How totally heartbreaking ! I know many of the people who were involved in designing and creating this garden and many of the volunteers who have worked HARD to create something unique and which preserves roses that would have been lost forever.
Many of the roses growing in this garden came from abandoned cemeteries, abandoned homesteads, mine headquarters and ghost towns located throughout the gold country. They may not exactly represents Sacramento's history, but they are representative of roses in the State of California during the era of the cemetery.
Administrators ! How can they make decisions about a treasure trove like this without even a bit of understanding about the plant's needs ?
"Save the headstones" ... that is totally disgusting to me. The headstones may have some historical significance, but it is the glory of the gardens in the cemetery that brings people from around the world to visit.
We lost many of the treasures that only grew in Descanso's gardens due to an administrator's ignorance. To see it happening again is truly heartbreaking.
Safety issues and vagrants. Good grief, even in my small town in the mountains we had to take our parks back from the vagrants. Are we supposed to give up beauty simply because of vagrants ? Safety issues ... what safety issues ? Has a vampire rose captured a visitor and held him or her hostage ?
Sorry for the rant, but this kind of thinking has destroyed more than it has preserved.
