Growing Roses Sustainably & New Roses From Jackson & Perkins | Paul Zimmerman
Join us for a day of all things roses. Paul Zimmerman will present a talk on growing roses sustainably and also discuss the Jackson & Perkins garden center rose program, which we will be debuting at Tagawa Gardens. Paul is also an Independent Consultant to Jackson & Perkins and is helping oversee their reintroduction into Independent Garden Centers. ย After the talk, Paulย will be available in our rose section to continue the conversation and keep our rose day going.
Bio: Paul Zimmerman is the owner of Paul Zimmerman Roses, a company dedicated to Budding the Rose Grower in All of Us. He is also an Independent
Consultant to Jackson & Perkins, as well as a garden designer and consultant to botanical and private gardens, and for 10 years was the Exclusive Rosarian to the Biltmore in Asheville, NC. He has written articles for Fine Gardening, Organic Gardening, American Nurseryman, and other gardening magazines. He hosted the blog โRoses Are Plants, Tooโ on Fine Gardening Magazineโs website for numerous years. He lectures internationally and has also served as an International juror for numerous rose trials. He is the author of the book โEveryday Rosesโ published by Taunton Press. While living in Los Angeles, California, Paul founded and ran โHundred Acre Woods Rose Scapingโ, a company specializing in the care, design, and installation of rose gardens, particularly Antique, Shrub,ย and David Austin Roses. After moving to South Carolina, he started Ashdown Roses Ltd, a rose nursery offering A World of Garden Roses, which he closed in 2009 to focus on rose-growingย education. Among some of his other accomplishments are founding a YouTube Channel on rose care with to date some 4.2 million views, the creator and host of the Craftsy class โA Gardenerโs Guide to Growing Rosesโ, and maintains a Facebook Group on garden roses with 17,000 members, was hired by the New York Botanical Garden to review their care protocols and was hired by the Chinese Government to present a two day seminar on the American Rose Industry and American Rose Gardens to a delegation of rose experts from China. He is now also leading garden tours in Europe, Australia and New Zealand. It is this hands on experience with roses in a general garden setting that Paul draws on for his Talks, You Tube Videos, Articles, Tours, and Workshops.
Consultant to Jackson & Perkins, as well as a garden designer and consultant to botanical and private gardens, and for 10 years was the Exclusive Rosarian to the Biltmore in Asheville, NC. He has written articles for Fine Gardening, Organic Gardening, American Nurseryman, and other gardening magazines. He hosted the blog โRoses Are Plants, Tooโ on Fine Gardening Magazineโs website for numerous years. He lectures internationally and has also served as an International juror for numerous rose trials. He is the author of the book โEveryday Rosesโ published by Taunton Press. While living in Los Angeles, California, Paul founded and ran โHundred Acre Woods Rose Scapingโ, a company specializing in the care, design, and installation of rose gardens, particularly Antique, Shrub,ย and David Austin Roses. After moving to South Carolina, he started Ashdown Roses Ltd, a rose nursery offering A World of Garden Roses, which he closed in 2009 to focus on rose-growingย education. Among some of his other accomplishments are founding a YouTube Channel on rose care with to date some 4.2 million views, the creator and host of the Craftsy class โA Gardenerโs Guide to Growing Rosesโ, and maintains a Facebook Group on garden roses with 17,000 members, was hired by the New York Botanical Garden to review their care protocols and was hired by the Chinese Government to present a two day seminar on the American Rose Industry and American Rose Gardens to a delegation of rose experts from China. He is now also leading garden tours in Europe, Australia and New Zealand. It is this hands on experience with roses in a general garden setting that Paul draws on for his Talks, You Tube Videos, Articles, Tours, and Workshops.