tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15474105.post-63221913838749667512007-01-04T08:42:00.000-08:002007-01-05T09:22:29.277-08:00<a href="http://www.rose.org/site/pics/429/18970/72162/220835/RainbowKO_sm.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="Rainbow Knock Out" src="http://www.rose.org/site/pics/429/18970/72162/220835/RainbowKO_sm.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://www.rose.org/site/pics/429/18970/72162/220832/Moondance_6.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="Moondance" src="http://www.rose.org/site/pics/429/18970/72162/220832/Moondance_6.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br /><a href="http://www.rose.org/site/pics/429/18970/72162/220835/RainbowKO_sm.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="left"><a href="http://www.rose.org/site/pics/429/18970/72162/220836/Strike-It-Rich.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="Strike-It-Rich" src="http://www.rose.org/site/pics/429/18970/72162/220836/Strike-It-Rich.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><span style="font-family:verdana;"><div align="left">How About a Bed of Roses?</span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="right"><span style="font-size:78%;"><em>When love came first to Earth,the Spring spread rose-beds to receive him.<br />- Thomas Campbell, Scottish poet </em></span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-size:78%;"><em>(1777-1844) </em></span></div><div align="left"><em><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></em></div><div align="right"><em><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></em></div><div align="right"><em><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></em></div><p></p><p></p><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">All-America Rose Selections™ (AARS™) announced the call for entries for its Designing with Roses Competition, which honors excellence in landscape architecture and garden design.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><br />Submissions must <a href="http://www.rose.org/site/pics/429/18970/72162/220835/RainbowKO_sm.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.rose.org/site/pics/429/18970/72162/220835/RainbowKO_sm.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.rose.org/site/pics/429/18970/72162/220832/Moondance_6.jpg"></a>incorporate U.S. roses as a primary design element. </span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"></span></div><br /><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Competition is open to professionals, students or teachers in the fields of landscape architect and landscape/garden design. New this year is a category for the best regional public gardens.</span></div><br /><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Even if you don’t qualify for the competition, you can still tackle a new challenge: design your garden with roses. You say you always wanted a bed of roses? Well, this is your year. Go for it.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div align="left"></div><br /><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;">You have lots of beauties to choose from, including the AARS’ 2007 award-winning roses above. </span></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Top: Rainbow Knock Out</span><br /></span><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;">Middle: Moondance</span></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;">Bottom: Strike It Rich</span></div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div align="right"></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><br>All-America Rose Selections is a nonprofit association dedicated to the introduction and promotion of exceptional roses. For more information visit <a href="http://www.rose.org">http://www.rose.org</a></span></div><div align="left"> </div>The Garden Travelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10672119366460883406noreply@blogger.com