Obsessed With Growing Things (and watching them)

My philosopy of gardening.
Hi there. Bob Bauer here. Gardening is my alternate main obsession (making art being the other). I see the two as connected. What I really love to do is to sit or wander in my garden and watch the birds, butterflies, bees, wind and sun do their thing while I keep a low profile and observe. The actual work and puttering of gardening has its own appeal, but what I really crave is being in the middle of a beautiful natural setting full of living and growing things. Watching the life changes of a small ecosystem gets you in touch with the transient nature of your own life. Many events in your garden, as in your own life, only happen once and only at a particular day and time.

Rosy Links For Rose Lovers
  • The American Rose SocietyThe Mother of All Rose Sites

  • The RosarianA Site Devoted Exclusively To Rose Growing and Rose Knowledge

  • The Rose ResourceFeatures gardening tips, landscape design ideas and a list of All-American Rose Selection public gardens.

  • Yesterday's RoseA Great Informational Site dedicated to the Old Garden Roses

  • The Texas Rose RustlersA Group Dedicated To Saving and Propagating The Old Rose Varieties

  • Mack Stephenson's Socorro Roses PageLots of Great Rose Pictures and Rose Links

  • The Rose Rustler's ToolkitMel Hulse Tells you all you need to know to rustle your own roses

  • Old Rose History and SynopsisBrent Dickerson's overview of the world of roses..A Must Read!

  • Paul Barden's Rose PageLots of Good Pictures and some articles sprinkled here and there.

  • CyberRose and BulbsIf you are into breeding roses (or wanna be) look here.

  • The Buck Rose Web SiteWhat is a Buck Rose? Find out here.

  • Germinating Rose SeedsLet Dr. Malcolm Manners step you through the process.

  • Malcolm Manner's Miscellaneous Rose StuffGood info on budding and grafting, rooting and rose anatomy.

  • The Rose Forum on GardenwebThese people are Serious

  • Miniature ManiaA Site Dedicated to Miniature Roses

  • Jeremy's RosesLots of good rose pictures and links to other picture sites by variety.

  • Carol Netter's Rose GardenTons of good pictures and links.

  • Bugs and Roses Home PageBaldo Villegas guides you through your pest nightmares.

  • The Striped Roses DatabaseWant a striped rose? Look here first.

  • The Rose Exhibitors PageWant to Show your Roses? Here's the info on how.

  • Timeless Roses On Line Rose Gardening ResourceA Truly Excellent and Deep Rose Site. One of the Best on The Web.

  • The Ortho Rose GardenLots of good rose info.

  • Suite 101 Rose GardenRose Gardening On Line Magazine

  • Meilland -A World of RosesThe famous rose breeding company from the South of France.

  • Nova FloraBetter Flowers Through Biotechnology. The future is....uh....here......

    • Get Out Your Credit Card and Buy Roses Here!
  • Nor¹East Miniature Roses Inc.The Best Place to Buy Minis.

  • Edmunds RosesPredictably Good Healthy Plants Here.

  • Jackson and Perkins RosesHome of the Evil Empire!

  • Kordes Roses in GermanySorry, you can't buy these in the USA, but you can in Europe!

  • The Miniature Rose GardenAnother place to spend your money on minis.

  • Bridges RosesMiniature rose breeders and sellers.

  • Hortico GardensLots of Roses and other plants.

  • Michael's Premier RosesLots of variety including many hard to find types.

  • White Rabbit RosesBig variety listed alphabetically.

  • High Country RosesOld Garden, Shrub and Species Roses plus a bunch of good information.

  • The Roseraie at BayfieldsLots of old garden and other varieties with pictures.

  • Petaluma Rose CompanyGood in depth descriptions of rose varieties, but no pictures.

  • Regan NurseryA company that doesn't quite "get" the web yet.

  • Roses UnlimitedOffers a variety of roses on their "own" roots. Not grafted.

  • Spring Valley RosesA wide variety of winter hardy varieties all grown on their own roots.

  • Teas Nursery Co.Inc.Lots of roses shipped year round.

  • Wisconsin RosesA small selection of odd varieties.

  • Witherspoon Rose CultureNot a huge variety or a lot of photos, but very good descriptions.

  • Week's RosesInformational site only. Good Supplier though. They need to get with the online program.

  • Nelson RosesFlorida rose grower with fortuniana root stock.


    • Check It Out! BOB'S ROSE PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS Cool!

    General Purpose Garden Links
  • Agrigator Index - links to many gardening-related sites
  • American Society of Horticulture Science
  • Andmar Horticultural Press
  • Beneficial Insects for Gardening and Greenhouses
  • Cyndi's Garden Catalog List
  • DIG Magazine
  • Garden Guides Resource for Gardeners
  • Garden Web
  • GardenNet
  • Herbaceous Perennials
  • Home Gardening Page
  • Ortho® Gardening Page
  • Planet Natural
  • Plant Talk
  • Sue's GardenLink
  • The Garden Gate
  • The Gardening Classifieds
  • The Tele-Garden
  • The Trellis - Gardening Links
  • The Ultimate Gardening Tool
  • Web Garden




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