Naming a rose after Aillidh?

[chipmonkey]

Apologies if anyone has already thought of this but there is a company which will name a rose after a person. It costs £150. I was thinking if expat liked the idea that maybe some of us could club together and get it done? What do people think?

Hi Expat, I'm sending un-MN hugs your way x

P.S Chipmonkey I would love to contribute towards the rose name.

Expat, hugs and thoughts for you and your family.

expat, massive >
And the bastard disease may have beaten her body but it can never, ever beat her spirit. xxx

So true chipmonkey.

chipmonkey this is a lovely idea. I'm good at organising so if there is anything you would like help with please let me know, otherwise I will lurk about here and see what I can do to help.

Do they have orange roses?

I'm in too...it will be such a lasting legacy for Aillidh and very approriate for next July.

Actually, they do breed orange roses although Aillidh loved pink. The colour will be up to expat and her dh.

Oh and Lost, so far there isn't too much organising but I may shout out for you at some stage!

Can anyone keep a list of names in case anyone loses the thread, i am terrible for not being able to find threads again.

I've c&p'd all the names into a word document lunar1, I'll try to keep it updated just in case but I can't imagine MN will let us lose a thread like this.

Hope this is ok chipmonkey, it's that almost selfish need to feel like you are doing something that might one day be a little bit of help and relief to her family IYSWIM.

That's great, Wales! Can I ask, are you in the FB group In Memory of Aillidh as there are a few people there who would like to contribute?
But some people will be in both groups so we may need to make sure that we don't have people down twice!

I would gladly contribute towards this - a lovely idea, I think.

I'd also love to contribute

Yes I am, I'll pootle over there and get their names too. Names down twice might be interesting, I haven't got a clue who is who on FB/MN crossovers. Even on my own page

Also got a "reply" back from Harkness's to say that Mr Harkness is away ( Jeez, hopefully if I post that, no-one will go over and rob his house or something!) but that he will get in touch when he is back.

Yeah - I have a Wi-Fi signal! (currently camping in southern Oregon)
Just wanted to pop in and see if there's been any progress.

Question - not sure the signal will hold out long enough for me to get on FB - is the In Memory Of Ailidh FB group private or public? If private, would someone pm me so I can give you my RL name and ask for an I custom? Thank you .

I custom WTF - an invitation!!!!!

I'm in too - tell me where and when

Chip this is a wonderful idea, count me in too. C&K Jones are also a great rose company who grow quite a few charity-linked roses. May be worth contacting them too? www.jonestherose.co.uk/

Thanks, MrsK. All these rose growers I knew nothiing about till now!

also folks, what's the best way of collecting money in these situations? Dh and I share a paypal account as we share a visa card. I think in the dim and distant past, I may have set up a paypal account of my own only to discover that I would also need a separate visa card to make payments. Could that account be used? Or would it cause hassle if I tried to pay money out of it to the rose company.
Would it be better to set up a Justgiving account? The only downside that I can see to that is that justgiving take a percentage of the donations.

I think, and could be very wrong, that paying by Paypal as a 'gift' is free if you are paying from a Paypal balance or debit card, there's a fee if you pay by credit card.

The rose company could then raise an invoice on Paypal for you to then pay from the balance (probably a fee) or you could withdraw the money (again, think there's a fee) into your bank account and then send a cheque. Hopefully someone who's done this recently can correct the bits I've got wrong. Have no idea about Just Giving.

Have Cockers come up with a price ? I'm really liking that there are a fair few plants which benefit charities, has made me think more carefully about which ones I buy in future.

No, no price yet!
Will email again. or phone if no joy with that!

They're keeping that one close to their chest, makes you wonder if you'll need to sit down when you do finally get the price !

Will have the smelling salts ready!