tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post7316800937616440749..comments2024-03-16T22:08:36.509-05:00Comments on Rock-Oak-Deer: Last Chance Tour of The Antique Rose Emporium San Antonio GardensShirley Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12734806779997587008noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-4866500232007766012013-11-29T15:12:46.562-06:002013-11-29T15:12:46.562-06:00I loved all their roses but never saw this nursery...I loved all their roses but never saw this nursery...what a beautiful tribute no preserved in time...so sad.Donna@Gardens Eye Viewhttp://gardenseyeview.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-43045898874890743372013-11-23T07:34:04.968-06:002013-11-23T07:34:04.968-06:00What a wonderful and inspiring garden, its closing...What a wonderful and inspiring garden, its closing is a loss to all gardeners.Gailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-28859274550370654552013-11-21T13:20:03.069-06:002013-11-21T13:20:03.069-06:00Thank you Peter, it's tough to take for the ma...Thank you Peter, it's tough to take for the many local gardeners who loved visiting these gardens. Shirleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-57374478536739191792013-11-21T13:16:53.727-06:002013-11-21T13:16:53.727-06:00It was very popular for photos during its days as ...It was very popular for photos during its days as an event venue. We kept hoping someone would keep it open but that is not to be.Shirleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-18873597555977467602013-11-21T13:13:43.775-06:002013-11-21T13:13:43.775-06:00We won't really know but several gardens are h...We won't really know but several gardens are hoping for a digging opportunity.Shirleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-60198872082004275432013-11-21T09:39:01.402-06:002013-11-21T09:39:01.402-06:00There's such a feeling of loss when one of our...There's such a feeling of loss when one of our favorite independent nurseries closes. I'm sorry, Shirley, for the loss of this special place and am very sad to hear that the property has been sold and that the gardens will be removed. Until the end of your post, I was hoping that someone would buy the property and love the gardens. outlawgardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08273973572989510382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-5270880273888624302013-11-20T19:41:51.208-06:002013-11-20T19:41:51.208-06:00Wow, (tear drops from eye) that is quite ... sad. ...Wow, (tear drops from eye) that is quite ... sad. I, like the others, hope that it won't simply be ploughed under. It would be a great place for weddings and photo sessions, if nothing else. Do you think it's part of a trend of local family nurseries closing? We had a long-lived family garden business close here in Madison this summer, too, and it was so sad to visit it for the last time--even though it wasn't my favorite one.Beth at PlantPostingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10473637655960119672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-55749033559746079482013-11-20T07:51:17.609-06:002013-11-20T07:51:17.609-06:00Really miss these grounds, no place like it in FW....Really miss these grounds, no place like it in FW. I am so glad to see the gardens still look beautiful. Hopefully someone will scoop this place up and open it to the public again.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12140773202280570336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-52892941401570115552013-11-20T01:01:43.458-06:002013-11-20T01:01:43.458-06:00What a beautiful garden, it's too bad I was no...What a beautiful garden, it's too bad I was not close enough to visit there sometime. The blue adobe is wonderful, it is so picturesque. I enjoyed seeing the garden though it is so sad that many great gardens end this way. It would be great to turn this into a park. I'm trying to imagine living in a garden like this...Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773149110503024929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-80211077140278763462013-11-19T22:42:01.896-06:002013-11-19T22:42:01.896-06:00I hope the new owners will read this post and not ...I hope the new owners will read this post and not just bulldoze 'sight unseen'. What a beautiful garden for a restaurant or retreat center. I can't believe how well it is doing without any help. Gives me some food for thought.<br />Thanks for the great last memories.<br />David/:0)Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12495040805660192347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-11409027177330435862013-11-19T19:31:58.683-06:002013-11-19T19:31:58.683-06:00Too sad...You have memorialized it beautifully,Too sad...You have memorialized it beautifully,rickihttp://bannersbyricki.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-37428360293684565302013-11-19T17:06:42.985-06:002013-11-19T17:06:42.985-06:00Oh Shirley....this is so sad....
