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8. Lack of structure & Permanent Home for the Minature & Climbing Minature Rose collection. <br /> The climbing Minature Roses have been without structures to climb on for the past 3 years <br /> due to the destruction of the old house. It used to be a very charming part of the garden as <br /> it was the rock garden that surrounded the house with a partition of climbing minatures <br /> separating this section from the rest of the garden. These partitions created a sense of <br /> mystery to the garden since it was an "outdoor enclosed room" to chance upon. Currently, <br /> there is no DP for the Minatures & Climbing Minatures Roses. <br /> 9. Concern that all of the new landscape features of the DP are located in the already small <br /> Heirloom Garden. Why aren't they evenly distributed throughout the entire garden to <br /> add more interest, surprise, & wonder to the garden? <br /> 10. Concern that the location chosen for the Gazebo is perhaps, not the best location; especially <br /> if the city is going to lease the Gazebo for weddings. The primary reason for this is that the <br /> most colorful roses & roses in most continuous blooms for the longest period of time are <br /> located in the Modern Roses section. It is my belief, that the Gazebo should be placed in the <br /> central lawn area where it can be surrounded by the colorful, always blooming Hybrid Teas. <br /> This would also serve as the natural focal point to the just completed, covered pergola. <br /> Can't you just picture wedding parties entering through the pergola & ending their march to <br /> the Gazebo? Also, there is more room on the Central Lawn for chairs, etc. needed by the <br /> wedding party and the roses in the Modern Section are not rare and are more hardy than <br /> a lot of the old garden roses. <br /> 11. The Planting Grids in the DP in front of the Rambling Roses & roses that surround the <br /> Southwestern section of Heirloom Roses are impractible & too small for the needs & habits <br /> of Heirloom Roses. Better to scrap this aspect of the plan and to include, instead, the <br /> Groupings of the Roses that have been dislocated by the new hard structures like the <br /> Bourbons, Centifolias, the Hybrid Musks, the Tea Roses, etc. <br /> 12. Character of Garden remains a charming, old - fashioned, romantic rose garden. All of the <br /> new structures should be in this style since that is the style historically established here. <br /> (Example: Heart- shaped wall divider of climbing Modern Roses.) <br />