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Were you wanting to get in touch with the NextGen panel I wrote about in my magazine column, or to contact younger members in your area? Either way, please contact Judy Goss, your district director of the Penn-Jersey District. She is a member of the panel. Her contact information is on the district web site: Officers & Staff

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Thank you for the info!

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Welcome! We are friendly and helpful.Rose Education is out intent.

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I checked them out but it doesnā€™t look like they ship.. how are you getting their roses?

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HI Lady Bug,

Not sure what you are askingā€¦.. How I have bought my minis or How have I gotten roses from Roses Unlimited. Many of my minis I bought decades ago via mail order mini nurseries which were plentiful about a decade ago. As for buying Roses from Roses Unlimited, I am lucky enough to live about 2.5 hours from Laurens, SC where they are located. I have driven to pick up roses and other things as well. I did have roses shipped from RU this year. Many rose nurseries will discontinue shipping in the hot summer months. Contact them via email. They may be able to ship once cooler weather comes. They are open right now just not shipping because of the hot weather. HTH. Carol

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Hi, Diane and others. Iā€™m John and I enjoy the doings of ARS Tremendously. My rose experience goes back to turning 6 bushels of overwinter horse manure into my fatherā€™s rose garden when I was 12 years old. What a way to earn an allowance. That was 70 years ago and Iā€™ve been growing roses ever since. I find that in my elderly years 40-45 plants is all I can handle. But itā€™s plenty for bouquets. I just finished a bookā€“Roses for the Ordinary Gardenerā€“which will come out from Sunbury Press in early 2026. If anyone would like to read an advance copy and provide a cover blurb, let me know.

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Welcome Timm. What region of the U.S. do you live in?

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Hi, Rosejoy. Nice appellation. Iā€™m from western Michigan which presents its own special challenges for growing roses. Such extremes! We were in the 90ā€™s without rain most of the summer; in the winter blizzards and below zero howl in from Lake Michigan. But with some care roses do very nicely here.

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Hi Timm, your in my area of the country as I live in Wisconsin! Beautiful time of the year isnā€™t it? Welcome to the Forum and I look forward to reading your book. Diane

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