GREAT GARDEN RESTORATION
Great Garden Restoration Project 2017-2022 Launched
Restoration Video and PowerPoint, Downloadable
Garden Design with a Theme: “The History of the Rose in America”
Great Garden Restoration Project Brings Big Changes
Details of the Garden Design
Project Timeline
Giving to the Restoration
Rosarium Visionary: J. Horace McFarland
GREAT GARDEN RESTORATION PROJECT TIMELINE
Goals accomplished through 2018
July 2016 Emergency Task Force formed: Pat Shanley, Chair. Marilyn Wellan,
Allen Owings, Gaye Hammond, Paul Zimmerman, Robert B. Martin, Jr.
August 2016 ARC Committee engaged, Allen Owings, Chair
December 2016 Soils in all beds tested
January 2017 Master Plan 2017-2022 created
February 2017 New Garden Entrance Sign installed
February 2017 Uniform Signage & Labeling approved
April 2017 Master Plan endorsed by ARS Board
April 2017 Austin Rose Garden restored
July 2017 Marilyn Wellan named Great Garden Restoration Coordinator
July 2017 Tree Removal complete
July 2017 Drone Images over the ARC provided by ARS Member
August 2017 Wellan Lawn Terrace & Bride’s Walk installed
October 2017 Area for New Children’s Garden identified
October 2017 Garden Consolidation complete
November 2017 Jackson & Perkins donated design
November 2017 Willis Garden of La Trees & Shrubs installed
November 2017 Cleo Barnwell Pollinator Garden installed
November 2017 J. Horace McFarland Plaza named for the Father of the American Rose Society
November 2017 Bi-Monthly Restoration updates in American Rose began
February 2018 Buckeye Garden planted with replacement roses
April 2018 Garden Design revealed
April 2018 Peace Stamp unveiled in the Gulf District Garden at ARC
April 2018 Deer Fence installed, thanks to Collin County Rose Society and Dr. Jim Hering
April 2018 New Tractor donated; thanks Frank Hover and Allen Owings
May 2018 American Rose Center rebranded as ‘America’s Rose Garden’
May 2018 Design presented to ARS Board
May 2018 Construction Drawings underway
June 2018 Soils re-tested
August 2018 Shanley-Delvecchio Rose Garden Gate Pavilion complete
August 2018 Irrigation Survey commissioned and received
August 2018 New Garden Director named – Don Morgan
August 2018 ‘McFarland’ Rose donated by Meilland-Star –plus 450 bushes
December 2018 $570,000 raised in cash, services, in-kind and pledges
December 2018 Project budget finalized (see below)
LOOKING AHEAD
January 2019 Begin Planting Entries in International Trials Garden, AOE Trials Garden
Jan-April 2019 Landscape non-rose areas
February 2019 ‘McFarland’ 450 rose bushes to be received; donated by Meilland-Star Roses
February 2019 Prune
Feb-March 2019 Plant McFarland, Peace, Member’s Choice, Angel, Mini-Miniflora Gardens, and more
First Half 2019 Begin dirtwork in area of new “clockworks” gardens
2019 Install garden lighting in outer Core Garden
April 25, 2019 “An Evening of Wine & Roses” Fundraiser for Restoration
2019 Install New Irrigation System, Phase One
2019 Install FIRST CIRCLE of Clockworks Gardens
2020 Install 2nd Circle (unless it can be completed sooner)
2021 Install 3rd Circle (unless it can be completed sooner)
2022 Install 4th Circle (unless it can be completed sooner)