DECEMBER 2008 AVAILABILITY The latest additions to our online availability were uploaded on December 1st. Over 400 roses are now added to our plants in stock. Some varieties will not be ready to ship until April. We'll notify you if any of your requested roses fall in this category if you request an earlier ship date.

OUR DECEMBER 2008 NEWSLETTER can now be downloaded from the website. This month we go PRUNING! Our issue is devoted to the business of pruning roses, and now is the time to start thinking of pruning, and for many of us to start pruning. Gregg’s article on pruning challenges all of the old notions of why and how we prune. And, don’t miss the article on Gardening Green with Roses; learn why rose gardens, appropriately managed, contribute to a healthy planet!


Vintage Tee Shirt! We've done it! Back by popular demand, from so many of you who are overwhelmed with roses but would love to support us in some other way, our new Vintage Gardens Tee Shirt is now available here on the website, for shipping before Christmas! Please get your orders in promptly if you wish pre-Christmas shipping! Check it out here on our TEE SHIRT PAGE


Without Vintage..We face a challenge keeping open the doors of Vintage Gardens. The economic difficulties that all Americans face have begun to filter down to businesses, and we see a decline in sales as folks reevaluate their priorities. We know how important our collection of historic and classic roses is to all of you and want to keep going. Our efforts over the next 8 months will focus on finding the path to continue. However if we cannot garner the support we need in sales, we will not start a new season of plants in June 2009, and Vintage Gardens will close.
Response from you has been phenomenal during October and November and we thank you for the hundreds of letters and emails expressing support for what we do, and in appreciation for the importance of our collection and our work to preserve old and forgotten roses!