Today at The Solace Center Gail (on the left) and I met up with Margaret Patton (photo to right), who joined in and clearly had some experience.  Turns out that her husband, a patient at Hospice, has 60 rose bushes.  Has been tending to them consistently for years. And she has been giving away roses for years as well.

After we made all our arrangements, we joined Margaret and her husband and we got to see a beautiful arrangement of roses from their gardens. Flowers today were from both The Fresh Market and EarthFare and were as beautiful as ever.  Lots of roses, but none that compared with what we saw in the Patton’s room!