Helena Beautification Board

The Helena Beautification Board is an appointed municipal board of the City of Helena Alabama. With a goal of creating a sustainable landscape, the board began to incorporate existing Earth Kind cultivars into its plan.  Under the direction of Brian Puckett, Board Vice Chairman and now Curator of the trials,  a conversation began with the Earth Kind Team at Texas A & M that lead to a partnership to establish the very first municipal rose trial in the United States in Helena.   

The Helena Earth Kind Team

​Curator: 
​J. Brian Puckett
Vice Chairman, Helena Beautification Board
​Judge: Biltmore International Rose Trials

​Rosarian in Residence: 
Christopher VanCleave
Chairman, Helena Beautification Board
American Rose Society Certified Consulting Rosarian
Bronze Honor Medalist - Birmingham Rose Society
Judge: Biltmore International Rose Trials

Evaluation Team:
Members of the Helena Beautification Board
Members of the Birmingham Rose Society

​Texas A & M Partners

Horticulturist
​Dr. Steve George 
Argi Life Extension Horticulturist, Dallas Texas

​Master Rosarian
​Gaye Hammond
Master Rosarian, Houston Texas