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The following is a brief summary of activities associated with the garden.
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Elko County Rose Garden
August 31, 2000
October 31, 2000
First
Snow
October 27, 2000
March
4, 2001
7/23/02
4/23/02
2/28/02
Joined the Ghost Town Webring on the Northeastern Nevada
Page
http://www.elkorose.com/nenevada.html
2/26/02
Received an award of recognition designating Elko, Nevada
as an 'American Rose City'
2/09/02
30,000th visitor to Web Site
2/03/02
Joined The
Perfect Rose WebRing
1/05/02
Article on web site printed in Elko
Daily Free Press
11/30/01
25,000th visitor to Website
10/3/01
Article
written in Elko Daily Free Press about Elko,
Nevada designated an American
Rose City by The American Rose Society.
9/22/01
The
poem The "Tax Lady"
published in the Elko Daily Free Press.
9/19/01
Elko,
Nevada designated an American
Rose City by The American Rose Society as part of the 2002 Year Of The Rose
campaign.
8/31/01
Dan
Turner won Best of Show Roses at the Elko County Fair for 'Miss All-American
Beauty'. A single flower of 'Golden Unicorn' from the Elko County Rose
Garden won a blue ribbon.
8/25/01
20,000th
visitor to web-site today.
Year
2 bed locations staked in garden yesterday by county.
Thanks,
Guys!
8/2/01
Received qualified approval to proceed with Year 2,
from the Elko County Commissioners, in the Spring, 2002. Sidewalk
renovation should be completed by October, 2001.
7/18/01
Submitted application to proceed with Year 2 to Mr. Robert
Stokes, Elko County Manager and the Elko County Commissioners.
5/28/01
Serendipity and Freckle Face Bloomed Today - first garden
blooms of 2001.
Replaced Silver Shadows with Mavourneen (did not winter
well)
Replaced Prairie Sunrise with Piccolo Pete (damaged)
5/20/01
Replaced Dorcus and Maytime with same variety roses from Roses Unlimited.
Edged and weeded.
5/3/01
Received 12 roses from Roses Unlimited, ordered on
1/03/01. All were in excellent condition. It is planned to plant
them in my yard and transplant them to the rose garden when permission is
obtained from the County.
Enchanted Autumn, from Sam Kedem, died because I forgot and
left it out on a frosty night. Reordered this rose, Gee Whiz and Maytime
from Roses Unlimited.
3/5/01
Received 6 roses from Sam Kedem Nursery, ordered on
1/02/01. All were in excellent condition. It is planned to plant
them in my yard and transplant them to the rose garden when permission is
obtained from the County.
3/4/01
Pruned, stripped leaves and removed hips. Added
small cone of soil-pep to these roses to protect new growth.
1/03/01
Ordered 12 roses from Rose Unlimited: Brook Song, Gee Whiz, Joseph F.
Lamb, Mavourneen, Mountain Music, Princess Verona, Dorcas, El Catala,
Piccolo Pete, Springtime, Kathy's Find, & September Song for spring
delivery.
1/02/01
Ordered 6 roses from Sam Kedem Nursery: Countryman, Allamand Ho, Enchanted
Autumn, Night Song, Winter Sunset, & Prairie Clogger for spring delivery.
12/06/00
Mr. Robert Stokes of Greenlee County, Arizona will become Elko County's new
Manager in 2001. See article in Elko
Daily Free Press.
Mr.
George Boucher, is the retiring County Manager. George has been County
Manager and worked in county service for the past 27 years. I have always
said there are two kinds of people. Those who are an asset to the
community and those who are an ass in the community. I cannot say enough
good about Mr. Boucher. He forms the definition for the word Asset -
with a capital A. In my opinion, and most other folk here in town, he can
be compared to the gold mined from the county. He is a local treasure.
