Easy and Simple Spring Rose Arrangements
2022-05-10 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Mill Valley Community Center, 180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley, CA, 94941, United States
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 formerly both a Sogetsu Ikebana teacher AND a Kindergarten teacher. This will be a practical and informative session that none will want to miss.
This event will be held in-person only at the Mill Valley Community Center, 180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley.

Suitable for Framing
2022-07-12 18:30 - 20:00 | Mill Valley Community Center, 180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley, CA, 94941, United States
Come and learn about tricks and hints on making a rose photo worth enough to hang up on the wall. Of course, that would usually mean it could do well in our photo contests as well!
Our speaker is Lou Evans. In addition to being an accomplished photographer, Lou is an NCNH District ARS judge, so he’ll bring that background to the presentation. This should be a great session!
Mountain View Room, Mill Valley Community Center, 180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley, CA

Chemical Safety in the Garden
2022-09-13 18:30 - 20:00 | Mill Valley Community Center, 180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley, CA, 94941, United States
The Marin Rose Society is delighted to present Jolene Adams, who will do a hands-on presentation of the most updated information on chemical safety in the garden. This is invaluable information for any gardener, and Consulting Rosarians will get 1 CR Credit! This is the first time we have presented this program since the pandemic so don’t miss this great opportunity.
Jolene Adams needs no introduction as her accomplishments in this field are too numerous to mention. She has been a great friend to the Marin Rose Society and we are delighted to welcome her back.
This event will be held in-person only at the Mill Valley Community Center, 180 Camino Altro, Mill Valley, CA 94941″

Marin Rose Society Annual Winter Pruning Demo/Discussion
2023-01-10 18:30 - 19:30 | Mill Valley Community Center, 180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley, CA, 94941, United States
This year we will be viewing a film on the subject, followed by a panel discussion of MRS members.
January 10, 2023, 6:30 PM, Mountain View Room, Mill Valley Community Center

Gardens of Southern England - Part 1
2023-02-14 18:30 - 19:30 | Mill Valley Community Center, 180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley, CA, 94941, United States
Charlotte Owendyk and Linda Knowles are excited to share with you some of the fabulous gardens we visited on our tour sponsored by Garden Gate and Horticulture magazines in July. It was a wonderful, jam-packed 8-day trip with like-minded gardeners.
We will share our photos of Sissinghurst Castle, Great Dixter House, Sussex Prairie, and The Royal Horticulture Society Floral Fair at Hampton Court. Prepare to swoon over all the gorgeousness!
We hope to dig into the evolving different styles of English garden design. You’ll see the famous, traditional English flower borders, modern garden design, and even their concept of the American prairie!
Be ready with questions and comments. We invite you to interrupt us as often as we interrupt each other! There will be laughter!
Linda Knowles/ Charlotte Owendyk speakers
Mountain View Room, Mill Valley Community Center

Organic Pest and Disease Control for Roses
2023-03-14 18:30 - 19:30 | Mill Valley Community Center, 180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley, CA, 94941, United States
Kevin Sadler from Green Jeans Garden Supply, right here in Mill Valley, will be talking about organic pest and disease control for roses. Kevin should know as Green Jeans opened 26 years ago, specializing in organic controls for the landscape, and is a Marin County staple!

NCNH District Spring Business Meeting
2023-03-25 10:00 - 17:00 | Hall of Flowers, 1199 9th Ave, San Francisco, CA, United States
Hosted by San Francisco Rose Society at the Hall of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA. Light breakfast at 9:30 a.m. Lunch is prepaid by the attendee – click here for order form. Raffle will follow lunch, followed by a speaker. Contact Cindy Phipps or Sue Bennett for more information.

How to Keep Roses Healthy - - I Promise You a Rose Garden
2023-04-11 18:30 - 19:30 | Mill Valley Community Center, 180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley, CA, 94941, United States
Jolene Adams, “How to Keep Roses Healthy – – I Promise You a Rose Garden”

2023 ARS National Rose Convention
2023-05-05 - 2023-05-07
It’s “Time for Roses” and, almost time to “Come Home to America’s Rose Garden” for the 2023 National Convention and Rose Show May 5-7 at the American Rose Center in Shreveport. The convention committee has put together an eclectic educational and schedule of speakers, workshops and social events that will enlighten and entertain you throughout the weekend. From the rose show to heritage and sustainable roses to the latest developments in rose hybridizing to photo and arrangement workshops to celebrity rose trial judging and the “Taste of Louisiana” event there is something of interest for everyone!
The complete convention schedule and registration form can be found on the ARS website www.rose.org and in the January/ February issue of American Rose. Also, join the “Time for Roses” Facebook group for photos, updates, and to see who’s coming. Registration is requested by April 5.
As they say in Louisiana…
Laissez les bons temps rouler (lay say lay bohn tohn roo lay)
Let the Good Times Roll!
Online Registration
https://www.dallasrosesociety.com/ars-national-convention

Preparation for the Annual Rose and Photography Show
2023-05-09 18:30 - 19:30 | Mill Valley Community Center, 180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley, CA, 94941, United States
Paula Jaffe will talk about how to present roses for a rose show. She will be joined by Betty Mott who will do the same for entering photographs.

