A Day in Brenham

On a breezy April day, about 30 members carpooled to the country. First stop was The John Fairey Garden, where Randy Twaddle met us and showed us the new and improved entry gardens, courtesy of our CCC. We had a wonderful tour of the property and the new bridge over the creek, and later shopped the greenhouses.

Next stop was lunch at Sharon and Chip Bryan’s beautiful home on bucolic rolling grounds. The property has been in the family since the 1800s! We were met there by Bill Welch and his wife Lucille. Appropriately, Sharon had a blooming Peggy Martin rose covering a part of her porch!

We left Sharon’s for a short trip to Independence and the Seward Plantation, now lovingly restored by Houstonians Cynthia and Wiley George. It is known to be one of the best restored pre-Civil War plantations in Texas. It is no longer open to the public, so we were very honored to see it!

Literally around the corner was the Rose Emporium, which had recently changed ownership. We were pleased to see that it was still cared for as it had been by the previous owners and many of us came home with roses to plant in our own gardens.

A great day in the country!