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A Groom for Mama, A Rose Garden Tour, A Writer's Garden, Catherine Castle, flowers, roses, Sweet romance
Welcome to A Writer’s Garden where writers who are gardeners or just love gardens will be sharing their garden and flower stories, as well as a bit about their writing.
Today’s writer/gardener guest is, me–Catherine Castle.
A ROSE GARDEN TOUR
I found myself with an empty slot on this week’s garden blog, so I thought I’d fill in.
Readers often want to know if authors insert themselves into their books. I’ve noticed that there are a few things that always seem to slip themselves into my books. Flowers tend to be one of those things. That’s probably happens because I’m a gardener and I love flowers.
My sweet romantic comedy, A Groom for Mama, is no exception. At one point in the story, Allison, Jack, and Mama visit a rose garden. So I thought it would be fun to show you some pictures of the rose gardens I’ve visited. Next to day lilies I think I like roses best. Especially a dozen red roses in a flower vase. I haven’t had much luck growing roses, except the hardy knockout rose n (pictured above). I do have a couple of them in the front yard.
But, enough about me. On with the garden tour!
Columbus park of Roses, Columbus Ohio
Isn’t this bench inviting? This garden has hundreds of rose bushes. The minute you walk into the park you’re surrounded by the heavenly scent of roses. I imagined the garden Allison, Jack and Mama visited smelled as heavenly as this one.
Innswood Metro Gardens
My husband took the shot of the roses through a circle opening in a lattice gazebo. I just love the juxtaposition of the dark and the light.
Kingwood Center garden
This as another artistically composed shot from my husband’s camera. He was an art student, so naturally he looks at the composition of a photograph when he shoots.
The Roses at Disney World
This picture was taken during Disney’s Flower and Garden Show. Every year in March-May they display hundreds of beautiful flowers. If you’ve never been, and you love gardens, you really should try to get there. It’s fantastic. I think this shot was probably taken in mid to late April.
Catherine’s garden
And of course, I couldn’t show you the lovely pictures of gardens I’ve visited without including one of my own award-winning garden. This is the view out of my office window. I planted knockout roses and ribbon grass around the ugly transformer box in the front of my yard. I got tired of looking at the hulking green metal box all the time. The power company came once and cut the roses back to the ground. They sprung back up, shooting new branches from the stump. Gotta love a hardy rose like that!
I hope you’ve enjoyed my little trip through the roses.
What about you? Do you love roses?
ABOUT THE WRITER/GARDENER:
Multi-award winning author Catherine Castle loves writing. Before beginning her career as a romance writer she worked part-time as a freelance writer. She has over 600 articles and photographs to her credit, under her real name, in the Christian and secular market. She also lays claim to over 300 internet articles written on a variety of subjects and several hundred poems. In addition to writing she loves reading, traveling, singing, theatre, quilting and gardening. She’s a passionate gardener whose garden won a “Best Hillside Garden” award from the local gardening club. She writes sweet and inspirational romances. You can find her award-winning Soul Mate books The Nun and the Narc and A Groom for Mama, on Amazon and Barnes and Noble.
Follow her on Twitter @AuthorCCastle, FB or her blog.
A GROOM FOR MAMA
By Catherine Castle
Beverly Walters is dying, and before she goes she has one wish—to find a groom for her daughter. To get the deed done, Mama enlists the dating service of Jack Somerset, Allison’s former boyfriend.
The last thing corporate-climbing Allison wants is a husband. Furious with Mama’s meddling, and a bit more interested in Jack than she wants to admit, Allison agrees to the scheme as long as Mama promises to search for a cure for her terminal illness.
A cross-country trip from Nevada to Ohio ensues, with a string of disastrous dates along the way, as the trio hunts for treatment and A Groom For Mama.
A Groom for Mama is available at Amazon and Barnes and Noble.
Catherine Castle 
I can smell those roses from here, Catherine. Beautiful gardens! Cheers and enjoy that green thumb of yours!
It was a heavenly scent. Thanks for coming by!
Enjoyed seeing your roses and those in other gardens you’ve visited. I also enjoyed your husband’s photographing skills with setting up a picture. My roses didn’t do so well this year. I too seem to include flowers in many of my stories.
Thanks, Pat. I think the hubby takes gorgeous pictures. I’ll pass your praise on to him. I hope your roses do better next year.
Beautiful! Beautiful, Catherine. You have flower power. Thanks for sharing! 😊
Aww. Thanks, Helen.
What a fun post, Catherine! My compliments to your husband on his photography skills in catching the elegant beauty of one of my favorite flowers. Thanks for sharing this post on this rainy, foggy morning in my little corner of the world. Take care and stay well. :0}
I’m so glad the post brought some beauty to you today.
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Lovely!
So glad you enjoyed it, Carole.
Lovely post, dear Catherine. Yes, I love roses too.
Blessings ~ Wendy Mac
I’ll bet you have some lovely pictures of roses, too, Wendy. Your flower pictures are always spectacular!
I loved reading about your roses. My mother always had good luck growing them, but I’ve never managed much more than begonias!
I’m so glad you enjoyed the post. I’ve never grown begonias so you’re ahead of me. 🙂