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roses for days

2
July

warm color rose

Typically, I’m not a big fan of roses, but it is hard not to be impressed with the San Jose Municipal Rose Garden.

rose with fountain

apricot color rose

Located near the downtown of San Jose, in the quaint Rose Garden District, the garden contains more than 3,500 plantings and over 189 varieties of roses.

unique pink rose

It is easy to tell I’m not on the East Coast as soon as I arrive to the garden – the beautiful weather and surrounding homes are good clues, but also I can tell by a cathedral of redwood trees that contribute to the garden’s West Coast vibe.

love a white flower

Rose enthusiasts will be interested to know that The All-American Rose Selections, a national independent rating organization, sends the new varieties to the San Jose Municipal Rose Garden for testing before released to the general public.

hot pink rose

favorite white rose

The Rose Garden is a City of San Jose Historic Landmark and is open to the public free of charge (free parking too!)  A super find!

striped roses

Thanks for stopping by!  Hope you have a fabulous and safe holiday!

orange rose

Remember to take pleasure in simple things…like smelling a beautiful rose, Jackie

open yellow rose

*Yellow roses have a special significance to some special friends of mine…I’m dedicating today’s post to the memory of someone we all share.  :)

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but i don’t care for roses…

14
June

beautiful rose

A rose has never been my favorite flower.  When all my friends would hope for a dozen roses on Valentine’s Day, I was wishing for an arrangement of many different varieties of flowers – all white.  Or, a single variety of something unique or exotic.

So, when a friend suggested I visit the rose garden in bloom at Boothe Memorial Park in Stratford, the idea of making the trip was met by me with lukewarm enthusiasm.  Not one to dismiss new experiences, I decided to surrender a little bit of my time to the roses in bloom.  

roses 

Today’s Friday field trip is a visit to this rose garden.  And, with hundreds of different types of roses represented, it was really hard to edit my photos to just a few representations.   The weather had been very rainy and I was lucky to time my visit between a series of rainfalls.  I thought the weather actually added character to the photos, although an excursion like this really makes me yearn for a good camera.  (hint, hint Santa!)

pink roses

Enjoy our little stroll through the garden…

white roses

pink rose

collage of pink roses

rose photo

collage of yellow roses

pink rose photo

pink rose

And yes, I did change my mind a little on the roses…still not my favorite, but I definitely have a new respect for them after this experience…hard not to, right?

caretaker of the rose garden

I hope you enjoyed sharing the Boothe Memorial Park rose garden with me.  We even happened upon a lovely volunteer caretaker during our trip :)

red and white rose

I will be posting more photos from the Boothe Memorial Park rose garden on my Facebook page in the coming days…please ‘like’ my page if you haven’t already and please feel free to share any rose experiences!  Also, please feel free to ‘pin’ any photos you like :)

Have a wonderful weekend.  Thanks so much for visiting.

Remember to take pleasure in simple things, Jackie

Sharing at Mona’s Picturesque, Little Red House, and The Tablescaper.

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