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Holiday Gift Ideas for 2007:
CRS paid membership (forms available in the Membership section of our website
www.ctrose.org)
A membership to American Rose Society
2007 CRS Rose Calendar (still available from President Marci)
Weekend of Convention Fun at the District Convention planned and organized by
the Connecticut Rose Society. This year it will be held
in beautiful Mystic, CT at the Mystic Hilton. 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 14-16 March 2008. 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, Holdridge Garden
Center, Ledyard...).
A good rose book. See the link section of www.ctrose.org
for brief descriptions of some recent ones.
Coming soon: "Modern Roses".
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).
A vase of fresh roses for the home
Dried roses (or synthetic) for decorating the tree
Rose Scarf
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! A bigger memory card for that camera Several New and Exciting Roses !!! Garden Log book to record information and observations in the garden Rose socks for wearing to rose events. A tackle box (or similar) for organizing/keeping rose show equipment A new hybrid powered SUV for transporting roses to the next Rose Show and you and friends to District Conventions.
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