2015 Sacramento Cemetery Catalog
Sacramento Historic City Cemetery, 1000 Broadway, Sacramento, CA 95818 This is the twenty-third anniversary of the first planting of the Historic Rose Garden, which has grown to over 500 roses, most collected from his- toric sites in California and elsewhere. This garden was initially established with roses donated from rose collector and botanist, Fred Boutin, and local rosarian Jean Travis. One Gallon Roses: $15.00 All Other Roses Priced as Marked �Open Garden & Rose Sale: 9:30 a.m. ‘til 2:00 p.m. � Docent-Led Rose Garden Tours: 10:30 a.m., & 1 p.m. � History Tour: 11:00 a.m. (This VERY Special Tour To Be Led By A Costumed Docent) � Silent Auction Closes — 12:30 p.m. ALSO: � Docent Available in The Perennial Plant Club’s Hamilton Square Garden, (Perennials & Mature Modern Shrub Roses) and the California Native Plant Society’s Demonstration garden � We Offer EXCELLENT Periodic Electric Cart Overview Tours Of The Cemetery And Its Gardens. The Cemetery And Its Gardens Are Open To Visitors Seven Days a Week, from 7 a.m.—7 p.m. The majority of the rose cultivars in this sale are not in commerce. We encourage all lovers of roses to preserve such cultivars, through propagation and sharing forward. To acquire any of the wonderful Old and Rare roses which ARE in commerce, PLEASE support our vendors, by purchasing healthy own-root roses from them. This Event Is Sponsored By Old City Cemetery Committee, The Heritage Roses Groups, and the City of Sacramento. Thanks for the assistance and support of the Gold Coast Heritage Roses Group & The Ventura County Rose Society.
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