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ALL-AMERICA ROSE SELECTIONS RECOGNIZES
NATION’S BEST ROSE GARDENS
Winners of 2006 “Designing with Roses” Competition on www.rose.org
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 18, 2006 – All-America Rose SelectionsTM (AARSTM) is pleased to announce the winning gardens for the 2006 “Designing with Roses” Competition. Judges from Better Homes & Gardens, Pasadena Tournament of Roses, the American Society of Landscape Architects, Weeks Roses and Jackson & Perkins® considered submissions from across the country for this inaugural competition. Professionals and students submitted a variety of types of gardens including large public gardens, restoration projects, memorial gardens, university grounds and private homes. The judges selected the designs that best demonstrated excellent landscape design execution and incorporation of rose plants into the site design.
What Was Old is New Again: Restored 1920s Garden Wins Professional Category
The panel of judges awarded first place in the professional category to the Lacy Park Rose Garden Restoration project by Steven Ormenyi & Associates, in the City of San Marino in the greater Los Angeles area. AARS will award Steven Ormenyi with an all expenses-paid trip to Pasadena, Calif. to see the annual Rose Parade at the Pasadena Tournament of Roses in Jan. 2007.
The Lacy Park Rose Garden, originally designed in 1929, is a beautiful public park with large open spaces and a diverse mix of plants. Following a gradual decline, the Lacy Park landscape committee hired Mr. Ormenyi in 2002 to restore the rose garden to its grand stature. Completed in 2003, the current Lacy Park Rose Garden features a wonderful mix of modern, disease resistant and fragrant roses including AARS Winners Fourth of July, Mister Lincoln, Scentimental and Perfume Delight. The updated palette of colors was selected for optimal viewing and enjoyment at dawn and dusk, while the overall layout of the garden stayed true to its historical roots.
Professional Category Winners:
First Place: Lacy Park Rose Garden Restoration, San Marino, Calif.
Steven A. Ormenyi & Associates
Second Place: September 11 Memorial Rose Garden, Private Estate, Huntington Bay, NY
Michael Spitzer
Third Place: Jasper Crane Rose Garden, Brandywine Park, Wilmington, Del.
Andrew Durham
Kansas State Dominates Student Category
Designed by three students from Kansas State University, the KSU Gardens “Secret Garden” design took top honors in the student category, and the team will receive the $1,000 first place prize.
KSU students Lynda Armstrong, Aarthi Padmanabhan and Hilary Kemper created a special space for the university’s garden that would combine beautiful roses with garden nooks and a quiet retreat for students and visitors. Their design highlights the university’s garden education and learning laboratory by providing visitors with information on growing roses and ideas for incorporating roses into their private gardens. The competition did not require student entries to be built.
Student Category Winners:
First Place: Kansas State University Gardens, Secret Garden, Manhattan, Kan.
Lynda Armstrong, Aarthi Padmanabhan and Hilary Kemper
Second Place: Kansas State University Gardens, Conservatory Garden, Manhattan, Kan.
Timothy Merklein
Third Place: Delaware Valley College, Rose Garden at Schmieder Arboretum,
Doylestown, Penn.
William Rein
“We were thrilled to receive such exceptionally well designed entries for both our Professional and Student categories in our first year of competition, the judges had a very tough job on their hands,” says AARS president Steve Hutton. “As these designs show, roses are a lovely component in any garden or landscape. We hope this competition encourages people to plant them in their own gardens, especially when they discover how easy it is to grow and enjoy roses with the AARS seal of approval.”
For more information and to see images of the winning designs, visit the AARS website at www.rose.org. Information on the 2007 competition will be posted in Nov. 2006, and entries will be accepted from Jan. 1 – July 14, 2007.
About All-America Rose Selections (www.rose.org)
All-America Rose Selections is a nonprofit association dedicated to the introduction and promotion of exceptional roses. Since 1938, the AARS trial program has encouraged the rose industry to improve the vitality, disease resistance and beauty of roses for American home gardens. AARS Winners are labeled with the AARS red rose as a seal of approval, and to distinguish them from other plants in the nursery. Today, the AARS program is one of the most successful and highly regarded of its kind, having brought to the forefront such roses as Peace, Mister Lincoln, Knock Out and Bonica.
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