Win a Garden Shopping Spree

What would you do to your garden with $5,500 to spend!

Enter to win, and you have the chance to transform your garden with a $5,500 shopping spree from the World Rose Festival, Crabtree & Evelyn, David Hunter Garden Centers, Northwest Landscape Supply Ltd., Select Roses, Selections Nursery, and Hunter Landscape Design.

Simply drop by any of these fine retailers now until June 18, and the World Rose Festival on June 19, 20, and 21 inside the new Vancouver Convention Centre, and complete your entry ballot.

One lucky winner will receive $5,500 in gift certificates from our Garden Shopping Spree sponsors.

Peter and Amanda Beales!

Rosarians, get out your calendars and ink in this seminar! World-famous rose expert, author, rose breeder and nurseryman, Peter Beales <www.classicroses.co.uk>, will make a special guest lecture on Saturday, June 20 at 12:00 pm, along with his daughter Amanda. The Beales are joining us from Norfolk, England, and you won't want to miss this one-time event.

Topic: Classic Roses in the Garden Landscape
Date: Saturday, June 20, 2009
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre Exhibit Hall C, 1055 Canada Place

Find out more at www.worldrosefestival.com, on the Activity Central page.

Heavy Petal Contest Winner

They aren't your granny's bloomers!

We asked our readers, and the faithful blog followers over at HeavyPetal.ca, if roses really do have a place in the modern garden. And to convince blogger Andrea Bellamy to change her mind about them!

Find out who won, and why! Read on...

Farewell Dinner's Silent and Live Auctions - What is your strategy?

What could you "win" at the World Rose Convention - Farewell Dinner's Silent and Live Auctions? View the listing to prepare your strategy.