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Kansas City's municipal rose garden in Loose Park is the
realization of a dream that began in 1931, when a group of
citizens under the leadership of Laura Conyers Smith established
the Kansas City Rose Society. The first garden contained 120
rose plants. Today, there are about 3,000 roses of nearly 150
varieties in the 1.5 acre garden.
A regional, public rose garden where
the community can enjoy and learn about roses.
Memory & Friendship Rose
...for Special Occasions, Tributes & Memorials
Pay tribute to the memory of an
individual by giving a
Memory Rose
or honor a birthday, wedding, anniversary or other special
occasion with a
Friendship Rose.
Recipients of your
thoughtfulness receive a lovely notification card informing them
that a rose has been purchased for the Laura Conyers Smith
Municipal Rose Garden.
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Save The Dates
Tuesday, August 6,
2013
Annual Member
Picnic
Sunday, September
8, 2013
Jazz in the Roses
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Congratulations!
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View
2013 Rose Show Winners
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Open
for public viewing 1-5 p.m.
www.kcmo.org/parks
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As the steward of the Rose Garden in Loose
Park, The Kansas City Rose Society is proud to launch a capital
fund-raising campaign to pay for restoration of the 33 pairs of
stone pillars and
their wooden pergolas
that define the Garden’s
ambiance and landscape.
In
the last decade, the Society has raised and spent more than $1.3
million on improvements to the garden, including a new fountain.
The Rose Society partners
with the Kansas City Parks and Recreation Board of Commissioners
to maintain the garden as one of Kansas City’s treasures, which
hosts about 200 weddings each year.
Donations of any size are
welcomed.
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Learn More and
Make a Donation
Today!
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To date
over 90 donors have contributed a total
of $281,000!
The Rose Society is very grateful.
Recent donors
include:
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The Blue Heron Foundation
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The Martha Jane Starr Field of
Interest Foundation
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The Wendy and George Powell III
Foundation
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The West port Garden Club of Kansas
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Note...
Masonry restorative construction will begin mid
June on the North Portal.
The cedar members will be entirely replaced with
clear cedar in July with completion of Phase I by
mid-August. |
