MRS Pruning Demonstration at Sloat Garden Center
2026-01-18 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Sloat Garden Center, 700 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Kentfield, CA, 94904, United States
Come and learn how to prune your roses like a pro, from American Rose Society’s Consulting Rosarians, Connie Pelissero and Cheryl Redmond, both long time Marin Rose Society members. Watch while they demonstrate the basics of pruning roses along with tips for different types of roses. Sessions are free.

Marin Master Gardener's Presents Growing and Pruning Roses
2026-01-26 11:00 - 12:00 | Fairfax Library, 2097 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Fairfax, United States
Program: Come learn how to select, grow, and prune roses for our local gardens. There will be a demonstration on how to prune roses during the class.
Speaker: Rod Kerr is a Master Gardener who has been growing and tending roses for more than 30 years. He has been teaching classes on growing roses to master gardeners and residents of Marin for many years. Rod was the Co-President of the UC Marin Master Gardeners from 2018 to 2020.
Cost: FREE
Sponsors: Marin Master Gardeners and Fairfax Library
Contact: Lina de Legarreta, LA II, MCFL Fairfax, Office: 415-453-8151, Lina.deLegarreta@marincounty.gov

Propagating Your Roses
2026-02-10 18:30 - 19:30 | Marin Art and Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross, CA, 94904, United States
Jai Alltizer of Alexander Nurseries and Garden Design, is a renowned rare rose cultivator, who with his partner and garden designer, John Alexander, maintains two nursery locations with thousands of roses in cultivation. The San Francisco location is in Golden Gate Heights and the second location is in Sebastopol, with over 6000 roses in pots and in ground. Jai is an expert at pruning and propagation as all of his roses are grown “own root.” His collection comprises many very rare roses and old garden roses not generally available in commerce.
Jai will demonstrate his propagation tips and tricks at our February 10 meeting as well as making his current retail rose list available ahead of time for Marin Rose Society members to select roses for purchase. Jai will hand deliver all pre-ordered roses to the February 10 meeting at the Marin Arts and Garden Center.
Click here to view rose availability list, then call or email Jai directly to order roses:
415-990-4621 or
Sales@AlexanderNurseries.com
AlexanderNurseries.com
Instagram: @Alexander_Nurseries

Marin Master Gardener's Presents Growing and Pruning Roses
2026-02-17 11:00 - 12:00 | Belvedere Tiburon Library, 1501 Tiburon Blvd, Tiburon, United States
Program: Come learn how to select, grow, and prune roses for our local gardens. There will be a demonstration on how to prune roses during the class.
Speaker: Rod Kerr is a Master Gardener who has been growing and tending roses for more than 30 years. He has been teaching classes on growing roses to master gardeners and residents of Marin for many years. Rod was the Co-President of the UC Marin Master Gardeners from 2018 to 2020.
Cost: FREE
Sponsors: Marin Master Gardeners and Belvedere-Tiburon Library
Contact: Linda Bennett, 415-453-8151, lbennett@beltiblibrary.org

Natural Light Photography
2026-03-10 18:30 - 19:30 | Marin Art and Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross, CA, 94904, United States
Susie Dranit has over 55,000 followers on Instagram and will demonstrate her simple setup with iPhone and natural light. Bring your iPhone!

Rose Show Preparation
2026-04-14 18:30 - 19:30 | Marin Art and Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Ross, CA, 94904, United States
Betty Mott will share some of her beautiful photos and demonstrate how to prepare roses and photos for the Rose Show in May.