11/02/00
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, COUNTY OF ELKO
Regular Session
THURSDAY,
NOVEMBER 2, 2000
ROSE GARDEN - COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING:
The Board considered the proposal to place a plaque/sign in
the Rose Garden area behind the County Administration Building noting the
efforts of Dan Turner who planted and nurtured the roses this past year.
The board members commented upon the campaign speeches utilizing the issue.
MOTION: Commissioner Lloyd moved that Commissioner
Skelton commission someone to make a sign, plaque or whatever in commemoration
of Mr. Turner's efforts. Commissioner Roberts seconded the motion.
The motion was passed unanimously.
Commissioner Roberts noted of all the serious items before the
County, he never considered the Rose garden as being a political issue..
10/27/00
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, COUNTY OF ELKO
Agenda
WEDNESDAY,
NOVEMBER 1, 2000
XVI. -- ROSE GARDEN - COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING:
A.*-- Consideration of a proposal to place a plaque/sign in
the Rose Garden area behind the County Administration Building noting the
efforts of Dan Turner who planted and nurtured the roses this past year.
10/27/00
Letter
to the Editor of the Elko Daily Free Press Printed.
10/15/00
Added
the remaining 29 labels to the roses in the garden. All of the roses have
now been marked. Two markers need to be replaced, as they were
taken. Mr. & Mrs. Potts are high on the suspect list, again!
Added
1 small handful of Muriate of Potash (0-0-60) around the drip line of each
rose. Normally, I like to have this done by late-August or
early-September. But I'm late this year. This helps the roses winter
better, produces strong sturdy stalks and colorful blooms next spring.
10/01/00
Very
kind article about the Elko County Rose Garden written in the Elko Chamber of
Commerce Monthly Newsletter. Thank you. Thank you very much.
9/4/00
Two
of the three entries in the fair won First Place Premium Blue Ribbons. One
was for a bouquet of Chorale and the other for a Display of Roses from the ECRG.
The 'Princess Verona Sport (?)' must have been a bit too strange for the judges
- it did not place. The Elko Garden Club did an outstanding job in
managing all of the entries in the Garden Show. There were a large number
beautiful entries of many types of flowers in the show. I would think it
must have been very difficult for the judges to decide among so many choices.
9/1/00
Entered
three displays of roses from the Elko County Rose Garden in the Elko County Fair
Garden Show.
8/31/00
Added
photos of the Hybrid Tea garden at St. Joseph's Church to the website.
8/16 & 17/00
The
following is portion of the minutes of the 8/16/00 Jarbidge meeting
that is applicable to the rose garden.
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BOARD
OF ELKO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
REGULAR
SESSION
AUGUST
16,2000
PAGE
14
Rose
Garden - Year 2:
The Board considered the request from Dan Turner to receive
"Authorization to Proceed" with the Year 2 Garden Design
on lands behind the County Administration Building. Commissioner
Lesperance cautioned there should be a limit to the number of rose
bushes. Commissioner Lloyd warned that there would be a sidewalk
installed in the future. Commissioner Skelton noted there was
parking in one of the regions. Commissioner Roberts suggested Mr.
Turner postpone phase two.
Motion:
Commissioner Roberts moved to postpone the request from Dan Turner to
proceed with the Year 2 Garden Design on land behind the County
Administration Building until the sidewalk was completed.
Commissioner Lesperance seconded the motion.
Commissioner
Roberts inquired who would inherit the care of the roses.
The
motion was passed unanimously. |
| "Mr. Turner:
The Board of
Commissioners voted not to approve Year 2 of the Elko County Rose
Garden at this time due to the fact that the entire sidewalk area of
the Administration building will be torn out this fall or next spring
as well as the fact that a new irrigation system will be put in to
correspond with the concrete work. They felt that the new roses
to be planted would be disturbed or would be in the way of this
renovation. They did say that there would be no problem
with you approaching the Board with the proposal next year at this
time.
| Sincerely, Julie
Wynne" e-mail:
8/17/00 12:57pm |
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If you have a comment or suggestion about the
Elko County Rose Garden, please submit it to the County
Commissioners at the.
