First Pink Rose from Tulsa Rose Garden

Photo of a pink rose from the Tulsa Rose Garden. Texture called, A Colorful Day, created by FAA artist, Jai Johnson, was added to original image via... more

by Janette Boyd

Title

First Pink Rose from Tulsa Rose Garden

Artist

Janette Boyd

Medium

Photograph - Photo/texture/digital

Description

Photo of a pink rose from the Tulsa Rose Garden. Texture called, "A Colorful Day", created by FAA artist, Jai Johnson, was added to original image via Corel Paintshop's techniques of brushes and blending.

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Tulsa Rose Garden
The Tulsa Municipal Rose Garden was begun in 1935 as a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project. It was designed to have five terraces, which were constructed on a hillside by manual labor and horses. The terrace levels have stone walls and steps, with the walls covered by English Ivy. According to the Tulsa Garden Society, the Rose Garden contains about 5,000 rose plants representing 250 varieties.

The rose garden may be the best known element of Woodward Park. In 1937, the Better Homes and Garden magazine presented a plaque to the Tulsa Garden Club for the achievement.

The rose display has recently been adversely affected by rose rosette, a virus carried by wind-borne mites. The virus had killed almost two-thirds of the plants by April 2014. According to the Tulsa park horticulturist who oversees the garden, Mark Linholm, new species of roses that are more resistant to this virus will be planted in 2015. Linholm said that the garden would diversify to include entirely different plants, although it will still feature roses.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodward_Park_%28Tulsa%29

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May 4th, 2015