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Stopping to Smell the Roses

Maximilian Eyle, WAER News

It was Rose Day Wednesday at the E.M. Mills Memorial Rose Garden at Thornden Park in Syracuse. 

The oldest rose society in America showed off its garden of nearly 6,000 rose bushes of more than 300 different species.  It's a labor of love for dozens of volunteers who carefully prune, weed, and water the gardens.  We spoke to one of the unlikely leaders of the rose society.

Credit Maximilian Eyle, WAER News
Roses in bloom at the E.M. Mills Rose Garden in Syracuse

Scott Willis covers politics, local government, transportation, and arts and culture for WAER. He came to Syracuse from Detroit in 2001, where he began his career in radio as an intern and freelance reporter. Scott is honored and privileged to bring the day’s news and in-depth feature reporting to WAER’s dedicated and generous listeners. You can find him on twitter @swillisWAER and email him at srwillis@syr.edu.