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A Memorial Garden; suggestions welcome.
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Posted by rosalie S.W W A Aust (My Page) on Sun, Feb 19, 06 at 9:24
On the morning of January 6th 1997, I gave birth to 3 little girls. Because they were born very prem,(23 weeks) I didn't have them for very long, Lilly only lived for a few minutes, Caroline for about 36 hours, and Margaret for 11 days.
Next year will be their 10th birthday and I am planning on planting a memorial rose garden for them. I am open to suggestions for inclusion. I have already got 'The Children's Rose' and 'Mother's Love' but need more. I just keep hitting a mental blank spot here, get too emotional I guess. |
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- Posted by ashmeri Cent. Qld.Aust. (My Page) on
Sun, Feb 19, 06 at 16:45
| Peace is a wonderful Rose. I hope your garden grows beautifully for your little Babies.
Marion |
RE: A Memorial Garden; suggestions welcome.
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| Hi Rosalie What a sad tale :( According to the every rose database there are roses for each of these names. I know that people on this forum have talked about Margaret Merrill but I don't know if any of the Lil(l)y or Caroline roses are readily available in Oz. It was the 20th anniversary of my father's death and we took two of our daughters and our granddaughter to visit his memorial plaque - it was hidden by the rose leaves but I couldn't identify which rose it was. I have cherub ornaments in my rose garden which might be a nice touch. Good luck with your planning. Jackie |
Here is a link that might be useful: Every Rose database
RE: A Memorial Garden; suggestions welcome.
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| O how sad for you I lost a little girl at 10 days but three would have been devastating. You know I always felt that Princess de Monaco was a real Baby Girl type of rose. And as Marion said Peace is beautiful also.
And Jackie's idea of a Cherub would add a beautiful touch. Rosalie Good Luck with whatever you choose as all rose's are beautiful so the choice is not easy.
Cheers..MM. |
RE: A Memorial Garden; suggestions welcome.
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- Posted by deejaus Melb.Vic. Aust (My Page) on
Wed, Feb 22, 06 at 22:25
| Hi Rosalie, My eyes filled with tears when I read your post. It must have been the most terrible thing to deal with. Here are a few suggestions for you. Angel face
Memorium
Mon Cheri
Remember Me
Treasured Love Good luck with your garden. I hope it gives you joy.
Cheers,
Dee. |
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| Sacred Heart is also known as Caroline de Monaco overseas ... it's a soft yellow/cream HT. Hopefully this suits one of your babies. Good luck with the planning and planting. |
RE: A Memorial Garden; suggestions welcome.
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Thank you people for your suggestions. Peace will be of course a natural inclusion, I adore her. And of the other roses mentioned, I already have some of them growing in my main beds so I at least know how the will peform here. I like the sound of Sacred Heart too.
I have the site already picked out so I will be able to see into it from my kitchen and sewing room windows and because there is nothing there yet but the cockie's cage and a bit of builders rubble there is plenty of room to start. Charlie's cage is pretty ugly, but I have worked out how to flank it with a couple of Climbing Seduction.
(When she flowers, the beautiful wavy petals always remind me of the graceful longer ballet frocks.) I have to include him, he has been in our family for over 30 years. I have a lovely old birdbath to include that came from their original Little Girl's garden in Donnybrook; little birds are such a joy to me. (We don't have sparrows, starlings, or blackbirds here in the west (yet).
The plan is that when the garden is finished, it will be screened by a shrubbery on three sides, to help create a secret garden effect. The suggestion of the little cherubs is one that I had already been looking at. Must be true what they say about great minds etc etc....
Thank you all for your time and kind thoughts, if I can work out how to post photo's here on the forum, I can show you all how it's progressing.
An extra special hug to M.M. ...... Rosalie |
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Sounds wonderful Rosalie I am so glad you have Seduction there that is one of my most favourite roses,
it also does well here with all this terrible humidy.. And Thank you for your kind thoughts I will email you instructions how to post pics this way on the Forum...Cheers......MM.
A Vase full of my "Seduction"
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RE: A Memorial Garden; suggestions welcome.
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M.M. they are lovely, one can almost see the fairies pirrouetting round the garden wearing frilly dresses of Seduction petals. ...Rosalie.
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