She passed away?

Oh, please, no...

So sad to hear that! Prayers are with her family and friends. She will be missed. Thank you for letting us know, it is a sad day for hearing that .

That's very sad...I have certainly come across her posts when searching on GardenWeb and have appreciated her vast knowledge. Hopefully I have learnt a thing or 2. Too bad I discovered roses too late and never had a chance to interact with her or even visit her garden. Hope she rests in peace.

Very saddened to hear this. She posted the most beautiful photographs of interesting varieties here. I'll miss her posts; may her garden live on.

I am so sorry to hear this sad news. Her knowledge and generosity in sharing her rose growing wisdom and beautiful photography will truly be missed. Thank you for letting us know of her passing.

Heartbreaking. I have thought a lot lately about some of the dear garden/friends who have gone on ahead, and how much I miss them.

This is such sad news

She was a wealth information and will be missed.

Hopefully she is now tending the Heavenly gardens where there are no weeds and no thrips. See you in the garden Lynette.

So much beauty and knowledge lost with Lynette's passing. I hope that in that other realm she is surrounded by incomparably beautiful roses.

Thanks for letting us know. I'm so sorry. She played a role in many an old rose ending up in the garden of someone who hadn't even considered it. My heart goes out to her family.

May God bless her rosy soul!

I'm still processing the news. This hurts. I wondered why I hadn't heard from Lynnette in a long time. She and I used to commiserate over the uzzlezz changes being made to the forums. I tried to help her out on a couple of different occasions with technical problems here. You'd have thought I had given her a million dollars (or a very rare rose! lol). I wish I could share some of her emails with the forum, because they, more than her posts, let her light shine. She even once paid me what I consider the greatest compliment I've ever received from a rosarian. But I will tell you that she was a wonderful lady, a fount of rose knowledge, and totally selfless in her desire to share her roses with the world. She gave budwood of several rare and out of commerce roses to Palatine. Sadly, not all were propagated. She opined that they seemed to have trouble budding the OGRs. So many of the roses in her garden were imported from Peter Beales. Now, they most likely will be lost to commerce in the US.

This is dispiriting news personally, and a sad day for all of rose-dom.

John

John it sounds like you had a great long distance relationship. She had a wonderful sense of humour and was strong and determined as well as generous and knowledgable. I have a few of her ogrs and ramblers that grace my garden. if you want to send me a private message, I would be happy to commiserate and share what I know of her last year.

Robin

Adelaide are you in Victoria or Comox? would be happy to connect about gardens and love of roses. I am sorry you didn't get to visit her amazing garden and meet her in person.

Does anyone know if it possible to send private message to someone on this forum?

@roserobin_gw I read on another post that you can go into the person's profile, there should be a "message" link on the top right of their page. But I have not tried it out myself....

I'm actually in South Surrey, close to White Rock, but it's a short ferry ride away to the island whenever we can travel again. I was totally hoping to visit some of the gardens this summer (Butchart Garden and the Rose garden at Hatley Park especially), but not sure if this will happen this year...Maybe when it's possible for me to plan a trip to the island again I'll give you a shout!

Adelaide let me know when you are coming to Victoria and we can meet up. The message option doesn't seem available on most but not all of the profiles I have tried- maybe there is a way a person has to activate it?

RoseRobin - I checked your profile just now and I don't see a message button. I checked my own profile, it looks like if you go to edit your profile, click on the "Advanced settings" tab, and scroll to the very bottom, that's where you can change the message settings. I have just changed my settings so anyone can message me.

For sure when I head over to Victoria I'll give you a shout! Let's try to figure out this message function first haha.

Thanks Adelaide I think that worked. I sent you a pm. they sure don't make it easy or obvious!

I am very, very sad to hear this news. What a loss for us and everyone who knew her. I wish the roses from Lynette's garden can be rescued.

I am so sad to hear this. I just can’t believe this happened. I thought this thread meant to tell us, she was sick, we needed to put our heads together to pray for her. I can’t believe she is gone, left us, left her beloved roses and dog. I still remember that day joking about not to get that hairless cat.......I have collected many of her rose babies, those babies can create a beautiful garden in memory of her. I will always remember her.

Rest in peace, Lynette dear!

Oh this is such sad news! She was such a wealth of information, and had an amazing collection! What a very sad loss.

"...Only the actions of the just/Smell sweet and blossom in the dust." It sounds like she was that kind of person, and gardener.

I'm so sorry.

I do remember Lynnette from the old garden web. She shared much knowledge to the discussions. I am very sad to learn this. I am sure she is loving being in "garden heaven". Does anyone know what happened to Veldfire? Henry Kuska, if you are reading this, I am trying to find a way to message you.

What a loss. :(

I am so, so sad to hear she is gone. She do have a vast knowledge of roses and grown basically so many roses. She was very special . Oh, my lord ! This is such sad news. Sending condolences and prayers to her family and friends. 🙏.

Roserobin, Thank You for letting us know. I am sure she is in rose heaven with so many rosarians like David Austin and right now i cant think of any names, talking about roses.

Rockyrose, found this phone number for Henry, you can give it a try.

Lynette wasn't just roses. I had emailed her and asked if many roses would be in bloom on Vancouver Island if we flew out at the end of November. Her reply was that that would be a great time to appreciate evergreens, as the roses would be resting, all of them.

RIP. I wish someone could put together all of her rose photos in memory of her.

That is a great idea paint girl.

It seems like only yesterday I was reading one of her posts.... I'm so sorry, it's really sad to hear... her photos were always a joy to see, with such clarity that totally put mine to shame..

Paintgirl when I last visited Lynnette. I asked her to let us copy her rose photos to a dvd which we have and my husband is going help to put up a website of them.

Paint girl that is great idea. I love it and Roserobin that would be awesome if you can. Even as a memory on UTUBE as the world to see what she did and appreciate her beauty and hardwork with music.

I hope Harry is okay and well. Cross fingers !

That's sad to hear. It was such a joy to see her photos, and read her posts.

I’m so sorry to hear this , but often think our loss on earth becomes their gain in heaven. I’m so thankful for her contributions .

We'll miss her on this forum. She knew a lot, and she shared it generously and kindly.

Very sorry to hear this. The knowledge she shared is surely living on in many rose gardens!

Here is a link to Lynnettes beautiful rose photos

http://www.or.thesweetoasis.com/zenphoto/

Sad to hear of her passing. Really enjoyed my tour and conversing with her. Loved her frank humour. I hope courtney comox will work save her garden or collection if in jeopardy.

Sysma, I wish but very unlikely. Sadly, there is an immense treasure trove that will likely be lost. I do have quite a few of her ramblers that I grew from cuttings as well as othe beauties that she gifted. She did have a great sense of humour and a generous spirit.

I am so sad:(. I hope she is taking care of the garden in heaven and her garden is being taken care of.