David Austin loved roses

"He lived and breathed them all the time. He was not a particularly social man. He was quite shy and very happy to dedicate his life to roses.

"He'd carry around a little book, forever making notes in his barely decipherable handwriting."

He had a very inquiring mind but it was mostly about roses."

Obituary of David Austin, founder of David Austin Roses, December 29, 2018, NYT

(Note: Constance Spry, a pink climbing rose with a myrrh scent.)

Tribute to Tereze Gluck

"An indelible presence, with a genius for pleasure, insatiable in her love the world...she was someone widely and deeply loved."

NYT obituary December 19, 2018