Rose Sunday: Tylerites Celebrate Rose-Growing Season
(Staff Photo By Amy Peterson)
Molly Berry, 5, stands with the other Rose Queen attendants at the Rose Sunday Celebration on Sunday at the Tyler Rose Garden.
BY MALENA OGLES
Staff Writer
The fragrant smell of blooming roses lightly wafted through the halls of the Rose Garden Center and greeted visitors to Rose Sunday, a celebration of Tyler's rose growing industry and the beginning of rose-growing season.
"With the Rose Garden in bloom and plans under way for the 2007 Texas Rose Festival, it seems that everything is coming up roses once again in Tyler," said Jennifer Gaston, Executive Director of the Texas Rose Festival and Tyler Rose Museum.
During the ceremony, thanks were given to Texas Rose Festival Association dignitaries and others who dedicated time to make the Rose Festival possible. Also recognized, by a roar of applause, were the groundskeepers at the Rose Garden Center who keep the flowers blooming year after year.
Tyler City Councilman Chris Simons read a proclamation declaring the day Rose Sunday and encouraging citizens to visit the Rose Garden.
"The Rose Festival has played a leading roll in celebrating the rose industry and in attracting tou-rists to our community," he said.
Thanks were also given to the Tyler Rose Museum board of directors, volunteers, the Texas Rose Festival Association and The Brook Hill School String Quartet, which provided music for the celebration.
The Texas Rose Festival Association was created 73 years ago to sponsor the annual Rose Festival for the purpose of promoting Tyler and Smith County, the rose-growing industry and instilling community pride.
"This happens to be the largest, most beautiful and most famous Rose Garden, not merely in Texas and the entire United States, but the whole world," said E.W. Clawater III, president of the 2001 Texas Rose Festival Association,
Staff Writer
The fragrant smell of blooming roses lightly wafted through the halls of the Rose Garden Center and greeted visitors to Rose Sunday, a celebration of Tyler's rose growing industry and the beginning of rose-growing season.
"With the Rose Garden in bloom and plans under way for the 2007 Texas Rose Festival, it seems that everything is coming up roses once again in Tyler," said Jennifer Gaston, Executive Director of the Texas Rose Festival and Tyler Rose Museum.
During the ceremony, thanks were given to Texas Rose Festival Association dignitaries and others who dedicated time to make the Rose Festival possible. Also recognized, by a roar of applause, were the groundskeepers at the Rose Garden Center who keep the flowers blooming year after year.
Tyler City Councilman Chris Simons read a proclamation declaring the day Rose Sunday and encouraging citizens to visit the Rose Garden.
"The Rose Festival has played a leading roll in celebrating the rose industry and in attracting tou-rists to our community," he said.
Thanks were also given to the Tyler Rose Museum board of directors, volunteers, the Texas Rose Festival Association and The Brook Hill School String Quartet, which provided music for the celebration.
The Texas Rose Festival Association was created 73 years ago to sponsor the annual Rose Festival for the purpose of promoting Tyler and Smith County, the rose-growing industry and instilling community pride.
"This happens to be the largest, most beautiful and most famous Rose Garden, not merely in Texas and the entire United States, but the whole world," said E.W. Clawater III, president of the 2001 Texas Rose Festival Association,
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(Staff Photo By Amy Peterson)
Grace Hartley Ramey, the 2007 Texas Rose Festival Queen, attends the celebration.
Clawater introduced the 2007 Texas Rose Festival Queen Grace Hartley Ramey and Duchess of the Rose Growers Mandy Henson.
Queen Grace said she has loved attending the Rose Festival since she was a child, and is honored to serve as Rose Queen. In 1993, she served as attendant to the queen.
"I can't think of a better way to showcase Tyler and all it has to offer than with one of God's most exquisite creations ... the rose," she said.
The credit of creating the "National Rose Sunday" designation in Texas and in the nation was given to local flower and garden lover, Mrs. George Wessels, who was impressed with a similar observance in Holland, Mich., and helped bring the tradition to Tyler.
The Texas Rose Festival has since played a leading part in celebrating the rose industry and attracting tourists to the Tyler community, Clawater said.
More than 100,000 people visit the Tyler Rose Garden each year, according to information from the garden. More than 38,000 rose bushes feature about 500 varieties of roses, making the garden the largest municipal rose garden in the United States.
The 74th Texas Rose Festival, themed "Nature's Majesty," is scheduled Oct. 18 to 21.
Queen Grace said she has loved attending the Rose Festival since she was a child, and is honored to serve as Rose Queen. In 1993, she served as attendant to the queen.
"I can't think of a better way to showcase Tyler and all it has to offer than with one of God's most exquisite creations ... the rose," she said.
The credit of creating the "National Rose Sunday" designation in Texas and in the nation was given to local flower and garden lover, Mrs. George Wessels, who was impressed with a similar observance in Holland, Mich., and helped bring the tradition to Tyler.
The Texas Rose Festival has since played a leading part in celebrating the rose industry and attracting tourists to the Tyler community, Clawater said.
More than 100,000 people visit the Tyler Rose Garden each year, according to information from the garden. More than 38,000 rose bushes feature about 500 varieties of roses, making the garden the largest municipal rose garden in the United States.
The 74th Texas Rose Festival, themed "Nature's Majesty," is scheduled Oct. 18 to 21.
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