Carol, No, they don't have lots of photos typically. Usually there is a featured colour rose bloom on the cover and then there might be a few coloured pics inside the edition to support one of the articles. Please note this is not a magazine or high gloss type publication. Its main purpose is for information sharing and updating on initiatives that interest rose growers in general, but particularly those in Canada. It is a low tech publication that comes our every two months, but that is extremely well written and has exceptional regular contributions from its various members and guest writers. The 2007 publications were particularly informative with the articles by Dr. Felicitas Svejda regarding the Explorer breeding program, the specific details around each rose and some thoughts on the future of rose development. I'm mentioning this only so you understand the nature of the publication and aren't expecting some sort of magazine type publication with a wealth of glossy photos.

Right now I subscribe to Horticulture. I always look for when they have a free subscription add is going on. I also subscribe to Birds and blooms. However I am a garden magazine junky! A few year ago Better Homes and gardens put out a special publication called Roses and Old fashioned flowers. I keep that and some other magazines that are rose oriented. Other than that I just choose magazines from the book store that have something in them that pertains to my liking. I keep rose catalogs too...heirloom, Arena, David Austin, Ashdown, Witherspoons, etc. I have one from either Kordes or Tantau...don't know which since it's not in english. Plus I have a years worth of Roses put out by the rose society. I never throw anything rose related out. Tammy

I was watching a cute little bunny eating my grass last night. I might not have thought he was that cute if he'd been munching my flowers but I could never kill one. Actually I could never directly kill anything, even slugs but we do allow people to bow hunt deer at the farm. Too bad they can only do it in season. They should be able to hunt deer year round, there's such an over population.

I subscribe to Cottage Living Country Living Southern Living Mary Engelbreits Home Companion-(but I am pissed at them right now and gonna write a letter- I always felt part of a subscription was that you recieved your mags before they came out on the news stands well we were at B+N last night and there it was the new issue- do I have one in my mailbox yet??? NOOO!!! grr.) Ok thanks for letting me rant and rave lol- just a pet peeve of mine. I occasionally buy different cottage style mags that are special publications but have to look at them first. I also buy Romantic homes once in a while I have a friend whose home was featured in there recently- kinda neat. And I just had a snippet published in Country Marketplace- about the perfect day- I spoke about an experience we had in Hawaii in the 90's. RaNae