Burling Leong is an expert at restoring historical rose gardens and some of her projects in California include the Hearst Castle Rose Garden, Roses Garden at Rancho Los Alamitos Park, and Mariposa County’s History Center and Park. The majority of the Hearst Castle Rose Garden’s bushes were planted prior to 1949. Mariposa County had two dozen rose bushes dating back to the late 1800s and early 1900s. Burling also restored ramblers at the Brooklyn Botanic Rose Garden in New York. She will share her experience with restoring these rose gardens and which rose varieties were planted at our April virtual meeting using Zoom.

She loves educating the public about roses and has taught both children and adults how to propagate cuttings, mix soil, and when to transplant young rose cuttings. In the past 17 years of operating Burlington Rose Nursery, Burling has introduced the following eight roses into commerce: ‘Flamingo Dancer’, ‘School Spirit’, ‘Empathy’, ‘Peachy Bear’, ‘Maroon Eight’, ‘Marion Ross’, Connie’s Sandstorm’, and ‘Phoebe Adelle Gates.’

If you are looking for a rare and hard to find Old Garden Rose, Miniature, Bourbon, Hybrid Perpetual, Hybrid Rugosa, Hybrid Musk, Noisette, Tea, or Rambler, Burlington Rose Nursery is your best nursery to contact. Burling opened Burlington Rose Nursery in 2008 after working 35 years as a production supervisor and hybridizer with Ralph Moore (the Father of Miniature Roses) at Sequoia Nursery.

This is one program that you will not want to miss. Please join us on Thursday, April 10, 2025 at 7 pm CT from the comfort of your home or office by clicking on the link below:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85182587106?pwd=MBbprcfMq6E8dn3jO5NBUeTyq6lFK9.1

You can also go to zoom.us and manually type in the Meeting ID and Passcode below:

Meeting ID: 851 8258 7106
Passcode: 874926