Marin Rose Society Annual Rose and Photography Show
2023-05-20 11:00 - 14:00 | 340 Bon Air Shopping Center – Old Paxti’s / Calico Corners, Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Greenbrae, CA, 94904, United States
Join us for the 46th ANNUAL ROSE SHOW, and 8th ANNUAL PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW! You’ll find Demonstrations, Interactive Displays, Consulting Rosarian’s rose-related handouts and freebie! Here is the Rose Show Schedule 2023 with all the information you need for showing roses or photographs.
There will be a Public Contest for the most fragrant rose and best garden rose bouquet. Community members are encouraged to bring in their roses.
Visit the Children’s Rose Area where rose care, information totes and miniature roses will be given away to the first 100 children. Bean bag toss game to win a prize.
Show Roses will be sold for $1.00 per stem at 2:15 pm. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to Center For Domestic Peace.
Burling Leong of Burlington Rose Nursery will discuss the work she does for Hearst Castle, the Brooklyn Botanical Garden in New York and other historical rose gardens. She will be available throughout the show to answer questions on all aspects of the rose.

Rose Bloom Sale After the Show
2023-05-20 14:15 - 15:00 | 340 Bon Air Shopping Center – Old Paxti’s / Calico Corners, Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Greenbrae, CA, 94904, United States
All roses in the 46th Annual Rose Show will be sold for $1.00 per stem beginning at 2:15 pm. until all are sold.
100% of the proceeds will be donated to Center for Domestic Peace.

NCNH Rose Arrangement Workshop
2023-06-03 09:00 - 15:00 | McKinley Park Rose Garden Classroom Building, Corner of H Street and 33rd Street Sacramento, CA, Corner of H Street and 33rd Street, Sacramento, CA, United States
Come learn 2 basic styles of arranging – A Traditional Line Design and an East Asian (Ikebana) Design – with fellow rosemaniacs and arrangers. You will get to choose 2 different containers to make 2 beautiful arrangements to take home, display, and brag about. Instructors include Arrangement Judges Barbara Gordon, Cherry Hoover, and Lesa Lane, Horticulture
Judge Rebecca Shaw, and Arranger Extraordinaire Penny Chwalowski from the Sacramento Rose Society.
NCNH District will provide the classroom, roses, line material and greenery, containers/vases, floral foam, snacks, and bottled water. And of course, there will be handouts! And maybe chocolate.
You need to bring more roses/flowers/greenery from your yard (we can’t fit it all in our cars for 25 attendees), your arranging tools (like clippers), lunch/beverages other than water. Come have fun and get your paws dirty.
Class size limited to 25.
McKinley Park Rose Garden Classroom Building, Corner of H Street and 33rd Street, Sacramento, CA
REGISTRATION $40
Make check payable to NCNH. Mail to Lesa Lane, 332 Pine Street, Red Bluff, CA 96080
Questions: Lesa Lane: 530-570-9303 / drlesa58@gmail.com, or
Barbara Gordon: 650-969-3261 / BarbaraAGordon@comcast.net

Holiday Guide to Rose Care
2023-06-13 18:30 - 19:30 | Mill Valley Community Center, 180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley, CA, 94941, United States
Jan Burnham will present “Holiday Guide to Rose Care”, or how to tie annual rose care to holidays, making it easy to remember.

Making your Garden a Haven for Pollinators and Birds
2023-08-08 18:30 - 19:30 | Mill Valley Community Center, 180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley, CA, 94941, United States
Terry Oxford, Pollinator Advocate, Environmental Activist, Reformed Beekeeper, winner of three Good Food Awards for her bees’ ‘Tree Blossom Honey’, speaks to gardeners who care deeply about birds, bees, and butterflies. Terry’s work reveals that commonly utilized systemic pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides, are pre-applied on ornamental plants (roses) and trees at local and national nurseries/growers before retail sale. Unless labled Organic, nearly 100% of everything you plant in your garden is pre-treated with a cocktail of chemical poisons intended to kill insect life. Did you know that for years, most Milkweed is treated with caterpillar killer? Agricultural poison is the number one culprit in pollinator and wildlife demise.

