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Farewell Dinner - Auction Items
Wednesday, June 24
Reception: 19:00 to 20:00
Dinner & Actions: 20:00 to 23:30
Grand Ballroom, Westin Bayshore Hotel
What can you "win" at the live and silent auctions? Start figuring out your strategy now to ensure your name is list on the list!
Live Auction
| Custom name for a new rose | Select Roses | $7,500.00 |  |
| Two day Executive Education Seminar | Sauder School of Business | $1,200.00 |  |
| A garden collection of 6 roses; 30-minute consultation & a copy of Roses for BC | Select Roses | $650.00 | |
| A vase from The Meadow Line Collection | Robert Held Art Glass | $550.00 |  |
| A painting of Pink Meidiland Roses | $550.00 | ||
| 1 Double Magnum (3 litres) Burrowing Owl Estate Wine - Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 | Andrew Peller Ltd. | $350.00 | |
| 1 Double Magnum (3 litres) Sandhill Wine - Merlot 2006 | Andrew Peller Ltd. | $160.00 |
Silent Auction
The Silent Auction starts on Saturday, June 20, and leads right up to the Farewell Dinner on Wednesday, June 24.
| Theatre, Musicians | |||
| 4 tickets to Les Miserables | Arts Club Theatre Company | $340.00 | |
| 2 adult tickets to five performances | Freddy Wood Theatre (Theatre at UBC) | $200.00 | |
| 2 VSO complimentary tickets | Vancouver Symphony Orchestra | $50.00 | |
| CD - A Breezy Ballad | Haydn Wood Music | $20.00 | |
| CD - Starlight Reverie - Rose Darling | Haydn Wood Music | $20.00 | |
| Artisans, Artists | |||
| Painting of Rosa 'Green Rose' & Gerry Jarvis greeting cards | Lesley Finlay | $300.00 | |
| Vase - The Flower Line Collection | Robert Held Art Glass | $300.00 |  |
| Necklace - 8 strands of freshwater pearls with an onyx pendant | Linda Paterson Jewellery | $275.00 |  |
| Package of Greeting Cards by Hilary Morris | Beaver Pond Creative Productions | $25.00 | |
| Wine, Food, Restaurants | |||
| 6 bottles of fine BC wine | Pauline Decloedt | $200.00 | |
| Gift box of 7 preserves | Artisan Edibles Fine Food Company | $85.00 | |
| Gift box of 7 preserves | Artisan Edibles Fine Food Company | $85.00 | |
| Gift certificate | Sequoia Company of Restaurants | $25.00 | |
| Gift certificate | Sequoia Company of Restaurants | $25.00 | |
| Tours | |||
| Gift certificate | Prince of Whales, Victoria | tbc | |
| Gifts | |||
| Gift basket | Crabtree & Evelyn | $150.00 | |
| Gift package | Tuscan Farm Gardens | $60.00 | |
| Leather passport bag | Dorothy Grant | $60.00 |  |
| Golden Roses umbrella | The Umbrella Shop | $40.00 | |
Bag of books: Coastal Beauty: Wildflowers and Flowering Shrubs of Coastal BC and Vancouver Island by Neil Jennings |
Book Warehouse | $40.00 | |
| Gift certificate and a book bag | Black Bond Books | $35.00 | |
| A Rose By Any Name (book) | UBC Bookstore | $30.00 | |
| Garden Related Items | |||
| Gift Pack of garden tools and accessories | Lee Valley | $165.00 | |
| Voucher for 10 bags of Unique | Down to Earth Ltd. | $120.00 | |
| 2 rain hats - 1 gortex hat and 1 vinyl hat | MoreHats | $80.00 | |
| Ornate hummingbird feeder | Wild Birds Unlimited | $80.00 | |
| Nurseries | |||
| Gift certificate | West Coast Gardens | $100.00 | |
| Gift certificate | Erikson Daylily Nursery | $100.00 | |
| 1 Rosa Chinensis "Mutabilis" | Phoenix Nurseries | $85.00 | |
| 1 Rosa 'Nicolas' in a terra cotta style container | www.ownrootroses.com | $80.00 | |
| An Aeonium succulent planter | WIG | $80.00 |  |
| 3 Cymbidium Orchids | Koch Greenhouses | $60.00 | |
| A beautiful hanging basket | Clean and Green | $60.00 |  |
| Gift certificate | Rainforest Nursery | $50.00 | |
| 2 Phalaenopsis Orchids | C & K Happy Farm Ltd. | $50.00 | |
| 3 plant supports - medium size | Free Spirit Nursery Inc. | $45.00 | |
| Michel Trudeau Rose - a Rosa Rugusa Hybrid (fuchsia) | Brentwood Bay Nursery | $25.00 | |
| A selection of heathers | Wilson's Nursery | $25.00 | |
| A selection of heathers | Wilson's Nursery | $25.00 | |
| A container with Pennisetum Rubrum and other plantings | Exemplar Horticulture | $25.00 | |
| Gift certificate | The Shop in the Garden | $25.00 | |
| Gift certificate | The Shop in the Garden | $25.00 | |
| Gift certificate | Leong's Nursery | $25.00 | |
| Gift certificate | Leong's Nursery | $25.00 | |
| Gift certificate | Leong's Nursery | $25.00 | |
| Gift certificate | Leong's Nursery | $25.00 | |
| Gift certificate | West Van Florists | tbc | |
| Rose Planter | West Van Florists | tbc | |
Did you know…? |
Imagine - A rose with your name on it.
Enter a draw to name a rose by registering and paying for the Rose Convention and booking your accommodation at the Westin Bayshore Hotel by October 15, 2008. The "Name a Rose" contest is sponsored by breeder Brad Jalbert of Select Roses.
UpLast updated: December 17, 2009
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