I've been asked before why they call me "The Rose Lady". People who live in Oyster Bay, NY know why. They are the ones who started it. Either "The Rose Lady" or the "Lady who has the most beautiful rose garden in Oyster Bay". I went once to a party given by the then President of the Oyster Bay Chamber of Commerce who lives few houses down my street and they were playing a guessing game and one of the questions was "Who has the most beautiful rose garden in Oyster Bay?" Answer: The Morgans. I was flattered to say the least.
When we moved to Oyster Bay in Long Island, NY in 1971, I started a rose garden at my first home. Six years later when we moved to another place, I had 25 roses which I left behind because we then decided to rent a house while I was looking for the perfect house. My landlord wanted me to plant some roses but I couldn't find the right spot in the yard so I didn't. It took me two years to find the next house that I liked.
Then I started another rose garden with five roses and over the years, it just grew to almost 200 roses. I planted annuals, perennials, shrubs, spring bulbs with my roses too but the center beds are strictly roses. They get plenty of sun in the middle of the yard. Then 10 years into gardening, I opened the garden to the public. I started an Ice Cream Social in the summer with all proceeds going to my favorite charity. At this point in time, nobody knew I had a garden in the backyard. Only my next door neighbors because they could see it from their windows. People were surprised to see the rose garden because nothing in front of the house indicated I had a garden in the backyard. Later on I expanded to the front of the house because I was running out of room in the back. My friends insisted I had more rooms in the back but I didn't think so. I have a lawn area way in the back which we used for parties. My youngest son loved to have big parties for his college friends there.
Then the Ice Cream Social made the local newspapers and people in Oyster Bay, NY started calling me the Rose Lady. When they saw me in town, they said, "You're the Rose Lady with that beautiful rose garden." The Ice Cream Social became a summer tradition that went on for 20 years and it made the local papers all the time. The last one was last year. We are in my home for 32 years this month and are moving to Charleston, SC next month.
One day at my office, we had a new manager and he started talking about Branding. And lo and behold, a light came into my head and I asked "Can I use ‘The Rose Lady'?" since everyone in town knew me by that name. He said "Why not?" and so then I started using it for everything - mailing pieces, brochures, business cards, my website and my ActiveRain account.
I love the title and it really talks about me. I don't just grow roses, I have been writing articles about roses for several rose societies. And the best one is this: My maiden name is ROSALINDA ROSALES. I remember from years past when I was working for ITT, a Spanish executive peeped at my office after seeing my name on my office door and said, "You sure belong to a family of roses."
Copyright © 2011. By Rosalinda Morgan, "The Rose Lady". All rights reserved. *HOW DID I BECOME "THE ROSE LADY"?
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