encouragement, their presence and their backing when the road has been rough: Helen Miles, Jim and Dotty Walters, Lanie Young & Taffy Glasner, Cappie Garrett, Robert Doyle, Gene Peck, Rosemary Sims, and especially our dear friend Brenda Pagliari. And finally a special thanks to our inspired friend, rose collector Ruth Knopf of South Carolina.
Lastly, but far from least, Vintage Gardens has been very fortunate in the support of its business partners, Dea Freid and Cynthia O’Connell, and owes a special thanks to Richard Saran who in his life saw so much potential in the love of roses.
And A Very Special Thank You to Phillip Robinson
Vintage Gardens’ roses began as a collection created by my friend, Phillip Robinson. Phillip’s gifts of observation and knowledge of roses are unparalleled, and we are extremely fortunate to have his generous support and friendship. The real catalogue of this collection is still maintained in the amazing computer of Phillip’s mind! Thank you, Phillip, for everything!
—Gregg Lowery
A rose collection is like an eddy in a stream, a place where roses gather in a wider bend of the flow, and swirl around for a brief time before they head onward. Our collection comes from many, many tributaries upstream that we would like to acknowledge here. In our print catalog within the description of each rose we include a partial provenance, listing at least the source from which we obtained that variety; between that source and the originator of the rose lies an uncharted stream of ownership. We are indebted to all of those lovers of roses who have tended these beauties from their birth to their arrival in our little backwash.
Alexander Conrad Alexander, OH
ARE Antique Rose Emporium, TX
Arena Arena Roses, CA
Armstrong Armstrong Roses, CA
Bailey Mrs. Bailey, CA
Barnwell Cleo Barnwell, LA
Bates Michael Bates, CA
BBG Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, NY
Bell Léonie Bell, PA
Belogorsky Shelby Belogorsky, CA
Berkeley Berkeley Rose Garden, CA
Bermuda Bermuda Rose Society
Blasdell Machrina Blasdell, CA
Bonfiglio Tom Bonfiglio, CA
Boutin Fred Boutin, CA
Bowers Florence Bowers, SC
Brooke Humphrey Brooke, UK
Brown Margaret Brown, CA
Burbank Luther Burbank Gardens, CA
Bush's Pasture Park Salem Rose Garden, OR
Butler Marie Butler, VA
Charles Sidney Charles, CA
Chatwood Chatwood Garden, NC
Chet's Plantarium CA
Cooper Hse Cooper-Molera Adobe, CA
de Rouen Carolyn de Rouen, LA
Demits Joyce Demits, CA
Derer Jason Derer, GA
Edinger Phil Edinger, CA
Edmunds Edmunds Roses, OR
Eisen Louise Eisen, CA
Forest Farm Forest Farm Nursery, OR
Gardner (Kim Rupert, CA)
Grate Frances Grate, CA
Gers Don Gers, CA
Ghio Joe Ghio, CA
Gilmer Denise Gilmer, CA
Golden West Golden West Nsy, US
Gonzales ARE (Martha Gonzales), TX
Graebner Cindy Graebner, CA
Hackett June Hackett, CA
Greenmantle Greenmantle Nursery, CA
Gurney Gurney’s Seed Co., SD
Gustafson Karen Gustafson, OR
Hahn Siegfried Hahn, NM
Harrison Carolyn & Terry Harrison, CA
Harrison's Harrison’s Roses, MS
Heck Ritchie Heck, CA
Heirloom Heirloom Old Gdn. Roses, OR
High Country High Country Roses, UT
