Happy Birthday, George!

16 years ago

George, I dream about your garden and want to dig mine up every time I visit yours! Your friendship has been a great gift to me and I am always amazed at your generosity and kindness. May this be the best birthday ever dear friend. I'll see you soon!

My dream garden

Love you,

Carolina, Na, Red

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debnfla8b
16 years ago
Happy Birthday George!!!

Have a wonderful day with lots of gifts and cake!

Deb :o))
jackie_o
16 years ago
George have a splendid birthday! I've so enjoyed your friendship. Your garden is an inspiration and I would dearly love to walk through it with you some day.

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Jan, the napkins are a wonderful quality. They are quite large and great fabric with a lot of body to it. Luvs, that is the third table in a row, I've used that red tablecloth. Chinese New Year, valentine's Day, and now this one. Jeanne, I found an entire card of that red fringe and it was only a couple of dollars. This is the second project that I have found a way to use it. Almost everybody who made that plate at the same time I made mine, painted theirs silver and antiqued it to look like pewter, but I decided to paint mine and glaze it and I am very glad I did. 1976 was the year my youngest DD was born, so the year has special meaning to me. OA, I think that piece of fabric was originally meant to be pillow panels, but I was planning this table when I saw it and this is the purpose for which I decided to use it. Plus, I knew I had the fringe to edge it! I knew when I saw the tankards, they would work for a lot of tables. They were also Sal. Army. Punk, I know I will be able to use those plates for lots of different themes. Maybe a Van Gogh "Starry Night?" LOL Pat, I think the tablecover really pulled everything together. It has such a patriotic feel with the eagle emblems and the star borders. Nana, thanks, I think it made a nice tribute to their memory. Jane, I not only check the dish aisle at the TS's, but the linen aisle as well. When I see a good buy, I get it and then when I plan a new table, I just look to see what is in the boxes. I have the napkins folded and in shoe boxes by color. A red box, blue box, et cetera. And....all of this just since last spring! DH isn't so sure I should have found this forum!! He thinks all of this is accumulating "stuff" I don't need. Silly man. : ) Janet, I truly have become a TS addict. I do have to start being more selective now that my dish collection has grown so much. I just found a new GoodWill that opened fairly nearby, and "had" to go check it out. I found the dinner plates that matched the yellow border snowman salad plates that I used on the Groundhog table. And they were a half price color sticker!! Yippee, couldn't get them in the cart fast enough. LOL Glad you all enjoyed it. TTFN, Candy
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judith5bmontreal
16 years ago
Here's wishing you a very Happy Birthday, and a great year ahead!

Judith

Crocus Rose
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anntn6b
16 years ago
Happy Birthday George.

And may you enjoy many more.
oldblush
16 years ago
I hope you have a great day George, Happy Birthday!
Hamp
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melva
16 years ago
Happy Birthday to another March baby...hope it is a wonderful one!
mendocino_rose
16 years ago
Happy Birthday George from my garden to your garden. Have a great day!
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carla17
16 years ago
Happy Birthday George! I hope your day is wonderful in every way.
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Carla
rosefolly
16 years ago
George, a very happy birthday to you! And may I say that pictures of your garden never fail to fill me with admiration?

Rosefolly
seattlesuze
16 years ago
To the man with one of the most enthralling gardens I discovered as a newbie on GW, and whose planting choices continue to inspire, a very happy birthday, George! May it last all year long.

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Sue
patricianat
16 years ago
George, Happy, Happy Birthday. It was such a pleasure to meet you. I would love to have had the opportunity to visit your garden. What a gorgeous place. I can only imagine what it must be like to have a nice breeze, a cup of tea, a walk through your beautiful garden.

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buford
16 years ago
Happy birthday!
luanne
16 years ago
Dear one, I don't know what possessed me to bug you to death until you came to the CA HRF conference but I think it was just a stroke of sheer genius and I've been reaping the fruits ever since.You are a fantastic gardener but those are less rare than the dear friend you've become. I hope you have the birthday you deserve and for that the constellations had better polish their light and get in line early!{{gwi:235752}}
Working on your welcome!
love,
la
olga_6b
16 years ago
Happy Birthday, George! Wish you the best year ahead and lots of roses :)

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Olga
kaye
16 years ago
I saw the first buds today..Happy Birthday and Happy Spring..

Wimpy Eugene from about this time last spring..