"Authorization
to Proceed"
with the Year 2 Garden Design (see Garden
Plan Page) comes before the Elko County Commissioners on Wednesday, August
16, 2000, in the Jarbidge Community Hall, Jarbidge, Nevada, beginning at 1:30
P.M. (PDST). Let the County Commissioners know your thoughts on the
garden's direction.
8/15/00
Submitted updated information packet on the rose garden to the
Elko County Manager for the Commissioner's meeting on 8/16
8/14/00
5,000th visitor to Website
8/13/00
Added garden labels to 44 of the roses in the garden.
Need 29 more. Labels made by Bonnie Ford at Elko Trophy. Barney
Turner made the stakes that hold the labels. The wood stakes were
purchased from Builder's Mart. The goals were to make them sturdy,
easy-to-read yet inconspicuous.
8/07/00
Stopped deadheading the roses to begin preparing them for
winter. Now just removing old petals.
7/27/00
From 6/6/00 to date
photographed roses. Up-dated Garden Photos page and added some new
poems. Today 56 of the 73 cultivars were in bloom.
7/15/00
Sprayed all
roses lightly with 'Miracle-Grow Plant Food'®
6/19/00
Replaced 'Pipe Dreams' with a new plant from Roses
Unlimited. Added a 2" layer of 'Soil Pep' fine bark on all three
beds.
6/08/00
Planted 9 roses ordered from Roses Unlimited on 6/5/00
The garden now contains 73 roses and 64 varieties. Except
for two possible replacements this completes the Stage 1
rose orders for the garden. Planning will now resume for
Stage 2 (Year 2001): Canadian Roses and we will attempt
to locate the remaining Dr. Buck varieties..
6/07/00
Carefree Beauty and Chorale bloomed today.
6/06/00
Golden Unicorn first bloom today.
6/05/00
First rose to bloom in the Elko County Rose Garden:
‘Gentle Persuasion’
Photographed by Bob Wines
Cancelled all ECRG backordered roses - most not available from previous sources until next season. Retained credits for 2001.
Ordered 9 roses from Roses Unlimited: 4 - Applejack, Malaguena (replacement), Princess Verona, Queen Bee, Sevilliana, and Sunbonnet Sue. Roses Unlimited, South Carolina, is an excellent source of Dr. Buck Roses (see links page)
6/04/00
Planted 13 roses from Roses Unlimited: April Moon, Barn
Dance, Blue Skies, Country Song, Ellen’s Joy, Freckle Face,
Grace Note, Hermina, Hi Neighbor, Iobelle, Music Maker,
Prairie Sunset, Prairie Valor. Photo looking South.
6/03/00
Someone absconded with the rose bush
‘Malaguena’. Rumored to be Josiah & Elizabeth Potts
(see history page).
5/27/00
Photograph taken From County Admin Building looking
north toward Pine Street. Roses are now 4 – 12” in height.
5/25/00
Letter about ECRG published in the June, 2000 issue of
‘American Rose’ magazine – Members’ Forum
5/24/00
Received refund check from Hortico. Need to reorder
roses needed in fall.
5/23/00
Placed order for 13 roses with Roses Unlimited. Ann at RU
helped me very much. I want to especially thank her. She
was a very big help. After roses arrive I need to cancel
backorders that are now duplicates with other companies.
5/19/00
2000th visitor logged onto web-site.
5/18/00
Planted 5 roses from Heirloom Roses: Gentle Persuasion,
Les Sjulin, Maytime, Honeysweet, and Pearlie Mae.
Now there are 52 roses, 46 varieties, new
duplicates are Les Sjulin and Pearlie Mae.
