‘Rose rustlers’ inspire Palos Verdes Peninsula garden

by Stephanie CartozianThe “rose rustlers” of the days of “Southern cemeteries” were the inspiration for a half acre sustainable, woodland garden tucked away in Palos Verdes Estates. “Rose rustlers” are rosarians who study, collect and cultivate rare, and oftentimes forgotten rose varieties by taking rose clippings from old Southern cemeteries and abandoned properties, and knowledge shared at early meetings of the Peninsula South Coast Botanic Garden. These plants have most often