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Holiday Gift Ideas for 2005:
CRS paid membership (forms available in the Membership section of our website www.ctrose.org)
2006 Rose Calendar (see magazine American Rose)
Weekend of Convention Fun at the District Convention planned and organized by
the Lower Cape Rose Society. You will all receive a mailing in
December with all the details, and they will be published in the Yankee
District Newsletter about the end of the year. Dates 17-19 March 2006. Plan
the weekend and give as a gift. Even more fun if you get a group to
attend as well.
Pictures of a nice rose along with the family group shots in Holiday Cards
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Gift certificate for roses from your local garden store.
Really nice bypass pruners or loppers if not already owned (e.g. Felco,
Fiskars...)
Thin, but tough, rose garden gloves to avoid prickle injuries
A good rose book. See the link section of www.ctrose.org
for brief descriptions of some recent ones
A particularly well written and thorough book is "Showing Good
Roses" by Robert Martin, Jr. which covers much more than exhibiting.
Contact the Webmaster for link to
purchase.
Rose photo graphic art (e.g. John Mattia's prints available from www.Rosemania.com)
An IOU for several cubic yards of mushroom compost, to be delivered in May
2006 (Franklin Mushroom Farm- Franklin, CT produces)
A vase of fresh roses for the home
Dried roses (or synthetic) for decorating the tree
Cufflinks from ad in American Rose
A subscription to
one of the specialty newsletters related to the ARS. Examples:
Mini/Mini-Flora Rose Bulletin, Rose Exhibitor's Forum...
Rose cones for several of your favorite Hybrid Teas Authorization for your spouse to remove/ have removed several large trees that over the years have grown big and full- but now shade the rose garden A deer fence An antique book related to roses |
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