Terry seeks to educate the general public that there is no safe dose of these ubiquitous toxins and how to avoid them by asking the right questions where you purchase plants. Terry will discuss why her San Francisco honey is so delicious (Spoiler alert! no sugar-feed is added to the hive). She will detail how we can make our gardens a nutritious and SAFE haven for all pollinators and birds. You will also enjoy honey samples which taste of San Francisco’s delicious Tree Flowerscape!

Ralph Moore and Miniature Roses
2023-09-12 18:30 - 19:30 | Mill Valley Community Center, 180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley, CA, 94941, United States
Burling Leong, owner of Burlington Roses, will give a talk on “Ralph Moore and Miniature Roses”. Ralph Moore is considered the “father” of the miniature rose, patenting his first rose in 1957. Many of those varieties, unavailable elsewhere, are available at Burlington Roses. MRS members and guests may order roses in advance and Burling can bring them with no additional shipping charges.

NCNH District Fall Convention and Rose Show
2023-10-06 - 2023-10-08
Wyndham Sacramento, 5321 Date Avenue, Sacramento (close to 80). Hosted by NCNH District.
Friday, October 6, Evening Meet and Greet
Saturday, October 7, Rose and Photography Show, Speakers and Awards Banquet
Sunday, October 8, NCNH District Fall Business Meeting in the AM.
More information to follow. If you can help, please contact Conference Chairman, Lesa Lane.

NCNH District Horticulture Judging School
2023-11-04 09:00 - 14:30 | Cogir of Stock Ranch Senior Living, 7418 Stock Ranch Road, Citrus Heights, CA, United States
Saturday, November 4, 9:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. The School is at Cogir of Stock Ranch Senior Living, 7418 Stock Ranch Road, Citrus Heights, CA. (see link to directions below)
Sunday, November 5, 9:00 a.m. Candidates’ Test – Written and Practical at Coop’s Rose Ranch, 8336 Bianchi Road, Roseville, CA. Please note that Daylight Savings Times Ends Sunday morning 2 a.m. – FALL BACK
The deadline to register is Monday, October 23 and the $20 check must be received by October 27.
Click Here for Registration Form and Schedule
Click Here for the Directions to the Cogir of Stock Ranch Senior Living
If you have further questions, please contact the Horticulture Chairman, Judy Frederick.

2023 American Rose Digital Photography Contest
2023-11-05 08:00 - 17:00
Participating in the ARS Photo Contest is easy – use your camera, phone, or even your tablet!
DEADLINE NOVEMBER 5, 2023 ‼️
Send all mailed digital photographs directly to: Pam Powers, 14106 Rock Canyon Dr, Centreville, VA 20121. Got Questions? email americanrosephoto@yahoo.com
Click here for details.

NCNH District Horticulture Judging School
2023-11-05 09:00 - 12:00 | Coop’s Rose Ranch, 8336 Bianchi Road, Roseville, CA, United States

A Global Rose Experience
2023-11-09 17:00 - 19:00 | Via Zoom, CA, United States
Meet Diane vom Berg: She is a wife and mother living in a suburban community in Australia and enjoys a successful career in Administration. And, oh, she’s just happens to be the PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD FEDERATION OF ROSE SOCIETIES! Her interest in roses escalated after attending a garden show about 25 years ago. Now in 2023, she recently traveled to China to attend rose events in various different cities. Ms. vom Berg will offer us an insiders peak on her ‘Global Rose Experience’. The American Rose Society has invited members of both the Canadian Rose Society and Bermuda Rose Society (the two other national rose societies in North America) to join us as our special guests. Participation is limited to the first 1000 registrants.
Online, FREE
Click here to register

Non-toxic Rose Cultivation
2024-03-12 18:30 - 19:30 | Mill Valley Community Center, 180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley, CA, 94941, United States
We are thrilled to welcome Kevin Sadlier from Green Jeans Garden Supply to present his expert advice for Non-Toxic Rose Cultivation. Please join us for this environmentally crucial topic and feel free to pass along the flyer to your friends. Opened 26 years ago, the nursery specializes in organic controls for the landscape, offers a full line of plants, organic fertilizers, organic soils, and least toxic pest controls and is a Marin County staple.
As always, we will have our monthly raffle for your chance to win fun and useful garden products!
We look forward to seeing you there!

