Chapter 01
A florist's gift
In 1987 Ada Pennington, who ran the flower shop on Main Street for forty years, gave ten acres on the bluff and three hundred rose bushes to a new not-for-profit board, on one condition: keep them blooming.
Our story
Our story
A florist, ten acres and three hundred rose bushes.
Our story
How the roses came to the bluff
Chapter 02
The first cottages
Twelve garden cottages opened in 1989, each named for a rose. The first residents formed the garden club before the paint was dry.
Chapter 03
Care among the roses
Primrose House assisted living opened in 1998 and the Bluff Health Center in 2004, so residents could stay through every season.
Chapter 04
The Rose Cottage
Memory care opened in 2012, built around a walled garden so residents could walk among the flowers safely, any hour of the day.
- 1987first roses planted on the bluff
- 300rose bushes, tended by residents
- 4levels of care, one garden campus
- 41couples who have married or renewed vows here
Ratings & recognition · sample
- Sample: Best Senior Living, Regional Readers' Poll
- Sample: Garden of the Year, County Garden Club
- Sample: Top Workplace
The roses bloom in June. Come see them.
Call Lillian or book a tour online. Tea is always on.