Eye - 08 March 2013

From Quaker Light to 'The Perfect City'

Another white floribunda, called ‘White Arrow’. | Photo: Photo: T.Kiya / flickr CC

Quaker Light

Godalming Friends will be celebrating their Meeting house’s 300th anniversary in 2014 and are commemorating this remarkable event by producing a new rose, called ‘Quaker Light’.

The idea stems from Ruth Martin, a local Friend and avid gardener, following her experience of producing two other Quaker-named roses of her own, ‘Quaker Star’ and ‘Abraham Darby’.

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