A bouquet made with 'Zaide', 'Boscobel', 'Abraham Darby' and a few others:

One of my favourite roses last year was 'Souvenir du President Lincoln':

Another favourite...'Mel's Heritage':

'Port Sunlight':

'Baronne Henriette de Snoy':

Thank you so much for the garden tour! It looks amazing. Very well organized and planned! (unlike my own garden, which is rather haphazard)

I think we have both benefited from all the knowledge and experience shared on this forum.

Very beautiful

I was so impressed by 'Dark Desire':

Huge scented blooms!

And very long stems...a wonderful cut flower. This really isn't an arrangement...I just shoved them quickly in this vase...but they're still so beautiful:

A sea of 'Belle Story':

'Belle Story':

'Tiffany':

How beautiful -- and tidy! Wonderful selection.

Deer Fence:

'Sombreuil' at dusk:

This picture shows how we're training the climbers on these teepees. This is 'Madame Ernest Calvat' (also a favourite...it blooms almost all year long!) and clematis 'Ville de Lyon':

'Madame Ernest Calvat' a few weeks later...

Getting into autumn:

Some late season blooms...'Ebb Tide':

'Compassion':

Gorgeous pictures Rosylady! Beautiful garden.

What a joy to see your garden developing. Thank you for sharing.

So pretty!

Wow you and your team deserve a standing ovation for this stunning garden!! You have made such beautiful use of your space ! It looks secluded and yet vastly intriguing, causing you to wonder what else is here ? Your garden is So sophisticated, I daydream that a chilled glass of white wine is served on the tour in my head , and a silent butler appears when I’m ready for my second glass 😂 hey a girl can dream !!

I love it .

Rose Lady, I am blown away by what you have created. What an incredible paradise . Each area is so well defined and planned out. I would love to walk through your beautiful yard . I know that I would feel the love and the peace that you have created

Your garden shows your heart

Oh, it is beautiful even at night with lightings on your arbours....all your hard work paid off.

I am very impressed and we all learn so much on this forum. Cheers !!

I really enjoy your roses, tulips ( which i cant grow) ,fountain, lighting etc. Beautiful❤

Thanks for the look at your beautiful yard. It is quite organized with simple symmetry in ways that make it look really nice. I wish I could do that with my garden. Maybe if I ever get a different place I can.

.. I like them all.. a truly fabulous rose garden...

You really have made a GORGEOUS AWESOME GARDEN! I loved your pictures! And the fountain is awesome!

Thank you for sharing Rosylady. Your garden is gorgeous!

Love your vision. Your gallery on Instagram is inspirational. Your lattice garden house and hydrangeas will always be my favorites.

A satifying garden: thanks for the pics! You have some beautiful roses.

What a beautiful garden! I love the close-ups of your roses, the blooms look so gorgeous and healthy!

Absolutely gorgeous!!! Congratulations on what you’ve created, and thank you for sharing it with us!

What a beautiful garden! Bet that neighbor is sorry they threw that urn away. You have made a beautiful use for it. Everything is just lovely. Thank you so much for sharing your pictures with us. Gorgeous!

Thank you for sharing images of your beautiful garden, Rosylady!

Rosylady, what a wonderful garden tour! I am so looking forward to seeing how much more spectacular it will be this year as they get more established. I just love the mix of tulips, irises and peonies in the beds. And fountain centerpiece really give a nice focal point.

Wow Roselady, so much to be inspired by! After that preview, I want to see your IG if it's public.

mustbnuts, I had the same thought as I was scrolling about that urn, what a great upcycle.

Well, you are certainly earning your name! Gorgeous garden—so much lush beauty!! :-)

Thank you all for your wonderful comments. It means so much to me that other rose growers appreciate my roses. Before I discovered Gardenweb 12 years ago, I couldn't grow a rose to save my life, despite having gardened since childhood.

I spent a few years living in England in my 20's and that was where I developed my taste in more formal garden styles. I hesitated about making this kind of garden because there's no way I could take care of it myself. Then I met my landscaper when he came to do a small job for me. We hit it off immediately and when I asked him if he would help me build and maintain a rose garden he was excited about it. So, I spent a year researching roses here on GW and working on the design.

I've realized through this process that I love design as much as the actual plants. I have young children now, but when they go to college I may join them, and study garden design :) This is something I think I'd like to do for a living.

lilyfinch.....I think white wine and butlers fits this garden perfectly :) If only I could have a butler...hahahah!

edited to add, for those interested...my instagram is public and it's @mrs.rosylady

I think that would be a great idea to study garden design bec i know that is very challenging for newbies like me looking at a square and only see that but being here for 3 years now i see some designs or shall i say visualized it but i still need help....

Speechless! WOW! I’m in love 🥰

Congrats on creating a MAGICAL garden! Thoroughly enjoyed this post. Thanks.

Whats your instagram? I’d love to follow you. Mines: frogtheflip

Lots of love

D xx

I really love entire garden pictures.... we see a lot of single blooms but not so many garden pictures and I just LOVE to see the entire gardens.... thank you so much for sharing your hard work. It certainly is lovely to see what you have done.

So lovely!

Beautiful! So glad you shared, Rosylady.

A magical place, thanks for sharing!

Beautiful! Everything is just perfect!

Darren...my instagram is: mrs.rosylady

sharon....I agree about whole garden pictures...I love to see them too

The style of garden that's my true love is cottage gardening...but it's actually so hard to do! That's what I started with when we bought this house 20 years ago, but because everything grows so rampantly here, I could never get a handle on the weeds and pruning.

When I hired a landscape service, it was easier to have a more formal design so they could maintain it, and that's what drove my design for this rose garden: maintenance. I wanted it to be clear what was a plant and what was a weed, so I only have a few companion plants with the roses. Because this garden is so simple in its plant selection, it's easy to keep pruned and weeded.

My landscapers comes every Thursday and I work alongside them for the whole day. I love them so much! We have all become friends :)

I've mentioned this before, but I have an agreement with my husband: he lets me spend all our vacation money on the garden and in exchange, I go tent camping every summer for 10 days with him and my two kids. It's a win-win!

We camp on Orcas Island in the San Juan Islands. I must admit, I spend a lot of the time reading gardening books by the campfire :)

Rosylady, that sounds like the best trade-off ever!!

Roselady, I wish more people could be like you.

I am beyond impressed! Your garden is absolutely beautiful. Well done. Lisa

How beautiful!

You have beautiful hair too, Rosylady. When I go camping I look like a drowned rat.

Thanks for sharing! Beautiful garden.

I appreciate seeing pictures from a distance that captures garden layouts and the scale of the roses ect..

An amazing garden! I really enjoyed the photo tour.

Thank you for the wonderful tour. Please post another one when your garden is at peak bloom this coming Spring!

Jackie

I am now seeing your garden for first time. It is so pretty! I will flow you on Instagram :)