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Hollis is prominent in rose-growing circles and has served as president of the NSW Rose Society and the National Rose Society of Australia. He was awarded the Australian Rose Award in 2019. [ 9 ] Hollis has been involved in creating, and maintaining, the rose beds in Peace Park Kiama . and is currently the co-ordinator of the Volunteers of ...
The concept of an Australian Rose Garden in Canberra dates back to 1926 when it was proposed by the National Rose Society of NSW to the Federal Capital Commission (FCC). Plans for the National Rose Gardens were prepared by 1932 and, through the Horticultural Society of Canberra, Rose Societies in each State were approached to contribute roses.
Convention required the Governor to be patron of the NSW Rose Society, and the Society to name a rose after his wife. 'Mrs C.E. Prell', born Caroline Ivy Chave, was the wife of Gundowringa grazier Charles Ernest Prell and president of the Goulburn CWA. Prell was a famous investor and ideas man for improving pastures and stock in dry country.
This is a list of the known roses of the Australian breeder Alister Clark (1864–1949). It is an attachment to the main page on Alister Clark as a rose breeder. The list of surviving roses has been compiled from Peter Cox's Australian Roses; [1] the online list established by Help Me Find Roses for Clark, Alister; and from the Govanstones' The Women Behind the Roses. [2]
In any case, his roses of all periods have an irregularity which rose fanciers find endearing. [13] Twenty years after his death in 1949 Alister Clark remained the most important Australian rose breeder. A.S. Thomas was the Australian registrar of roses and president of the National Rose Society of Victoria.
George started work in a rose nursery at the age of 12. At 18 he started his own nursery, later known as George Knight & Sons, in Parramatta Road , Homebush, New South Wales Homebush . The nursery eventually also had 40 acres of land in Meurants Lane, Parklea; 10 acres in Greenwood Road, Kellyville; and 10 acres in Old Windsor Road, Parklea.
The Society's championship cup for a rose exhibit is called the Patrick Grant Cup. [ 5 ] He also had a Sydney North Shore address at 26 Clanwilliam Street, Chatswood from 1927 at least, [ 6 ] perhaps with the third of an acre behind the house now devoted to tennis courts.
The World Federation of Rose Societies (WFRS) is an umbrella association of (as of 2015) 39-member countries' national rose societies. [1]Although founded in 1968 [2] in London by 8 constituent countries' rose societies, [3] the WFRS did not have a first meeting until 1971, held in New Zealand.