What’s new
September 2021
An Eco-friendly Approach to Growing Healthy Roses
Come and learn about about the diseases and insect pests particular to our area, and how to prevent those problems before they take over your roses. Many pesticides can do more harm than good. We will show you how to keep your roses in top form with pruning, fertilizing and watering advice that works where we live. Suzanne, program manager for 'Our Water Our World', works as an environmental educator, teaching the principles of Integrated Pest Management for sustainable, eco-friendly…
Find out more »October 2021
Evaluating Your Rose Garden and Making Tough Decisions
October is the perfect time to decide which roses to grow the following year. This presentation will guide some decision-making criteria that will lead to a better rose garden in 2022. Our speaker will be Joe Truskot, ARS Master Rosarian and president of the Monterey Bay Rose Society. He has been growing roses in his garden in Salinas since 1993 with experience cultivating more than 300 different varieties and cultivars including hybrid teas, floribundas, miniatures, old garden and species roses,…
Find out more »Zooming for Roses
NCNH Fall District Conference via Zoom Check back for detailed conference information.
Find out more »November 2021
New Roses for 2022
The Marin Rose Society is delighted to present one of our favorite speakers, Jolene Adams, in a program that couldn't be more timely; "New Roses for 2022". Jolene has researched what will be available in nurseries starting in November and through bare-root season. Expect to see a few old friends as well as some new varieties. Bring your checklist and be ready to plan your 2022 garden!: Date: November 9, 2021 Time: 07:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom…
Find out more »January 2022
David Austin & the Romance of English Roses
Join us to learn the history of David Austin Roses and what makes them truly romantic as well as the family lines of these roses, varied forms and growth habits, shade tolerance, fragrance, growing tips, and their varied uses in the garden. Our guest speaker is Suzanne Horn, who has quickly become a favorite speaker here at the MRS. Not only is she a Consulting Rosarian, a successful exhibitor and an ARS Horticultural Judge, but she is an expert in…
Find out more »February 2022
Bugs: Destructives, Beneficials, and Benigns
Our speaker will be Joe Truskot, ARS Master Rosarian, and president of the Monterey Bay Rose Society. Joe has been growing roses in his garden in Salinas since 1993 with experience cultivating more than 300 different varieties and cultivars including hybrid teas, floribundas, miniatures, old garden and species roses, and several forms of climbing roses. He was Consulting Rosarian of the year for NCNH in 2016 and is a frequent lecturer at rose societies and garden clubs. As the host of…
Find out more »March 2022
Flowers in Film: The Sequel
We are delighted to present the Bay Area’s own Jan Wahl, in her presentation; "FLOWERS IN FILM, THE SEQUEL”. We’ll celebrate flowers in film, look at the way they have been used in many movies and characters. We will also journey through movies that have had an impact on our lives. Jan Wahl is one of the best-known movie reviewers in the USA and lives right here in Marin County. This session will be VERY popular so be sure to…
Find out more »April 2022
Time to Share Roses at our In-Person Meeting
This will be our first in-person event for 2022 and all members and friends are welcome. (At this time no masks will be required for the meeting but bring one to wear in case there are any children in the building. Masks are optional for members if you wish to wear one.) We will be having our first monthly rose show. Bring some roses! Bring your roses in your own vases. We will have a CR/Member panel to discuss “Rose…
Find out more »May 2022
Celebration of Roses
Come join us at the Marin Rose Society’s “Celebration of Roses,” an opportunity to share your garden roses in a magnificent display for all to enjoy! This uplifting community celebration of roses will feature a non-juried show with cash prizes where winners will be determined by Marin Rose Society members and the public. There will be an ARS Photography Show, an educational component, and FREE rose plants for children to learn how to care for roses. The Bon Air Center…
Find out more »Easy and Simple Spring Rose Arrangements
This will be a fun instructional session in which our speaker, Barbara Gordon, will demonstrate around 5 different arrangements that members will be able to make in their home with their own roses. A friend of the Marin Rose Society, Barbara grows around 400 roses in her Mountain View garden with fruit trees, camellias and other flowers as complements. Barbara is a ARS Consulting Rosarian, ARS Rose and Arrangement Judge, Camellia Judge, and a National Garden Club judge. Barbara was…
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