Hillier Hillier Arboretum, UK
Historical Roses Historical Roses, OH
Hortico Hortico, Inc., Canada
Hopper Virginia Hopper, CA
HRG Heritage Rose Gardens, CA
Hulse Mel Hulse, CA
Humenick Muriel Humenick, CA
Huntington Huntington Botanic Garden, CA
J&P Jackson & Perkins Roses, OR
Jaeger Kathleen Jaeger, CA
Jensen Ingwer J. Jensen Nsy., Germany
Joannides Jim Joannides, CA
Kern Joseph J. Kern Rose Nursery, OH
Kahle Anne and Theo Kahle, CA
Klement Peter Klement, CA
KMart KMart, CA
Knopf Ruth Knopf, SC
Korbel F. Korbel Bros. Winery, CA
Lakeland Lakeland Nursery, FL
Lanphere Carolyn Lanphere, NM
Lauter Stuart Lauter, CA
Lehman Margi Lehman, CA
Leloy Leloy garden, CA
Lettunich Kleine Lettunich, CA
l'Häy Roseraie de l’Häy, France
Liggett Tom Liggett, CA
Lowe Lowe’s Own-Root Roses, NH
Lowery Gregg Lowery (found), CA
Luhn Carl Luhn, CA
Lykke Lykke’s Rosenplanteskole, Denmark
Madeiros Mrs. Madeiros, CA
Manners Malcolm Manners, FL
Marrero Jose Marrero, Puerto Rico
Mastick Ford Mastick, CA
Matson George Matson, CA
McKinsey Marian McKinsey, CA
Merrit Merrit College, CA
Miles Helen Miles, CA
Moore Ralph Moore/Sequoia Nsy., CA
MPK Miniature Plant Kingdom, CA
MPR Michael’s Premier Roses, CA
Murphy J. E. Murphy, MD
Myers Don Myers, CA
New Orleans Rose Soc New Orleans Rose Society, LA
Oakland Oakland Rose Garden, CA
Orlando Richard Orlando, CA
Pagliari Brenda Pagliari, CA
Pallek Carl Pallek & Sons Nsy., Canada
Peck Eugene Peck, CA
Petersen Petersen Nsy, Denmark
Pickering Pickering Nursery, Canada
Port Stockton Port Stockton Nsy, CA
Portland RG Portland Rose Garden, OR
Puryear Pam Puryear, TX
Regan Regan Nursery, CA
Rennie Bruce Rennie, Canada
RHS Royal Horticultural Society, UK
Robinson Phillip Robinson (found), CA
Roseraie de l’Häy Roseraie de l’Häy, France
Roseway Roseway Nurseries, WA
RU Roses Unlimited, SC
Rupert Kim Rupert, CA
RYT Roses of Yesterday & Today, CA
Sagmiller James Sagmiller, NV
Sangerhausen Sangerhausen Rosarium, Germany
Schneider Peter Schneider, OH
Schultheis Rosen von Schultheis, Germany
Saxman Candace Saxman, CA
Scanniello Stephen Scanniello, NY
Sequoia Sequoia Roses, CA
Sherman Lee Sherman, NM
Shooting Star Shooting Star Propagation, CA
Sims Rosemary Sims, LA
Sedlak Elaine Sedlak, CA
SJHRG San Jose Heritage Rose Garden, CA
Smith Don & Betty Smith, CA
SRJC Santa Rosa J.C. Rose Gdn., CA
Street Linda Street, CA
Tallman Michael Tallman, CA
Tanner Freeland Tanner, CA
Thomas Graham Thomas, UK
Thomasville Thomasville Nursery, GA
Tree Frog Nsy. Tree Frog Nursery, CA
Tye Ruth Ann Tye, CA
UCBBG UC Berkeley Botanic Gdn, CA
unknown unknown origin; source lost
Van Houtten Anna Van Houtten, CA
Vogt Don Vogt, CA
Walker Charles Walker, NC
Walters Dotty and Jim Walters, CA
Watkins Helen Watkins, CA
Watts Katie Watts, CA
Wayside Wayside Gardens, SC
Weeks Weeks Roses, CA
Western Hills Western Hills Nsy, CA
Westwood Ruth Westwood, GA
White Genie White, NC
Wilkins Miriam Wilkins, CA
Wilkinson Ed Wilkinson, CA
Williams Jay Williams, CA
Winghaven Winghaven Gardens, NC
Winkler Cher Winkler, CA
Worl Barbara Worl, CA
Zielinski Roger Zielinski, OH
