Our scented garden roses have recently starred in two fabulous productions at The Old Vic theatre in London.

The first play they were featured in was Alan Aykbourn's very funny trilogy 'The Norman Conquests' where they starred alongside an illustrious cast including Stephen Mangan, who played the hilarious Dr Guy Secretan in Green Wing on Channel 4.

The Norman conquests ran from October 6th to December 20th last year and the roses featured were English Miss, Ocean Song and Yves Piaget.

The play has now moved to New York and is receiving some great reviews. I'd love to know what the roses are like now - it was a little too far for ours to travel!

Our beautiful rose Margaret Merril has just completed her run in Brian Friel's 'Dancing at Lughnasa'. This play, which won an Olivier award for Best New Play in 1991, ran from 26th February to 9th May 2009 and starred Niamh Cusack and Andrea Corr in her stage debut.