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To honor and congratulate the Columbus Recreation and Parks Department and the Park of Roses Foundation for receiving the Great Rosarians of the World's "Rose Garden Hall of Fame" Award in New York City.
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WHEREAS, the Columbus Park of Roses, under the direction of the Columbus Recreation and Parks Department, opened in 1953 and is one of the largest municipal rose gardens in the United States today; and
WHEREAS, the Columbus Park of Roses contains 64,000 square feet of rose beds with 11,500 rose bushes with 350 varieties on 13 acres in Whetstone Park that is open to the public at no charge and is truly a living catalog of the rose; and
WHEREAS, the Columbus Park of Roses served as the headquarters for the American Rose Society from 1954 until 1974, and is now home to the Park of Roses Foundation and its volunteers; and
WHEREAS, the Columbus Park of Roses, with the support of the Parks of Roses Foundation, added a heritage garden in 1984 to reflect the growing interest in sustainable gardens, and then added an Earth-Kind garden in 2007 to further environmental awareness; and
WHEREAS, the Columbus Recreation and Parks Department and the Park of Roses Foundation and its volunteers are proud to receive the nationally-recognized Great Rosarians of the World's "Rose Garden Hall of Fame" Award; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
That we do hereby honor and congratulate the Columbus Recreation and Parks Department and the Park of Roses Foundation as they are honored in New York City with the "Rose Garden Hall of Fame" Award by the Great Rosarians of the World.