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Holiday Gift Ideas for 2006:
CRS paid membership (forms available in the Membership section of our website
www.ctrose.org)
A membership to American Rose Society
2006-07 CRS Rose Calendar
Weekend of Convention Fun at the District Convention planned and organized by
the Rhode Island Rose Society. This year it will be held
in beautiful Newport, RI at Best Western- The Mainstay. 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 16-18 March 2007. 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
(available online or at White Flower Farm near Litchfield).
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
2007 (Franklin Mushroom Farm- Franklin, CT produced, but they
are moving to the South, so this will be the last year for
purchasing mushroom compost)
A vase of fresh roses for the home
Dried roses (or synthetic) for decorating the tree
Rose Cufflinks
A subscription to
one of the specialty newsletters related to the ARS. Examples:
Mini/Mini-Flora Rose Bulletin, Rose Exhibitor's Forum...
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- call Dave Candler for one A new camera for Rose Photography! Close-up lens for that camera Several New and Exciting Roses !!! Garden Log book to record information and observations in the garden
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