My Dad and His Roses… on ‘All Things Considered’

May 27, 2009 by Nicole · 4 Comments
Filed under: Around DC

My parents have a 5+ acre Rose Garden.

And they open it up to the public each year on Memorial Day Weekend.

This year NPR’s ‘All Things Considered’ visited their garden!

The Heritage Rosarium: A Once-A-Year Experience

by Jacki Lyden

It takes an obsession to create a rose garden as glorious as the one Nick Weber has grown at his home in Brookeville, Maryland. He calls it the “Heritage Rosarium,” and it’s filled with nearly 700 heirloom varieties of ramblers and climbers. Nick and his wife, Rosanne, open the Rosarium to the public only once a year on Memorial Day weekend.

Click Here for more pictures and commentary from NPR about my Mom and Dad’s Rose Garden…