Vale Noelene Drage
It is with deep sadness that we inform members of the passing of long-term HRIA member Noelene Drage.
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PERTH REGION OF HERITAGE ROSES IN AUSTRALIA
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- Sep 18
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France & England Garden Tour 2023
Three members from the Perth Heritage Rose Society Jan Eastman, Gay Dutton and Janet Rowe joined Deryn Thorpe on an overseas Garden Tours.
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- Sep 2
- 3 min
What does the warrior Achilles have to do with roses? Something for you to ponder!
In June this year Karen Davey, one of the HRIA Perth Region members, gave a delightful talk to the Herb Society. Please read Karen's...
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- Jul 2
- 2 min
The last Wardian Case in Australia
I found the last Wardian Case in Australia. At our June Heritage Rose Meeting I spoke about Plant Hunters, and in particular Robert Fortune.
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- Jun 26
- 2 min
Types of Roses & Gardens you Grow
What a delight to have Jos Henley and Shane Law talk about their love of roses and their gardens at our May meeting at Falls Farm.
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- May 9
- 3 min
Vale Bob Melville
One of Australia's foremost Rosarians, International Rose Judge and respected horticulturalist Bob Melville passed away in November 2022.
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- Apr 11
- 3 min
Books & Roses - Musings from Di Durston
By accident, I found a collection of chromolithographs included in the index of coloured plates from an antiquarian journal that I bought.
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- Mar 8
- 1 min
"Comtesse Riza du Parc" Growing in Australia
“Comtesse Riza du Parc”, the rose that we grow in Australia with this name, has unfortunately been misnamed at some stage.
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- Mar 8
- 1 min
AGM & General Business Meeting
Held on Sunday 12th February at Falls Farm, a new Committee for 2023 was elected. The Business Meeting followed
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- Feb 6
- 2 min
The Chinese Letter -Chinese Rose Notes
The good thing about making a New Year resolution to clear out one's office is to find a whole lot of interesting paperwork, like this!
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- Jan 7
- 1 min
'Rubens', A Rose with an Identity Crisis
By Di Durston, Tea Bag PRHRiA The first steps to identify the rose that is grown today as ‘Rubens’ began when our Tea Book was being...
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- Nov 28, 2022
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'Saint Mary's Girl'
By Di Durston, Tea Bag PRHRiA In 2001, I poked a few rose hips into the soil and put a name on a stick (SAFRANO HIPS) and waited for the...
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- Nov 28, 2022
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"Aussie Sixer"
When the Tea Rose book was released Viru Viraraghavan, the famous Indian rosarian who breeds beautiful roses in India, bred and released...
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- Nov 7, 2022
- 2 min
Falls Farm History
A Talk by Pauline Tonkin After our November meeting at Falls House, Pauline Tonkin gave a passionate talk on the history of the place we...
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- Nov 1, 2022
- 2 min
The Woodside Gate House Rose
The saving of this old apricot coloured rose is unusual in that we took the whole rose plant just
before the bulldozer flattened it.
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- Oct 24, 2022
- 1 min
Afternoon Tea Among the Roses
Intermittent showers could not dampen the day! We wandered among the rose filled garden and enjoyed a truly rosey afternoon.
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- Sep 22, 2022
- 5 min
This Was To Be A Rare Old Rose Treat!
Tea Bag Di Durston - on a mission to rescue a rare old rose. An invitation to visit four unidentified old roses came in 2011.
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- Sep 15, 2022
- 1 min
A Tribute to Carol Mansfield
A Tall Poppy by Gay Bridgement, June 2022 Carol was a renowned and respected Western Australian plants woman who was always willing to...
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