Tracing Our Rose Heritage: Discovering our Roots!

Conference of the Heritage Rose Foundation
Lakeland Florida, November 14-17, 2013

 

Join us for a weekend conference on the beautiful Frank Lloyd Wright campus of Florida Southern College. In addition to a great lineup of speakers, our featured speaker for the Saturday evening dinner will be Etienne Bouret, "Ten Years of Rose Preservation in France".

 

Thursday
A welcoming reception sponsored by FSC President, Dr. Anne Kerr. 

 

Friday, November 15

• Bus Tour: Rose Petals Nursery, Dudley Farm State Historic Park (an 1880's restored farm with original buildings, heritage animals, and very old rose plants), and a beautiful private garden. This includes a picnic lunch and fabulous homemade deserts.

 

Saturday, November 16 / Sunday, November 17
Lectures:

• Identifying Heritage Roses with Modern Methods - Dr. Nancy Morvillo (FSC Faculty), FSC students, and students from the New York High School for Environmental Studies

• Documenting and Preserving the Roses in Richmond, Virginia's Hollywood Cemetery - Connie Hilker 

• Preserving Historic Roses at Monticello - Peggy Cornett

• Breeding the Heritage Roses of the Future - Mike Shoup

 

Other Events:​

• "Heritage Rose Invitational Display": attendees are invited to bring in their heritage roses for display and identification. All known, "mystery" and found roses will be displayed in a non-competitive bench. Bud vases are recommended.

• Rose Shadow Box Displays: From our friends in the Bermuda Rose Society

• ROSE SALE!: A fundraiser for HRF and FSC, a selection of roses propagated at FSC, including virus-free plants 

• Roses for Sale from Angel Gardens Nursery, 8-2:30

• The "unveiling" of the newly created rose garden on the FSC campus: designed by HRF President Stephen Scanniello. 

• Saturday Evening Live Auction: rare roses, rose books, antique prints, and other treasures. Stephen Scanniello, auctioneer.

• Tours of the Frank Lloyd Wright Campus

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