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stewardship Desert in Bloom Left At one of the Desert Southwest's largest rose gardens, nearly 9,000 rose bushes bloom in the desert. Right The Rose Garden at Mesa Community College in Arizona, provides a beautiful setting for students and the public to enjoy our nation's national flower - the rose. by E. LeRoy Brady, RLA, FASLA, Manager / Chief Landscape Architect The Rose Garden at Mesa Community College is not only a Mesa landmark but a centerpiece for community, education and innovative economic initiatives in the East Valley. Students, kindergarten through high school and community college through university, use the Rose Garden as botanical laboratories and study areas. All Landscape Architecture design for the construction of the Rose Garden at Mesa Community College, Mesa, Ariz. has been donated to the community by landscape architect E. LeRoy Brady, FASLA, a member of the Mesa-East Valley Rose Society. The construction and plantings were initiated in 1997, and continue to the present. The Rose Garden at MCC is an excellent example of the unique and outstanding results that can be achieved through one of the Mesa Community College's community partnerships. The garden has been constructed in four phases. Phases' I, II and III, feature walks, terraces for group and outdoor meetings, an artist designed pergola and bus shelter, visual/noise screening walls with rose beds throughout. Phase lll is Veterans' Rose Garden with about 2,000 roses, featuring 57 varieties of roses with military and patriotic names. There are five circles each representing a branch of the military with a flag of that branch. Each circle has the following roses planted in it: Veterans Honor, Honor, Purple Heart, Bronze Star, Silver Star and World War ll Memorial. Phase IV planting beds were designed representing the four themes of the rose. Friendship is represented by two parallel beds, not touching; Love, two heart shaped beds; Peace, two circles planted with a contrasting rose defining the peace sign and each has a multi language peace pole; Beauty, a five petal flower each petal with 35 rose bushes and a colorful center. Story Ideas? If you have a project where landscape architectural design services were donated pro bono, you can submit your Stewardship proposal to: lshield@ landscapeonline.com or call Larry Shield at (714) 979-5276 x125. Landscape Architect & Specifier News (ISSN 1060-9962) is published monthly by Landscape Communications, Inc., 14771 Plaza Drive Suite M, Tustin, California 92780 Phone: 714-979-LASN (5276); Fax: 714-434-3862. Online version (ISSN 2150-9123). Copyright 2012 by Landscape Communications, Inc. Printed in the U.S.A. All rights reserved. Contents may not be reprinted or otherwise reproduced without written permission. Periodicals postage paid at Tustin, CA and additional mailing offices. Subscription Inquiries: Send new or renewal notices or change of address (send both new and old addresses) to Landscape Architect & Specifier News, P.O. Box 1126, Tustin, CA 92781- 1126. Subscriptions: Licensed/Registered Landscape Architects free of charge. Others, Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii & Canada: 12 issues, $34.95, 24 issues, $55.00, Mexico: 12 issues, $65.00 per year. Additional copies may be purchased by contacting LASN at circulation@landscapeonline.com or 714-979-5276 ext. 115. Postmaster: Please send address changes to Landscape Architect & Specifier News, P.O. Box 1126, Tustin, CA 92781-1126. 164 Landscape Architect and Specifier News