I'd love to hear the news and see the pictures too, Paula. I honestly have no idea how the day went! When you are putting on an event, and leading tours, the day goes by much too quickly. I took not a single photo, and hope that folks who did come are willing to share. I saw Daun, and Michael AT, and several of the Vintage friends, so folks certainly turned out. If Aprille was here, I didn't get to meet her. From my perspective, it was a great day, although it was quite hot. The roses loved it, and many opened obligingly throughout the day. Many people bought roses, and I think that we are set with enough money in the budget for another year's operations. Heartfelt thanks to everybody who came to help (Jeri and Clay for the great catalog, especially) and everyone who came for a lovely day. The folks who stayed overnight are planning to meet up tomorrow morning for just a little more time in the cemetery. It's hard to tear away... Anita

Bumping this down. We had 32 people and a beautiful day. Gosh, we need rain, but a sunny 70 degrees was delightful. There are a couple of GWers in this photo (not me, since I took the photo!), but a range of other folks, some new to helping out in our garden - some college kids, a high schooler and her mom, and others who heard about our garden and wanted to join the fun. We will continue pruning Tues and Sat mornings unless (we hope) we are rained out. We usually prune till Valentine's Day but roses are leafing out already, so it's a race to get it done. Anita

We really do have some special roses this year. We'll have a 'Lupe's Buttons,' one of Col. Mel Hulse's favorite seedlings from the San Jose Heritage Rose Garden. Kate, I hope that yours has worked out well. I owe Jeri the "final" list of Silent Auction roses and an introductory article for the sales catalog. I'm hopeful that I can get my stuff to her by this weekend so that I don't hold her up. We try to get the catalog on-line by the beginning of April. We have no idea what this recent rain will do to our bloom by April 16th. It looked like bloom would be early, and now I'm wondering if it will be late, and if we'll have enough bloom for my "Early Bloom" tour on Mar 26th. Being a gardener is very humbling. We are in nature's hands. Anita

The rose garden is beautiful and full of blooms. Please come by and visit Saturday morning before it gets above 80 :). Free. No admission price; however donations gladly accepted.