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Gold Medal
Rose Care for September
Ballerina
Deadheading and Other Types of Summer Pruning
Rose Care for August
January 2020
MRS Annual Rose Pruning Demonstration
The MRS Annual Rose Pruning Demonstration! This is a chance to see winter pruning, cleanup and shaping techniques led by our own members! Paula Jaffe, Richard Holtz, Vivien Bronshvag and Sandy Simon will provide live demonstrations on a variety of roses. We welcome members and guests to bring their own potted roses as "demonstrators" after which they can either go home with their owners, ready for a strong spring showing...OR we can add them to our raffle table to help…
Find out more »February 2020
Things to consider when setting up an Irrigation System for Roses
Tom Bressen will share “Things to consider when setting up an Irrigation System for Roses” which should be helpful for gardeners with existing systems OR those that are setting up a drip system for the first time. There should be lots of GREAT practical knowledge for rose growers of all levels of experience. Tom should know! He is the founder of the Urban Farmer Stores throughout the Bay Area! Marin Rose Society Talk Notes
Find out more »March 2020
Garden Design Principles
Author and gardener Dane Rose will speak about "Garden Design Principles". "How do we decide what to do with our garden overall or a specific area? Design principles help sort through all the options to bring us the highest amount of personal value for the lowest cost in time, money and natural resources. Come join us for a presentation on deciding what to do. Signed copies of the only two books written specifically about gardening in Marin will be available.…
Find out more »NCNH District Spring Business Meeting – CANCELLED
MEETING CANCELLED due to COVID-19. Coffee and light refreshments from 9:00 a.m. Meeting from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Please bring a dish to share for lunch. There is NO oven in the facility. Consulting Rosarian seminar at 1:00 p.m. by Rebecca Shaw on "Speaking in Public" (one point).
Find out more »April 2020
July 2020
From My Fair Lady to American Beauty: Flowers In Film
We are delighted to present the Bay Area's own Jan Wahl, in her presentation; FROM MY FAIR LADY TO AMERICAN BEAUTY: FLOWERS IN FILM.” 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…
Find out more »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.…
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Roses FYI
