Well, it finally happened. Farewell, Vintage Gardens webpage.

8 years ago

I just tried going to the page to look up their listing of species, and it's gone. I knew it was only a matter of time, and I can always flip through their catalog, but it was nice having that last bit of them on the web.

:-(

~Christopher

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ksgreenman

8 years ago

http://web.archive.org/web/20150224191403/http://vintagegardens.com/rose_index.aspx

the web archive seems to have caught most of the information, even some of the pictures are still there and the archive usually leaves pictures out.

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Poorbutroserich Susan Nashville
8 years ago
Dang. I wish I had a screenshot of every page. What a lost treasure. Sad.

Susan
Buford_NE_GA_7A
8 years ago
NNNNNNNOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!
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jerijen
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Oh HELL. I was hoping it would stay.

I told Gregg once that HRG would host it -- but he said they had a plan for it ... so I hope we have not lost it permanently.
altorama Ray
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I'm so glad I have their catalog. I could swear I was just looking at that page last night!
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Perhaps their book/catalogue is still available? I have several copies and it's an incredible resource.
catsrose
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The catalogue is not available. (Unless they bring it back in print). I've tried severa times to get another. If you have one, it's worth its weight in gold.
Tessiess, SoCal Inland, 9b, 1272' elev
8 years ago
The Internet Wayback Machine is your friend.
kittymoonbeam
8 years ago
I loved looking at that web catalog. Sort of a poke with the illustration of the guy with the sprayer....mine aren't that bad and I really love that class of roses. Everything about the descriptions was great. Hoping for great things to come!
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8 years ago
The Friends of Vintage Roses has some of the catalogs. They took possession of them and, I believe, the website as well as the physical roses. They had them for sale at the Celebration of Roses and our Sacramento Open Garden. Before that, Gregg very kindly gave a few of them for sale by the Historic Rose Garden. I still have a small stack of those treasures! So if any of you are desperate for the hard copy of the catalog, there is hope. Recently their website hasn't had all of the content about the roses so I had been referring to it less and less often, and using the book more and more. What a wonderful thing it is.
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Even before they took it down completely, you could no longer see the individual descriptions and the nice little drawings that indicated the mature size.
alameda/zone 8/East Texas
8 years ago
The loss of Vintage Roses was the worst thing to happen to roses. How I miss their emails stating when new roses would be listed, and perusing the list of treasures now unable to be had. So glad I have the catalog, and maybe someday some of their roses will make it back into commerce. I have a few of their rare ones that I treasure.

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"The loss of Vintage Roses was the worst thing to happen to roses."

Too sadly true. :-(
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What I'm hoping is that a lot of the info formerly available at the VG web site will eventually resurface here: http://thefriendsofvintageroses.org/

I'm guessing there will be some sort of limited fundraising sales of plants, but of course, I'm just thinking about how I would try to raise money for a rose garden, if it were me...

I'm looking forward to seeing what comes next. I got interested in old roses too late to order from Vintage, but I did find the old web site to be a useful resource.

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..I always forget to look at the wayback machine... that's a great find ksgreenman.. thank you... even though not that relevant to me, I enjoy looking at those lists...

..it's not easy to be lost forever on the internet, is it...?...

Well, it finally happened. Farewell, Vintage Gardens webpage.

ksgreenman

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