Carol Burns leads the Stockton Garden Club as its president in its 100th year, committed to beautifying Stockton and educating the community on horticulture.
And digging into cultivating their marriage of 54 years, Carol and her husband, Dennis, took a horticulture class at Delta College together after becoming empty nesters. They team up with Marilyn Myrah, who leads Stockton Beautiful, a group launched more than three decades ago by Charles Lester and Gerry Dunlap, recognizing a need for more civic pride in Stockton. The rose garden at Victory Park is named after Dunlap.
Myrah said it takes a village, with groups like Stockton Beautiful working hand-in-hand with the Stockton Garden Club, including teaming up for different projects at Victory Park, which she said has historical importance to the city, as people have a lot of memories here.
"There's something about it," Burns said. "Once you get your hands into the soil, it's so relaxing. If I'm stressed, I've been working on the computer all day, I just need to go outside, get fresh air, plant something, prune something, or deadhead something."
"I think roses were market, industry, and interest-wise kind of dropping off and falling out of interest, and kind of seen as an older plant," Reid said. "Once you retire, maybe you get a rose. And once I started at the Huntington, I did see, from the last 3 years, seemed to be, like, an uptick again."
"When they see a rose garden, it fills them with a certain type of joy," Burns said. "And if it has a scented rose, when you smell it, it actually lowers your cortisol levels and it just kind of brings down that anxiety. It's just good for the soul. And then, of course, the beauty."
"Especially in an urban environment, roses are really tough," Reid said. "People think they're really delicate, but they're really tough. They can handle almost any climate as long as they get sun, water, and food."
"We're all looking for something beautiful and you can't fault a rose for not having something beautiful," Burns said.
Burns invites anyone to come to one of their monthly meetings, learning about roses and gardens in Stockton. They meet at 11:30 a.m. on the second Thursday of each month, January through October, at Quail Lake's Baptist Church Chapel Room. Myrah also invites anyone to join their membership with Stockton Beautiful.
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