Open Garden Days at Freedom Gardens
Everyone is cordially invited to Freedom Gardens' 16th Annual Open Gardens at the homestead of Susan and Peter Schneider, 6193 Vair Road, Freedom Township, Portage County, Ohio 44266.

• Sunday, 9 June 2013, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

• Saturday, 15 June 2013, 5 p.m. - 8 p.m.

• Sunday, 16 June 2013, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.


Our collection of over 1200 different roses features newer and hard-to-find hybrid teas, floribundas and shrubs from the European nurseries, and heritage roses imported from Andre Eve in France, Peter Beales in England, and Martin Weingart, the nurseryman near Sangerhausen, Germany. Many of these roses cannot be seen anywhere else between Europe and California. We have nearly complete collections of Paul Jerabek's Ohio-bred creations, and David Austin's English roses. Our rose garden was featured in the April/May 2007 edition of Horticulture magazine, the August 2010 edition of Ohio magazine and in Peter Schneider’s new book, Right Rose, Right Place. It is an ideal place to see which roses really are winter hardy in Zone 5.

An interesting selection of potted roses, all propagated at Freedom Gardens, will be offered for sale on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Please call Susan or Peter on 330.296.2618 for accurate directions, bloom updates or more information. We look forward to seeing lots of rose friends on 9, 15 and 16 June!

Right Rose, Right Place
The Philadelphia Inquirer's Virginia S. Smith says,

"It's been a long time since I've read a rose book that wasn't full of gobbledygook and didn't make me feel like a dummy."

Peter Schneider's new book, Right Rose, Right Place is now available from bookstores and shipping from online retailers.

Signed Copies
Autographed copies of Right Rose, Right Place can be ordered directly from Peter Schneider at the cover price of $29.95 plus $5 shipping in the United States (total $34.95). Checks can be sent to Peter at the address at the bottom of this page. Or, for immediate shipment, order now via PayPal.

American Rose Rambler
American Rose Rambler #110, the March/April 2013 edition, is now available. This issue includes:
• Catching the Drift: What can you do when Roundup is in the air?
• Are Rosarians Part of the Honey Bee Problem?
• In Whatever Happened To? Darrell g h Schramm looks for some of the Old Garden Roses in commerce forty years ago
• Cutting Edge Culture: Curculio, Alfalfa and Mycorrhiza
• A poem about rose poetry, complete details about Open Garden Days at Freedom Gardens and more


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