About the book

Roses have been grown in gardens around the world for thousands of years and are still the most popular flower in the world.

When you follow Diana Sargeant’s advice in All About Roses, you will grow the most gorgeous roses, easily and naturally. Your rose garden will be a place for you to rest, respite and nurture all your senses.

When you grow your own roses you will enjoy a sense of pride each time you look at them. As you walk through your garden, you can delight in all the pleasures that roses offer.


Roses are easy to grow and the aim of this book is to help you to grow and enjoy them in your own garden. Roses are so forgiving; not even your best friend will be as kind as your first rose.

This book has been written for people who want to grow roses but don’t have a clue how; for people who care about the environment and would love to grow healthy, productive roses without using harsh chemicals.

There are no highfaluting clauses, just simple, down to earth advice and author Diana Sargeant hopes that you will join her in her passion for roses…


This new edition has a stunning new cover and lots of magnificent rose photos of more recently released roses!

About the author

Author Diana Sargeant has been a consulting rosarian for 40 years, designing private and public rose gardens, presenting on radio talkback gardening programs, doing stints on television and talking with customers.

Her passion is to assist gardeners to create environmentally friendly rose gardens – ‘do it once, do it right’ being her motto.

In All About Roses, Diana shares her extensive knowledge about roses to enable you to create the rose garden of your dreams.