• E.B. Stone Soil Health & Fertilization; Gardening Relieves Stress

    Located in Solano County, E.B. Stone is one of the nation’s oldest organic fertilizer producers. Founded in 1916 in San Jose, E.B. Stone the company was named for a local farmer, E.B. Stone. He created a fertilizer for his fruit trees that produced bigger and better crops. His fertilizers and amendments became so popular, he […]

  • Carnation Lily, Lily Rose – What the Past Tells Us about the Future of Roses!

    Marin Art and Garden Center 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross, CA, United States

    Gregg will take us on a deep dive though the human connections with the rose.  From the ancient China Rose to the fabled Damask, Musk and Bourbon roses, he will lay out what we’ve learned in the past few decades about ancient garden roses and their connection with humans, similar to our connection with domesticated […]

  • Honoring the Rose

    Join us as Ruth Tiffany present a program that honor the rose, our national flower. Ruth does, in fact, grow more than 800 roses on a small corner lot in east San Diego. She says: “Growing roses in three different gardens over nearly 30 years has taught me, and continues to teach me, of the […]

  • My 60 years in Roses and Beyond

    Join us as Tom Carruth tells us about his time in the world of roses. Tom Carruth is one of the greats of modern rose breeding – the winner of 11 All-America Rose Selections (AARS) and creator of more than 150 cultivars.  When he finished up his graduate work in plant breeding, he was just […]