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Australian Olympic Gold Rose
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This article was provided by 'Panorama Nursery'

The Rose Company is steeped in history and goes back to 1947 when Ivan Comley relates how he started with 60ft of hose, a pocket knife and a hand hoe and a love of Roses. In 1947 he leased 5 acres of land at Underdale in South Australia and since the time has developed the business to be one of the largest of producers and distributors of roses in Australia. Roslyn developed the same passion for roses as her father and established The Rose Company in 1985, since then the business has steadily grown exporting nationally and overseas to the Asia/Pacific region.

Swanes Nursery Pty Ltd. has been operating for 80 years in the production and marketing of Horticultural Products. Located at Dural, New South Wales, the retail, wholesale and production divisions have been in operating since 1960. Previously the nursery was located at Ermington, New South Wales, where it was commenced in 1919 by Edgar (Ted) Swane now deceased. The Directors of Swanes are Mr Ben Swane, who has served the company and horticultural industry for over 50 years. Mr Geoff Swane has over 40 years experience in budding and grafting which is essential ingredient on Rose Growing. Miss Elwyn Swane currently manages public relations, advertising and customer information for the Company.

The Rose was officially launched by South Australian Premier Mr John Olsen and the Group General Manager of Marketing and Image for SOCOG, Mr John Moore. He said this whole idea stemmed from the celebration of the Sydney 2000 Games. In every respect the Rose symbolizes our Australian Athlete's with the strong colour and determination to be the best in the year 2000. This is an example of how Australian companies are intent on taking every opportunity to be involved in and support the staging of the 2000 Olympic Games.

The Rose will be on public display at Major Garden events in Australia-wide during new few months and will be available nationally through normal major retail outlets, as well as The Olympic Store, Gift and Specialty stores including International Airports.

This Rose has given the Horticultural Industry the opportunity to be involved and represented in t he finest event in the world at our own Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.

For further enquires contact:

Panorama Nursery Silvan via telephone on +61 3 9737 9655 or on the Internet at our web site: http://panoramanursery.com.au

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