Rose Garden Memories    << Previous Memory      Next Memory>> Living in Iowa for 28 years now--out on the high prairie I do love it here, but I DO love the memories I have of the gentle air and the beautiful garden you maintain there in Portland. I think that I can remember picnics when I was four or five years old and then about every other year until I grew up--we LOVED the year we grew as tall as the roses butlast year I saw some that were taller still! While my father was a professional ball player and gone from home 6 months of the year, he did take us to Portland, maybe that is why I love the gardens, he was always there. He loved flowers and gardens and now that he has died I have some money for a memorial garden. Roses just cannot grow out here on our farm, it's too hot/cold/windy. But you have a beautiful bird bath with a red rose glass mosaic that would be beautiful in my memory garden. I saw it last year and did not buy it because I couldn't get it out here. Would postage be prohibitive? -- L Blanchfield Churdan, IA United States Submit a Memory Close Window