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Sacramento Historic Rose Garden DVD Trailer

10 years ago

Hi -

As part of our 20th anniversary, we have engaged a filmmaker to record the founders of our rose garden and to tell the story of it, some of its roses, and the people who support it. We will have the DVD ready for sale at our conference Oct 12-14. The plan is for it to be 30 minutes long, with some bonus material including some photo galleries from several people involved with the garden (my photos will be part of it).

Here is a trailer. There are no names - the white-bearded man at the beginning is my friend Bill Harp, who first got me interested in heritage and found roses and who now serves as our garden's volunteer coordinator. I am the woman with the dangly rose earrings. Barbara Oliva, our curator, is also in the trailer, talking about "Barbara's Pasture Rose" and some other things. There's a snippet from Fred Boutin, too, talking about the roses being works of art.

Hope you will enjoy this, and that the DVD is so terrific that you'll all want a copy. It's been fun (and a lot of work) helping to develop this.

There's still time to register for the conference, although the early bird special is over.

Anita

Here is a link that might be useful: Cemetery Rose DVD Trailer

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fogrose
10 years ago
Very nice Anita! Thanks for posting a link. I'll send it to my friends who wonder why I keep going back to Sacramento to look at roses.

Diane
sherryocala
10 years ago
Ohhh, I like it, Anita. I also love your sweet voice. Can't wait for the DVD. Your cemetery looks like such a pretty place.

Sherry

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Aprons - denim shirts - tshirts - there are other ways to spend your money at Open Garden! We have some heirloom iris too. Of course, we would not turn down a donation either. We are doing some big-ticket items this year after building up a fund - new markers for the plots, a new Historic Rose Garden sign, a new structure - we are making some wonderful improvements. Very exciting. Rather expensive (and totally out of our non-profit funds)! Whether or not you can support us financially or with your time, we'd love to have you come and enjoy the roses. Anita
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Actually, that white plant is a bridal wreath spirea. I grew up with them all around the base of our old brick Victorian house so it makes me happy to have them growing in our old cemetery. Please say hi when you come to Open Garden. Glad that this video pushed you over the edge! Anita Here is a link that might be useful: Bridal Wreath Spirea
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I've just submitted a response in the comments section below the article (currently awaiting approval), and would encourage everyone who cares about this issue to do the same. Those in charge need to know how many people around the world, as well as locals and dedicated volunteers are devastated at the way this World Heritage Treasure is being vandalised - apparently clandestinely to avoid the inevitable outcry - in what I believe to be the misguided pursuit of 'historical accuracy'. If we had only known about this we could perhaps have organised something - no doubt the reason it was done without informing anyone. Jeri, I'm so sorry. I know many of these roses must have been almost like family members to you; discovered, collected and lovingly preserved by you personally and by others, many now departed. I guess we'll just have to wait a while to see whether or not Mr Liggett's 'rejuvenation' theories are correct - and see what survives this brutal attack. As for the decision to remove the arches over the pathways, if as seems to be the case they they are not to be replaced by something similar but 'safer', this is surely a senseless retrograde step for both the aesthetics and functionality of the garden, and one which I sincerely hope will be reconsidered. Even if there were few if any arches there in the original scheme, that is no reason arches should never be added, if it is an improvement. The cemetery is a living Museum, and any Museum undergoes periodic changes to make it a more convenient and pleasant space for visitors, and to better display the treasures within.
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jerijen
10 years ago
It's terrific, and I'll be first in line for the finished product. :-)

Jeri
catsrose
10 years ago
Thank you so very much for posting the trailer!!! It is means so much to those of us who can't get out to see the real thing. Please remind us when the DVD is available.
hartwood
10 years ago
I will be in line right behind Jeri. I see this as a great way to spread the news of the wonders of Sacramento ... I know my rose society will be very interested to see it.
Krista_5NY
10 years ago
I really enjoyed the video, thanks so much for posting. It's really beautifully done...
jerijen
10 years ago
It did occur to me that this would be a great Rose Society program.

Also, Clay and I have been dragooned, kicking and screaming, into speaking to a local society in November. I wonder if I could sell some of these, there.

Jeri
carol6ma_7ari
10 years ago
Wonderful video! I'll definitely buy it at the Symposium.

Carol
rosefolly
10 years ago
I'll buy one, too.

Do you have any idea if it is being produced as a Region Free DVD (can be played anywhere in the world) or if it will be a Region 1 DVD (can only be played in the US, Canada, Bermuda, and US territories)? If it is not too late, I think it might be worth considering.

I ask on behalf of rose fans outside of the United States. Region coding was set up to allow restriction of movie distribution, but that might not be a good thing here. In this case I would expect that rosarians from other parts of the world might find the video to be of interest.

I ask because I once bought a DVD of a historic site in England to share with an interested family member back home. However when I got back I discovered that American DVD players would not play it. I had to buy a special regionless DVD player to do so.

Rosefolly
cemeteryrose
Original Author
10 years ago
That is a really good question, Paula. We got the idea to do this after a NZ rosarian asked if we had photos of the garden to share - and we were concerned that the founders weren't getting any younger, and we wanted to record them and their memories - if we aren't able to distribute this world-wide, we aren't achieving what we hoped, so I will ask. Thanks!
Anita

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