Author Archives: RedneckRosarian

About RedneckRosarian

For Chris VanCleave aka "The Redneck Rosarian", growing roses has become a passion. Chris currently serves as President of the Birmingham Rose Society and is an active member of the American Rose Society serving on the Marketing and Membership committees. His writing appears at About.com, ShelbyCo Magazine and on his popular blog, RedneckRosarian.com where he chronicles his gardening adventures and explores an intrinsic mix of life, faith and gardening. Creator and host of Rose Chat Radio, the only broadcast dedicated to growing roses, Chris is a tireless advocate of our national floral emblem; the rose. He and his wife tend a rose garden of over 150 roses just south of Birmingham, Alabama.

Garden2Blog – Garden Tour & Lunch At The Governor’s Mansion

Chris VanCleave, The Redneck Rosarian shares musings from day 1 of P. Allen Smith’s Garden 2 Blog 2013 event with a tour of the gardens at the Arkansas Governor’s Mansion Continue reading

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Garden2Blog 2013 – A Kinship Not Soon Forgotten

In the first of a series of posts on his Garden 2 Blog adventure with Garden and Lifestyle guru P. Allen Smith Chris shares his heart on the sense of kinship that gardeners feels for another. Continue reading

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Rednecks & Roses on Wake Up Alabama

The Redneck Rosarian makes a stop at “Wake Up Alabama” on Birmingham CBS affiliate CBS42 to talk roses and the upcoming Birmingham Rose Show. Continue reading

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Garden Walk – Come See What’s In Bloom!

Blooms abound in the Redneck Rosarians Alabama Rose Garden. Come see what’s in bloom! Continue reading

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Look Out Arkansas, Here I Come! Garden2Blog 2013

The Redneck Rosarian is headed to Arkansas to participate in Garden2Blog2013 at P. Allen Smith’s Moss Mountain Farm. Continue reading

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April 2013 Garden Walk

Join the Redneck Rosarian on a short walk through his Alabama rose garden. Continue reading

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Old Blush, The Iris Parade & Georgia On My Mind

The Redneck Rosarian shares photos of his irises in bloom and about a recent trip to Atlanta to speak at the Greater Atlanta Rose Soceity Continue reading

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First Bloom 2013 – Climbing Pinkie

The first blooms of the season appear in the Redneck Rosarians rose garden as ‘Climbing Pinkie’ makes her debut… Continue reading

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Best of Birmingham – Botanical Gardens Spring Plant Sale

Roses galore at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens Spring Plant Sale! Y’all Come! Continue reading

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That’s My King!

While millions of the faithful gather to worship on Easter Sunday, We ask the question: “I wonder if you know Him?” Continue reading

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