There are 13 varieties backordered. They are: Hortico:
Country Song, El Catala, Grace Note, Hi Neighbor, Music
Maker, Sevilliana, Sunbonnet Sue; Heirloom: Applejack,
April Moon, Barndance, Mountain Music, Queen Bee,
September Song.
Eight Roses available from Sam Kedem, but not ready for
shipment: Allamand-Ho!, Brook Song, Enchanted Autumn,
Gee Wiz, Iobelle, Joseph F. Lamb, Prairie Sunset, Princess
Vernona;
Ordered from Roses Unlimited, South Carolina: Blue
Skies, Ellen's Joy, Freckle Face, Hermina, Mavourneen.
two varieties: Pippa's Song and Prairie Valor have been
located at Roses Unlimited but are not yet available for
shipping.
Buck Roses for which no source has been located are:
Andante, Buckaroo, Bucred, Cantabile, (That's) Incredible,
Kissin' Cousin, Musical, Night Song, Paraglider, Piccolo Pete,
Pizzicato, Polka Time, Prairie Breeze, Prairie Heritage and
Red Sparkler. If anyone knows where I can obtain these
varieties, even if only cuttings, please let me know.
5/15/00
ECGR site linked to by Rose File - See links page for address
5/13/00
Took Soil Pep off - freeze period hard on roses. Maybe
should have covered differently. Young shoots
that were exposed died. Got down to 19 degrees.
Planted 9 roses from Sam Kedem Greenhouse & Nursery:
Prairie Squire, Prairie Sunrise, Freckles, Prairie Princess,
Silver Shadows, Spanish Rhapsody, Square Dancer,
Malaguena, and Wanderin Wind
Now 47 roses, 44 varieties Prairie Princess duplicate also
Not ordered just sent
5/10/00
Covered all roses with soil pep - cold front moving in. covered E-W bed with soil pep
5/08/00
Added 1 small hand-full of Epsom Salts around drip line of each bush.
5/07/00
Rose Anderson & I dug E-W bed down 2 feet. Found 1913 Canadian Dime.
5/01/00
Uncovered roses to expose shoots. Linked by AltaVista, Google, Metalocate and Open Directory.
4/30/00
Added B-1 to struggling roses and Fish emulsion to larger transplanted ones
4/29/00
4/26/00
goto.com, about.com, snap, looksmart, findwhat, lycos, yahoo, and hotbot now recognize ECRG.
4/25/00
ECRG linked by Buck Web-site. Northern Lights search engine brought up ECRG and web-
link on Garden tour of ARS site. Article about garden in Lin Anderson's column in the Mail
Box News.
4/25/00
ECRG linked by Buck Web-site
4/15/00 Extended E-W bed (removed sod) to final length. County sprinkler system turned on.
Garden now contains 38 roses and 36 varieties,
duplicates are Country Dancer and Aunt Honey
(ordered from different nurseries for comparison)
Awaiting shipments from: Heirloom and Sam Kedem
Nursery. A total of 73 Dr. Buck roses have been
ordered, consisting of 68 varieties. The actual number
planted in 2000 will be depend on the number of roses
placed on backorder.
When will we see the first bloom of the Spring?
My guess, June 20th - The last day of Spring.
4/14/00
Transplanted following roses from yard,
originally purchased from Heirloom in 1996:
Countryman, Les Sjulin, Pearlie Mae,
and Distant Drums bone meal & B-1 added.
Roses covered with soil pep - to keep canes protected from freezing weather and/or drying out.
PM Mr. Wines took updated photo of garden,
photo taken looking south toward 6th and Court
stop sign.
