IN MEMORIAM: Estonia’s Legendary Rose Grower Rein Joost
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- Rein Joost, an Estonian agronomist and longtime rose grower, is being laid to rest after dedicating more than 60 years to roses.
- His work left a lasting mark on thousands of Estonian gardens.
- Joost learned horticulture from his mother and older brother, trained at several institutions and later worked in rose cultivation at Pirita’s demonstration state farm.
Rein Joost, Estonia’s “Grand Old Man” of horticulture, is being laid to rest after devoting more than 60 years of his life to roses. His work left its mark, quite literally, on thousands of gardens across Estonia.
Joost inherited his passion for gardening from his mother and older brother. After studying in Arkna, Saku and Räpina, he trained under Ferdinand Laaser at the Kurista rose garden.
He later turned to flower growing at the Pirita Demonstration State Farm. Joost recalled that during the farm’s heyday, roses covered as much as 11 hectares of its greenhouses. He established his first rose garden in Viimsi.
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Originally published by Postimees in Estonian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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