The Necropolis - a virtual bouquet of roses!
For the final "Tween" blog before I launch properly into blogs for 2024 regarding those who lie peacefully in Rookwood, I want to dwell on the plants and flowers and in particular the magnificent hardy roses that are so prevalent throughout the Necropolis. HOMAGE TO THE HARDY ROSES OF ROOKWOOD Charles Moore was the designer and person responsible for the layout of the ‘Victorian Garden Cemetery’. He designed avenues and included roundabouts for traffic to move swiftly throughout the initial part of the Necropolis. Moore's designs included the use of many traditional funerary utilised plants such as pine trees both at a low height or those that soared high and Indian hawthorn bushes. He also planted many fast-growing Australian native pines that would be used as markers for the cemetery from a distance. I won't go into any detail about Moore – that’s for a later date - but I want to reflect on the roses he planted and those that came later with the expansion of the C...