Dedicated to the Memory of

Grace Telford Dick

At Mile 1411 (AlCan Highway) in Alaska, 1952

Our grandmother was an avid gardener and instilled that love in many of her children and grandchildren.  She and her daughter Ellen would take pruners, canvas needlework bags, damp moss and the car and go on plant hunts throughout the Portland, Oregon area.  I still have nightmares about being chased by irate homeowners and police on one of these little 'cutting' raids.  Actually they were only almost busted once - at Lewis and Clark College in Portland.  Most of the things Grandma took from cuttings grew and thrived.

She brought back starts of the 'Alaska' rose in 1952.  There are many places in Portland and in and around Battleground Washington that are now home to the rose.

In 1997 I brought starts of the 'Alaska' rose to the Piney Woods of Northeast Texas.
It is growing here.

Thank You Grandma


Grandma in Salem, Oregon 1994


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