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July 2020
Gertrude Jekyll’s Lost Garden
Claude Graves presents "Gertrude Jekyll's Lost Garden" Gertrude Jekyll was the world’s premier garden designer during the early 1900s. Come along to London on a virtual visit to a restored Jekyll garden and hear the improbable story of the discovery and amazing re-construction of a long-lost historic garden. This feat is even more incredible when you consider it was accomplished single-handedly by one woman who had no previous gardening experience. Her restored garden is now internationally recognized as the most…
Find out more »August 2020
A Faraway World of Roses—France and England in 2019
From the South of France, land of old Tea roses, to the streets of London, a few magical experiences of roses, and implications for the future of roses and gardens with Gregg Lowery. Although Gregg is no stranger to those of us in the rose world, he says about himself: "I have been a passionate gardener and collector of plants for the past 40 years. My collection of historic roses formed the basis of a nursery I developed and managed…
Find out more »ARS 2020 NATIONAL CONVENTION – CANCELLED
"Roses of the Wild West"
Find out more »September 2020
Simple Steps to improve your Smartphone Photography
This presentation will concentrate on simple steps to improve your Smartphone photography. By applying several basic principles of photography along with some new camera skills, your photos will go from an ordinary snapshot to one you will want to share and maybe even enter in a rose show. In addition, we will discuss apps for post-processing and add-on camera gear. The program will also feature a review of rose photos where we can discuss how the photo was taken and more.…
Find out more »NCNH District Fall Business Meeting and Awards Presentation
Virtual Meeting via ZOOM For more information, contact: Sue Bennett sue_c_bennett@att.net or phone: 1-916-791-9459
Find out more »Ninfa, The Most Romantic Garden in the World!
2020 Virtual Green Thumb Educational Seminar “Ninfa, The Most Romantic Garden in the World!” VIA: GoToWebinar.com Seminar is Free but Registration is Required
Find out more »October 2020
A Tour of Private Italian Gardens
A Tour of Private Italian Gardens; a chance for MRS members and guests to get a view into gardens not usually open to the public. There will be specimen examples of OGR's and Species roses, and modern roses will also be represented, perhaps different varieties (though) than what we see here in California. Please join us for what promises to be an info-packed presentation as well as a great trip! Our Speaker: Jerry Georgette lives in San Carlos, is now…
Find out more »November 2020
World Federation of Rose Societies Copenhagen, Denmark in June 2018
Are you getting "cabin fever" from being in quarantine? How about taking a trip to see roses? Better yet, how about a trip to Denmark (the happiest country on Earth) to see private rose gardens, famous nurseries and royal gardens? This month's program will be presented by Steve and Diana Steps. This convention in Copenhagen, Denmark in June 2018 was the Steps' 5th World Federation of Rose Societies convention. It will be a "teleconference" and so you can stay in the safety of…
Find out more »January 2021
New Roses for your Garden
Sponsored by the American Rose Society; more information on this program to follow.
Find out more »New Varieties and New Trends for Roses In Gardens
The Marin Rose Society is delighted to welcome Rebecca Koraytem, the US Sales Executive for David Austin Roses! She will be speaking on 'New Varieties and New Trends for Roses in Gardens'. We look forward to her very special expertise in this area to help inform our garden planning for 2021. As almost all California gardeners love David Austin Roses, this presentation will be of great interest to our MRS members and guests! A bit more about Rebecca in particular: A…
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Roses FYI