You sure did giv...Oh Shirley....this is so sad....<br /><br />You sure did give it a beautiful goodbye with those lovely pictures and words...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-9350627838351111482013-11-19T16:19:08.556-06:002013-11-19T16:19:08.556-06:00That's a hard passage to learn about for those...That's a hard passage to learn about for those of us who have visited, or as in my case, ordered from, those great rose people, fondly known as "rose rustlers."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12817320435164750225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-11761038786397052262013-11-19T12:35:34.958-06:002013-11-19T12:35:34.958-06:00I'm sad and I don't live anywhere remotely...I'm sad and I don't live anywhere remotely close to San Antonio. How can anyone buy that property and take out such a beautiful mature garden?Kris Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07097260283693156795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-5953885248023366822013-11-19T10:49:08.745-06:002013-11-19T10:49:08.745-06:00But but but...what will happen to all the plants? ...But but but...what will happen to all the plants? They won't just be "plowed under" I hope!danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-30771543630932939882013-11-19T09:38:10.787-06:002013-11-19T09:38:10.787-06:00I'm so sorry I never got down there, while it ...I'm so sorry I never got down there, while it was open. It looks like such neat garden.<br />I'm also sorry that it didn't sell to someone who would bring it back as a garden center. <br /><br />Thanks for the final, goodbye tour.Linda/patchworkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12639872362919575736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-54466157235153248782013-11-19T08:59:59.443-06:002013-11-19T08:59:59.443-06:00Makes me want to cry. Thanks for a lovely last tou...Makes me want to cry. Thanks for a lovely last tour. Carolinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-3189563369435326472013-11-19T08:44:31.921-06:002013-11-19T08:44:31.921-06:00Oh! Throughout this post, I kept hoping that some...Oh! Throughout this post, I kept hoping that someone would come along and make something special out of this property. But then you stated that the gardens will be removed?!! Oh, no! I can not imagine having such beauty destroyed. So sad that the nursery had to close, but it's devastating to think that the new owners didn't see what they had in front of them. Thanks for the final tour. Still beautiful.HolleyGardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14892421871044249940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-18063928843910901302013-11-19T08:39:31.898-06:002013-11-19T08:39:31.898-06:00Oh wow. I've visited the one near Brenham and ...Oh wow. I've visited the one near Brenham and based on the photos they look very similar. It is too bad the gardens will be removed, it would be nice if they let folks dig them up or sold them for charity.Mistihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15152831329347482311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-75206943857801780902013-11-19T08:34:53.368-06:002013-11-19T08:34:53.368-06:00This makes me so sad. I loved visiting these beaut...This makes me so sad. I loved visiting these beautiful gardens -- so much closer to Austin than the Brenham location, plus there's just something magical about a garden with roses and adobe walls. Thanks for the last look, Shirley. RIP, SA ARE.Pam/Digginghttp://www.penick.net/diggingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-37474705636566655712013-11-19T08:08:35.231-06:002013-11-19T08:08:35.231-06:00We live close by and I often took my kids there to...We live close by and I often took my kids there to enjoy the gardens. My own garden is filled with plants I bought there. We have missed our trips there. I am so sad to hear the new owners will be removing the gardens! Thanks for the wonderful photos and a last goodbye.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413617314328606810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-4678428323569945312013-11-19T06:23:24.127-06:002013-11-19T06:23:24.127-06:00Shirley, what a beautiful tribute to the gardens t...Shirley, what a beautiful tribute to the gardens that inspired me and so many others. It was special to be able to visit there one last time. I will always have wonderful memories of A.R.E. from the plants I bought there that are now growing in my own garden. Thank you for the photos as keepsakes too!Melodynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-54726977697748243622013-11-19T03:02:16.313-06:002013-11-19T03:02:16.313-06:00So sad. Thanks for documenting that such a lovely ...So sad. Thanks for documenting that such a lovely place existed.....That color blue, which is famous from Frida Kahlo's Blue House in Coyoacan, Mexico City, has got to be the best color to offset a garden or to use in pottery. The orange of the Cosmos would also look good next to the light blue of Plumbago. I saw some Beauty berry bush in one of your pictures. I am having trouble growing it here. MariaM in San antonionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6808857981868159973.post-13886982415405381932013-11-19T02:48:50.680-06:002013-11-19T02:48:50.680-06:00It's a beautiful garden with all the plantings...It's a beautiful garden with all the plantings and structures. Shame it had to close and to know that the garden will be removed too.Mark and Gazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09427245730390252976noreply@blogger.com