NCNH 2024 Spring Business Meeting
2024-03-23 09:00 - 15:00 | Blue Rock Springs Golf Course, 655 Columbus Parkway, Vallejo, CA, 94951, United States
The Spring Business meeting includes:

Free Felco tool service
Business Meeting
Raffle
Lunch & Speaker Ryan Amberg of Felco presenting new technology
Keynote Speaker, Dr. Maher Al Rwahnih (1CR Credit) Eliminating Viral Disease in Roses

Visit this meeting website for details, and to order lunch.

How to Prepare Your Roses for Winning AND Winning with Your Photographs
2024-04-09 18:30 - 19:30 | Mill Valley Community Center, 180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley, CA, 94941, United States
Get ready for the Spring Rose Show! Maureen Groper will present “How to Prepare Your Roses for Winning .” She will demonstrate how to select the best rose in your garden, how to properly groom your rose and what tools to bring to the shows for final finishing.
Betty Mott will discuss the best practices for “Winning with Your Photographs” in the photography division of Rose Shows. Both programs will be in preparation for the Marin Rose Society’s 50th anniversary Rose Show at Bon Air Center on May 11.

Annual Rose and Photography Show
2024-05-11 11:00 - 14:00 | 340 Bon Air Shopping Center – Old Paxti’s / Calico Corners, Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Greenbrae, CA, 94904, United States
Come and enjoy Marin Rose Society’s 47th Annual Rose Show and 9th Annual Rose Photography Exhibit at Bon Air Center in Greenbrae on Saturday May 11.
11 am to 2 pm 110 BON AIR CENTER (Next to Wells Fargo Bank) Greenbrae, CA
* Interactive Displays, Consulting Rosarians, Rose-related Handouts
* Miniature roses will be given to the first 100 kids
* Show Roses for sale at 2:15 pm – $1.00/stem (100% of Proceeds from sale of roses to benefit the Center for Domestic Peace)
ENTER your ROSES & PHOTOS from 7:00 am – 10:00 am
Click here for details about the Rose Show.
Click here for details about the Photography Show.

GROWING ROSES IN CONTAINERS
2024-06-11 18:30 - 20:30 | Marin Art and Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross, CA, 94904, United States
JOLENE ADAMS, Past President and current Northwest Regional Director of the ARS, presents GROWING ROSES IN CONTAINERS
Powerpoint presentation will include choosing the right type and size of container, using the proper soil mixture, along with the correct planting method and watering directions for the healthiest roses.

A Tour of Remarkable French Rose Gardens
2024-07-09 18:30 - 20:30 | Marin Art and Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross, CA, 94904, United States
Rose Gilardi of the SF Rose Society, and outstanding horticultural judge, is presenting: a Tour of Remarkable French Rose Gardens with the World Federation of Roses Society.

Thrips Update
2024-08-10 09:00 - 11:30 | Via Zoom, CA, United States
Lance Osborne – Professor of Entomology
Lance Osborne is an entomology professor in the Department of Entomology and Nematology at the University of Florida. A leading expert in Integrated Pest Management (IPM), Osborne specializes in biological control methods for pests of ornamental plants, including thrips, whiteflies, mealybugs and mites.
At the University of Florida’s Mid-Florida Research and Education Center (MREC), Osborne’s work includes managing invasive pest species and developing systems for rearing natural enemies, such as banker plant systems. His research also investigates the quality of biological control agents and focuses on evaluating pesticides for their efficacy, phytotoxicity, and impact on beneficial organisms.
Osborne is dedicated to advancing practical and effective pest management solutions that benefit both professional practices and the community. His work is driven by a commitment to connect homeowners and landscapers with pest management solutions.
THE DISCOUNT CODE FOR FREE ENTRY IS: MEMBERS
Welcome everyone! Before registering for this webinar please be advised there are minimum system requirements for attending any Webinar regardless of the video conference application being utilized.
REGISTER: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/5991672507040599131

American Rose Society 2024 National Convention
2024-09-09 - 2024-09-13 | Crowne Plaza Hotel, Warwick, RI, United States
Sailing on a Sea of Roses
American Rose Society 2024 National Convention
September 9-13, 2024

Crowne Plaza Hotel in Warwick, Rhode Island
Click here for more details

Roses and Soils
2024-09-10 18:30 - 19:30 | Marin Art and Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross, CA, 94904, United States
Roses and Soils, in an integrated pest management (IPM) context will be presented by Steven Swain, UC Environmental Horticulture Advisor.
This Powerpoint presentation will focus on the relationship between soil, water, pests, and plant health. Learn the best horticultural practices for growing beautiful and healthy roses.
