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Published on: 3/19/2008
Last Visited: 3/19/2008
Dr. Steve George, a Texas AgriLife Extension Service horticulturist, and Gaye Hammond, plant a rose in an EarthKind test garden at Gussie Field Watterworth Park in Farmers Branch, near Dallas. (Texas AgriLife Extension photo by Mike Jackson)
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The Houston Rose Society donated an additional $25,000, said Gaye Hammond, the society's past president.
Society members eagerly contributed to the project, Hammond said.The organization intends to help propagate EarthKind roses because they are easy to grow and good for the environment.
"People aren't going to sacrifice their lives to grow plants," Hammond said."Our mission was to make roses easier to grow for people.
"Plant them and forget them," she said."If you can grow weeds, you can grow roses.EarthKind takes the guesswork out of it."
There are rose association members all over the country who will also participate in growing and testing the roses in their regions, Hammond said.