4/13/00 AM Mr. Bob Wines took photo of garden
progress, photo looking north toward
intersection of 6th and Pine street. Planted following roses from Hortico: Rural Rhythm,
Prairie Princess, Chorale, Autumn Dusk, Folksinger,
Bright Melody, Aunt Honey (second plant), Country
Dancer (second plant), Country Music, Do-Si-Do,
Dorcus, Frontier Twirl, Pipe Dreams, Prairie Lass,
Habanera, Virginia Reel, Prairie Flower, Golden
Unicorn, Summerwind, Serendipity, Prairie Star,
Prairie Clogger, Prairie Harvest and Wild Ginger
B-1 and bone meal and touch of fish emulsion
added to each
4/12/00 Received roses from Hortico by UPS
4/10/00 Rose order placed with Sam Kedem Nursery
Ordered: Allamand Ho, Brook Song, Enchanted
Autumn, Freckles, Gee Wiz, Iobelle, Joseph F. Lamb,
Malaquena, Prairie Squire, Prairie Sunrise,
Prairie Sunset, Princess Verona, Silver Shadows,
Spanish Rhapsody, Square Dancer,Wanderin' Wind.
These roses will be shipped in Spring and Fall, 2000 as
they become available. They have not been included
in web-site until a order confirmation has been
received.
4/9,10/00 Turned soil in north bed down 2 feet. Helped by Matt
Peterson, Rose Anderson, sod removed on short section parallel to Pine Street
4/08/00 ECRG linked by Rabbitbrush. Web-site received 1000th visitor.
4/07/00 Added B-1 to 10 roses to reduce shock
4/06/00 Purchased $150 of granular fertilizer, fish
emulsion and B-1 from Kimberly Nursery
- Gift certificate donated by Dorothy L. Turner.
4/04/00ECRG linked to by American Rose Society
3/31/00 ECRG linked to by Elko.net
3/22/00 Polonaise transferred from my yard to ECRG, rose was originally purchased from Heirloom in 1996.
Amiga Mia, Carefree Beauty, Country Dancer and
Paloma Blanca transplanted from my yard and planted
in ECRG. These were delivered in Fall '99 from
Mary's Plant Farm for garden and stored in my
yard until garden site prepared (same care as
3/21/00)
3/21/00 Planted first 5 roses. Hawkeye Belle, Prairie
Harvest, Winter Sunset, Aunt Honey, and
Earth Song. Roses from Mary's Plant farm. Added
bone meal to bottom of hole and Soil Pep on canes
to protect from freezing weather.
3/20/00
3/18,19/00 ECRG linked to by Grammar #2 school. Turned soil down 2 feet on southern bed. Mixed in Soil Pep
3/17/00 Web Site completed for rose garden, St. Patrick's Day
3/16/00 Federal Tax ID# obtained from IRS
3/11,12/00 Removed sod from northern bed
3/8/00 First meeting of Board of Trustees of the Elko Rose Garden Assoc., a Nevada non-profit Corporation
3/4,5/00 Ground breaking. Removed sod from southern bed (closest to Admin)
2/29/00 KENV TV news update on garden approval
2/28/00 KENV TV news on Rose Garden
2/25/00 Written authorization to break ground signed by county
1/31/00 Written approval for Year 1 concept granted by County for Rose Garden
1/27/00 Completed 3-D design of garden
1/10/00 Completed 10 year garden plan and design
1/05/00 Contacted Mr. Wines, Matthews and Wines, to obtain written permission to begin garden, create non-profit corporation and obtain Federal tax ID.
1/01/00 Raffle drawing held $2,529 raised for school and $843 for garden. Linda Hicks - Grand Prize winner
12/30/99 Requested County permission to begin groundwork
12/21/99
11/30/99 Began Raffle to raise money for garden and Grammar #2 school (idea by Dorothy M. Turner)
9/28/99 Mary's Plant Farm order confirmed Fall '99 and Spring 2000 delivery
7/22/99
Heirloom rose order confirmed for 2000 delivery.
July, 1999
Requested permission from George Boucher, Elko County Manager, to use County Administration Lawn for rose garden. Non-binding verbal permission given to proceed, contingent on approval by County Commissioners, with understanding that could not begin groundwork until written permission obtained
© 2000 - Elko Rose Garden Association
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