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Beautiful blooms make month of June look rosy

Many U.S. cities celebrate roses with festivals, tours, more

Published: Sunday, May 20, 2007 12:42 a.m. MDT
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American Rose Center, Shreveport, La. Fall Festival of Roses, Oct. 20; www.ars.org/ARC/gardens.html or 318-938-5534.

Cranford Rose Garden at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, N.Y. On June 3, Jazz and Roses concert, noon-5:30 p.m.; rose garden tours at noon, 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., and children's rose-themed workshop, 1 p.m.-3 p.m.; www.bbg.org/rosemonth or 718-623-7200.

Columbus Park of Roses (Whetstone Park), Columbus, Ohio. Columbus Rose Festival, June 9-10; www.clintonville.com/parkrec/rosegarden.html or 614-645-3350 or -6640.

Krasberg Rose Garden at the Chicago Botanic Garden, www.chicagobotanic.org/explore/rose.php or 847-835-5440.

Rose Garden, Fort Worth Botanic Garden, Texas; www.fwbg.org/visitor_info.htm or 817-871-7686.

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Pageant of Roses Garden, Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Calif., near Los Angeles; www.rosehills.com/eventsContent/rosePageant.aspx or 562-699-0921.

Inez Grant Parker Memorial Rose Garden, Balboa Park, San Diego, Calif.; www.balboapark.org/in-the-park/detail.php?OrgID47 or 619-239-0512.

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Visitors walk through the roses at Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Cranford Rose Garden in New York City.

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