Eastside Community Chamber

The History of the Mount Clemens Rose Garden
A presentation by Lynn Anderson and Micki Weiss

Often called the Rose Capital, Mount Clemens (and nearby Clinton Twp) was one of the centers of the rose growing industry in the United States, and the largest producer of roses in the state. One of the most successful was the Weiss Family’s Mt. Clemens Rose Garden, with a half a million rose plants in production at one time. Lynn Anderson and Micki Weiss will detail the rich history of this historic industry and the prominence of the Weiss Family in it, including their employment of Japanese-American families from the internment camps of World War II.