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TODAY.
invited. ere were 75 or 100 people there for
the dedication. Jackson & Perkins, a major
rose grower at the time, donated the roses."
Mabes is a student of the garden's history.
"I think it was 840 roses, I read
somewhere," she says.
A celebration
e FTCC Foundation and the
Fayetteville Rose Society celebrated the 50th
anniversary of the garden on May 21 with
a paint-out among the roses featuring local
artists creating rose-inspired paintings and
garden tours. ere was a Roses & Music in
the Garden celebration on June 9, when the
garden roses were near their peak bloom.
Members of the Fayetteville Rose Society
were there to answer questions about the
garden and its history. A June 10 luncheon
and art show benefited the Fayetteville Rose
Society Scholarship at FTCC.
"It's a true public garden," Mabes says. "A
lot of people get married there, and there are
no fees. Prom pictures are taken there."
High school and college graduates pose
for photographs in the garden, and families
have portraits taken there.
"I'm in the Fayetteville Rose Society
because of my mom, Augusta Knight, and
Gladys Guydes," Nancy Mabes says. "And
now I am totally hooked. It has been a real
treat to look through all the slides and
newspaper clippings. We are the archivists."
Epilogue
Betty Hubbard recently joined her
daughter on a late spring aernoon to view
the Fayetteville Rose Garden, when the
approximately 700 roses from miniatures
to grandifloras to shrub roses to hybrid
teas of all colors bloomed in the twilight.
More than 100 of the roses were a part of the
original garden.
"I'm very, very proud of it," Betty
Hubbard says. "It's a real asset. I think a lot
of people enjoy it. It's there for everybody's
enjoyment. Roses are my favorite flower. I
think it's the crown jewel of Fayetteville."
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