Charity Roses

Launched by Fryer’s Roses, part of the Blue Diamond Group, this new and exclusive rose is named “Elizabeth Ashbrook” in memory of the late Elizabeth, Viscountess Ashbrook of Arley Hall, Cheshire, and the mother of the present Viscount Ashbrook.

The “Elizabeth Ashbrook” rose is a Floribunda which produces an abundance of soft pink blooms. This rose has a high fragrance and as such was awarded a silver medal at the Baden-Baden Rose Trials 2016 and a Certificate of Merit and Fragrance Prize in La Roeulx, Belgium in 2016.

With contrasting glossy green foliage and an excellent resistance to disease, this rose is ideal for planting in the ground or in containers to a height of approximately 100cm when fully grown. £1 from each rose sold through Blue Diamond and Fryer’s Roses online will be donated, at the request of the current Lord and Lady Ashbrook, to the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB).

Elizabeth, Lady Ashbrook, experienced almost total loss of sight in the last 10 years of her life and benefited greatly from the RNIB Talking Book scheme. 

Click here to make a donation to RNIB. Donate to RNIB - RNIB - See differently

Available in all  Blue Diamond Garden Centres now, whilst stocks last.

The money that the Blue Diamond Group have raised from 1st April 2022 to 31st March 2023 is: £258

Helen’s Trust, in partnership with Blythe House, provides high-quality care for people in the High Peak and surrounding areas who are affected by life-limiting illnesses and provides support for those who are bereaved.

For more information about the charity and how to donate please visit www.blythehousehospice.org.uk 

Duchess of Devonshire rose - The Charity rose supporting Helen’s Trust as nominated by the Duchess of Devonshire from Chatsworth House. Registered charity number 1031192

The money that the Blue Diamond Group have raised from 1st April 2022 to 31st March 2023 is: £175

Blythe House - Money raised through sales of the Duchess of Devonshire Rose has helped fund the continuation of the Hospice at Home service. This service provides full nights of care and daytime visits to patients living across North Derbyshire who are in their last 12 months of a life-limiting illness and wish to remain at home, with their families in the place they feel most comfortable.

Greenfingers is a national charity dedicated to supporting children who spend time in hospices around the UK, along with their families, by creating inspiring gardens for them to relax in and benefit from. The charity creates beautiful, well-designed outdoor spaces for children to enjoy with their family, friends and siblings, whether through play and fun, or therapeutic rest and relaxation. 

Greenfingers Charity is driven by the belief that time spent outdoors, away from the bedside, can offer children and families under considerable stress a vital opportunity to embrace the benefits of being in the fresh air and engaging with the natural environment. They are committed to creating specially designed, stimulating garden spaces that can bring many benefits to children with life-limiting conditions.
Whilst many people may take for granted the simple pleasure of being able to enjoy a garden, for these children, their siblings and their families, the chance to spend time together outdoors and away from the bedside is precious.

To donate please visit Greenfingers Charity - a childrens charity

Friends rose - The Charity rose supporting Green Fingers. Registered charity number 1076640.

The money that the Blue Diamond Group have raised from 1st April 2022 to 31st March 2023 is: £614

The Charity exists to bring an end to modern slavery by preventing exploitation, rescuing victims, restoring lives and reforming society.

For more information about the charity and how to donate please visit https://hopeforjustice.org/

Hope for Justice rose- The Charity rose supporting the charity of the same name. Registered charity number  1126097

The money that the Blue Diamond Group have raised from 1st April 2022 to 31st March 2023 is: £138

For over 50 years ARSP has been committed to working toward reconciliation and peace, as well as fighting racism, discrimination and social exclusion.

Today, these aims are continued and realised through the long-term international peace service program. This is known as peace service because, in co-operation with the charity’s partners, volunteers develop their understanding of history and other cultures and societies, whilst experiencing and accepting different patterns of thought and behaviour. Nowadays, due to generational change, ARSP volunteers do not act from a feeling of personal guilt, but rather from the conviction that they want to make a positive contribution toward a more peaceful, just and tolerant world. Every year around 180 volunteers, mostly aged between nineteen and twenty-five are active for ARSP in thirteen different countries on a variety of educational, historical, political and social projects.

Eirene rose, meaning Goddess of Peace, the charity rose supporting the charity Action Reconciliation Service for Peace.

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The money that the Blue Diamond Group have raised from 1st April 2022 to 31st March 2023 is: £118

Launched by Blue Diamond Garden Centres on behalf of the charity MND Scotland, rosa Sunset Isle, bred by Biljana Bozanic - Tanjga, is a fragrant, Shrub rose, nostalgic in style, which produces numerous layered petals of a pale pink shade, against glossy green foliage and with excellent disease resistance. Planted in peat free compost and in a kerbside recyclable pot, this rose is ideal for planting in the ground or in a pot on the patio

Named in memory of Richard, brother of Gill Crawford, who bravely lost his life to Motor Neuron Disease in March 2022, and who enjoyed watching the sunsets on his beloved island of Orkney.

This rose was launched most recently, in summer 2023.

MND Scotland - Reg. charity no.SC002662