I mentioned this earlier, but the Times Dispatch also recently ran a nice story on volunteer effort at Hollywood Cemetery, scheduled for Saturday.
Now come this post from Hartwood Roses’ FaceBook page:
Two days to go until our big Rose Work Day at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond. I’m feeling freakishly calm and prepared at this point … so much so that I’m beginning to worry that I have forgotten to do something. (I don’t THINK I’ve forgotten anything.)
I just finished the rose map. It’s all divided into sections that show what each team’s responsibilities will be. 130 roses, divided by 12 teams of 2-3 volunteers = a very rewarding morning’s worth of work!
(Have I told you lately how excited I am to be doing this?)
Mrs. Smith had a proposal some years back to propagate the heritage roses by starting new roses from clippings and planting them on the perimeter of Pleasants Park.