Oh, Martha!

I truly believe that every gardener holds Martha Stewart in high regard. When the Meilland-Star brand decided to honor her by naming a rose after her, it felt like a perfectly natural choice—espec...

Exciting News: Classic Woman is Back!

We are absolutely thrilled to announce the return of our cherished Classic Woman rose, which will be available in limited quantities as a bare root rose when we launch! As many of you know, Classic...

First Peek of Bare Root Rose Season

We had an incredibly rewarding week with our growers, and we can hardly contain our excitement to share with you the stunning roses that will grace your gardens next season! We met with our finish...

Solarization: Our Journey to Clean Roses

To say we've been on a journey to offer clean, healthy roses would be an understatement. Not all roses are grown equally, and we've learned that over the years. As a founder who has to put 100% of ...

Bare Root Roses: It All Starts with Healthy Roots

When talking to any rose expert about what truly defines an exceptional rose, you'll consistently hear them emphasize the importance of strong, healthy roots. Much like a well-built home needs a ...

🌹 Grace and Grit™: Tackling Spider Mites on Roses the Gentle but Fierce Way

Spider Mites on Your Roses? Here’s How to Kick Them to the Curb (Gently!) If you've noticed dusty leaves, tiny webbing, or just an overall “meh” vibe from your roses lately, you might have some uni...

🌹 Grace & Grit™: Beating Chilli Thrips in Your Rose Garden

🌹 Grace & Grit™: Beating Chilli Thrips in Your Rose Garden Hello, lovely rose grower! If you’ve spotted some strange bronzing, curling, or scarred buds on your roses, you might be facing a tin...

What is an Estate Rose™?

Discover the Beauty of Estate Roses™ Grace Rose Farm’s exclusive Estate Rose™ collection features mature, three-year-old rose plants grown entirely in California for instant garden impact. Cultivat...

Heat-Smart Leaf Removal for Safe Summer Shipping

🌞 Heat-Smart Leaf Removal: Why Your Rose Bush Arrives Leaf-Free (and That’s a Good Thing!) When your eagerly awaited potted rose bush arrives in the summer months, you might be surprised to find it...

What Is a #1 Potted Own Root Rose Grown in California?

What Is a #1 Potted Own Root Rose Grown in California? When it comes to choosing premium roses for your garden, not all are created equal. A #1 potted own root rose grown in California is among the...

Grace Rose Farm® One-Year Grow With Gracie™ Guarantee

Starting June 6, 2025 At Grace Rose Farm®, we’re all about growing gorgeous gardens and happy hearts. That’s why we’ve got your back with our One-Year Grow With Gracie™ Guarantee—because we know so...

Planting: Getting Roses Off to a Great Start!

Follow these steps to ensure your potted rose flourishes beautifully from the very start. One of the best things about potted roses is that they can be planted during your climate's entire growing ...

Rose Basics: How Often to Water Roses

Rose Basics: How Often to Water Roses The topic of watering roses is a popular one. Common questions we receive are “how often to water roses?” and “how much do we water our roses?” These are some...

Water Shortages, Thrips and Keeping a Positive Outlook

Water Shortages, Thrips and Keeping a Positive Outlook We often get asked what our average day is like. I’m going to let you in on a little secret…no two days are the same at a farm. Right now we ...

Rose Care Guide

We would love for you to download our FREE Rose Care Guide. Everything we do at our rose farm is included within this guide to help you grow beautiful garden roses in your own gardens! As you will ...

Your Pruning Questions, Answered! Climbers, Dormant Spraying, and More!

Hi Friends! We receive a lot of questions via social media so I'll be choosing five per week to answer on our blog. This week, since it's pruning season for so many of us, I've chosen to answer som...

Best Garden Roses to Grow in 2022

We are so thrilled to present our most rose filled giveaway with the nation's leading own-root rose grower, Heirloom Roses! Enter here to win $700 in roses from Heirloom Roses and Grace Rose Farm. ...

Winter Rose Care Guide

Hi, and welcome to our free resource on winter rose care! Grace Rose Farm's Winter Rose Care Guide provides easy to learn steps for caring for garden roses during their dormancy season. All you ha...

Spring Refresh For Your Home Gardens

Refreshing your garden doesn’t have to feel overwhelming. With the arrival of spring, I’m always eager to give my outdoor space attention and care. Winter weather, which varies in severity dependi...

Spring at the Rose Nursery: A visit to Otto and Sons for Rose Days

This week Ryan, Seraphina and I took our annual spring trip to Otto and Sons Nursery. Since we moved back to Ventura County, we’re just 20 minutes from the nursery so that means we’ll be making mor...

Dear Gracie: Your questions, my answers!

We get hundreds of rose gardening questions every week, so we will be answering them here biweekly on our blog! Have questions? Send them our way on our biweekly question box over on Instagram! Is ...

Top 5 questions of the week

Hello, friends! We've been getting lots of question over on our instagram lately, so we thought we'd start answering some here on our blog for you! Have more questions? Make sure you send us a mess...

Preparing for the Autumn Flush: A simple feeding and spraying routine for beautiful blooms

Besides spring, autumn is the most beautiful time for garden roses. Cooler temps allow the plants to grow without heat induced stress, and blooms are typically large since they mature slower than i...

What is a garden rose?

One of the most frequent questions that we receive is so simple in theory, but actually requires a longer answer: What is a garden rose? Everyone knows what a rose is, and could easily pick one ...

Tips & Tricks for Beautiful Summer Roses

Whether you’re a grower like us or someone who wants to have beautiful roses in their garden, here’s what you can do this coming month to have the best summer roses! Since it’s summer watering d...

Drying Your Rose Petals

There really is nothing prettier than the scent of real garden roses. Drying your petals allows you to continue enjoying your Grace Rose Farm roses after they start losing their petals.    Once yo...

Going organic from the ground up!

This photo is not one I would typically share, but it’s beautiful in it's own way and I’m so proud of it. For the first year in our farming journey we will not battle weeds. I can’t believe I’m say...

Japanese Beetles: Prevent your roses from being eaten by summer's worst pest

This week's rose care newsletter is contributed by Susan Lyell of Restoration Rose. You can follow Susan on Instagram where she shares her vast knowledge of growing roses and shop her artisan rose ...

Taking on Thrips Naturally

Everyday I receive numerous messages from people asking what the brown marks are all over their roses, specially in the heat of the summer. I don’t even need to see a photo to know it’s western flo...

rose planting: getting roses off to a great start for many years of beauty!

Happy almost spring! It seems like everything in the garden is starting to wake up! Today we gained an extra hour of daylight which is so appreciated with how much work we have left to do at the fa...

rose pruning: a little work for a great reward

It's January in California and that means rose pruning time! To be honest, up until recently I've always dreaded pruning, not because of the work involved, but because it meant stripping my roses d...