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jerome
16 years ago
Happy Birthday George. You share Bach's birthday. Music and roses to you.

Jerome
Krista_5NY
16 years ago
Happy Birthday, George, your garden is spectacular. Wonderful color combos.

Reine des Violettes

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gnabonnand
16 years ago
Happy Birthday, George!
Hope you have a great one.

Randy

Mrs Dudley Cross:
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emmiegray1
16 years ago
Bach would have been 322 years old today - don't you feel very young?
Hope yours was a lovely fun day.

Andrea
cupshaped_roses
16 years ago
Happy Birthday George:

A fully double sport of Raubritter: Named Rose Ellen

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roselovr_in_eh
16 years ago
Carol - It's your garden that inspired me!

Deb - thank you, does Tiramisu count if it has candles in it?

Jackie - mon jardin est ton jardin!

Judith - Crocus Rose is one of my very favorites - did you know?

Ann - My theory is you should always have roses on order, then you can never say you're finished.

Hamp - how do you manage to get every one of your roses to bloom in lucious clusters???

Melva - are you a March baby too (shhh I won't tell)

Pam - can't wait to see it in person! (and you and Michael of course)

Carla - thank you, is that Cramoisi Superieur?

Paula - you flatter me - I always love to read your posts, so thoughtful!

Sue - Don't tell me that's another shot of your Alchymist - you know you inspired about 99% of GW to plant it this year (myself included). Will we see you at San Simeon in April?

Patricia - Please, come have a cup of tea, walk through my garden and enjoy the breeze!

Buford - thank you, it was a wonderful birthday weekend

Luanne - somehow I've forgotten the part about bugging me, I just know I'm glad I went, roses will never be the same without your spiritual mots!

Olga - thank you, a lovely photo, is that a tea? Mme Berkeley perhaps?

Kaye - Buds!!! Not all of my roses have even broken dormancy yet!

Jerome - thank you for reminding me - I knew that but forgot.

Krista - Thanks, what a gorgeous color on your RdesV.

Randy - A gorgeous photo of a classic rose. Mine looks like she made it through winter very well.

Emmie - I suppose if I had accomplished what JSB did I wouldn't mind being 322 either!

Niels - fantastic!!! Did you propagate the sport yourself, or is it commercially available? Thank you for sharing it for my birthday.

Thanks again everyone for helping to make my birthday special (now if it would go away and not come back again...)

George
User
16 years ago
SORRY I"M LATE
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
from your garden Capt Hayward
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Susan Serra
16 years ago
Oh George, Happy Birthday!! Your garden was heaven. Walked through the gate and I was transplanted to another dimension, all beautiful blooms. I'll never forget your beautiful garden. But, I digress. Happy Birthday!!
melva
16 years ago
Yes, George, the 24th, is my birthday....your gardens are awesome, and the pictures of you in California, surrounded by all those gardening women...well, they were something!!
zeffyrose
16 years ago
Happy Birthday George-----this greeting is late but very sincere--

I'm so sorry I missed the chance to see your garden last year----
Hopefully someday when I've recovered I will be fortunate enough to get another invitation.
I'm having computer problems and can't post a picture.
Happy birthday

Florence
cupshaped_roses
16 years ago
George: Rose Ellen The fully double sport of Raubritter was discovered by a nursery owner. He named the rose after his wife Ellen. It is commercially available from his nursery here in Denmark only, so far. I have Asked HMF to add it to their list of roses and will upload more pictures. I do like to go sport-fishing myself though! Always keep a look out for that unusual new rose.
ronda_in_carolina
16 years ago
Happy Birthday George...sorry I am late but I hope you had a super birthday. Spring Blessings!!
:-D

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Ronda
roselovr_in_eh
16 years ago
Joe - thank you, I think you should be my official garden photographer.

Susan - you are welcome any time to come through my gate!

Melva - you should come to California next month and be in the pictures with us!!! And Happy Birthday!

Florence - you let me know when. And I'll be waiting. I have a new Albertine because of you!

Niles - can you make a trip to New York and "accidentally" slip some cuttings of Rose Ellen in your bags?

Ronda - That cane of White Dawn is priceless!

Thank you again for sharing my birthday weekend, it was a blast (and I finally finsished pruning!)

George
bluesibe
16 years ago
George,

Hope you had a great day and Sonny gave you lots of kisses and wags.

Happy Birthday

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Carol
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Happy Birthday, George!

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