A gardener working in the original rose grden Photo: Courtesy The Retreat Archive

A plan to bring the beauty and scent of roses back to an historic Quaker space

Roses at the Retreat

A plan to bring the beauty and scent of roses back to an historic Quaker space

by Bronwen Gray 13th January 2011

The kiss of the sun for pardon, the song of the birds for mirth, one is nearer God’s heart in a garden than anywhere else on earth.