San Diego Rose Society
Established 1927
An Affiliate of the American Rose Society
2008 Calendar of Events
2007 Calendar of Events
| 2008 Schedule | ||||||
January 5-6, 2008 (Saturday-Sunday)
Winter Rose Pruning Demonstration
This annual event will take place at the north end of the Inez Grant Parker Rose Garden on the east side of Park Boulevard from 9:15 a.m. to noon on January 5th and 6th. Be there to initially learn or sharpen your skill about pruning hybrid teas and floribundas. If you have them, bring your own pruners. You will be part of a small group led by a consulting rosarian who will explain the rationale and demonstrate the techniques of pruning a rose bush. You will then have the opportunity for hands-on learning while being observed by your leader. Loppers and/or a saw will be provided by your instructor.
For further information contact:
Roger English at rozluvr@cox.net or (619) 582-3794.Balboa Park Rose Garden 9:15 am - 12
January 26, 2008 (Saturday)
Rose Care Seminar: Learn To Grow Beautiful Roses
9:00 am – 9:40 am Registration, Vendor Fair, Coffee, Juice, and Coffee Cake 9:40 am - 9:45 am Welcome and Introduction Steve Berry 9:45 am -10:35 am Landscaping with Roses Sue Streeper 10:45 am - 11:35 am Planting Roses in Pots Al Heck 11:45 am - 12:35 pm Rose Care Through the Year Dick Streeper 12:35 pm - 1:15 pm Lunch and Vendor Fair 1:15 pm – 2:05 pm Pruning & Other Techniques Phil Ash 2:15 pm - 3:00 pm Ask Questions
Bring In Problem Leaves, Buds, Pests, etc.Panel of Speakers/
Consulting RosariansLocation: Room 101, Casa Del Prado, Balboa Park
Cost:
Seminar: $25.00 Includes:
Coffee, juice and coffee cake
Seminar handouts
A raffle ticket for vendor-donated roses, fertilizers, and other neat stuff.Lunch: $10.00 For a delicious box lunch at noontime (optional and must be pre-paid)
For information and pre-registration contact Steve Berry 619.291.5755 or seberry@cox.net
January 28, 2008 (Monday)
Monthly Meeting
Program: Bob Martin will be our featured speaker for January.
Bob Martin, co-editor of the Rose Exhibitors Forum and author of the excellent book, Showing Good Roses , will be our featured speaker for January. Bob is a very knowledgeable rosarian who has received many achievements and awards as an author, lecturer, exhibitor and hybridizer. He is an ARS Master Rosarian, Accredited Horticulture Judge, Accredited Arrangements Judge and has held leadership positions at district and national levels. Bob owns and operates www.roseshow.com whose purpose is to support rose show exhibitors and the public display of roses in their most perfect phase of possible beauty.
Bob has hybridized some outstanding roses. His first miniflora, Butter Cream, is a must-have for every exhibitor, having placed in the top 25 in 2003, the year it was introduced. Pasadena Star is a lovely floribunda with the enchanting habit of putting out one-to-a-stem exhibition blooms.
Bob is a “Wikipedia” of everything roses, willingly sharing his expertise with wit and humor. We will all be sitting on the edges of our chairs as he shares information about new roses. Bob is the new editor of Horizon Rose, published annually for 30 years, as a review of America’s newest exhibition roses.You can be absolutely sure that you will hear new information that you can “take to the bank” to assist you to grow the best roses in 2008.
Free. Visitors are always welcome.
7:30 pm -- Meeting/Program begins
Room 101, Casa del Prado, Balboa Park. ( Map)
February 25, 2008 (Monday)
Monthly Meeting
Program: Kathy Reed and Dwyn Robbie will be our featured speakers.
Roses for Del Mar will be presented by Kathy Reed and Dwyn Robbie of the Del Mar Rose Society. Highlights will include the story of the origins of the Del Mar Rose Society, master rose mentors and tips and tricks for winning in rose exhibiting at the San Diego County Fair at Del Mar.
Free. Visitors are always welcome.
7:30 pm -- Meeting/Program begins
Room 101, Casa del Prado, Balboa Park. ( Map)
March 17, 2008 (Monday)
Monthly Meeting
Program: John Bagnasco, co-host of Garden Compass Radio Show and contributing editor of Garden Compass Magazine, will give us a PowerPoint presentation called "Not in My Neighbor's Yard" featuring some of his favorite roses. John has hybridized a series of roses called "The Little Rascals" including 'Darla', 'Spanky' and 'Alfalfa.'
NOT IN MY NEIGHBOR’S YARD……….
Attendees of our March meeting will be awarded with the wit and wisdom of John Bagnasco of Garden Compass fame. John has been a host on the Garden Compass radio show for many years and is a contributing editor of the Garden Compass Magazine.
John is a highly innovative rose gardener, experimenting regularly with products and concoctions designed to produce the best roses possible. Growing hundreds of roses in his garden, traveling to rose gardens around the world, researching and trying many growing techniques has given John a multitude of topics on which he can knowledgeably speak.
John has chosen to share with us roses that you won’t find in your (or your neighbor’s) garden. He isn’t so interested in having the roses everyone else has. John will share with us some of his favorites in a collection of very intriguing and more difficult to find beauties.
Garden Compass Magazine is the garden enthusiast’s year-round guide to gardening in the Western United States. Garden Compass Magazine brings you all the valuable tips, innovative design ideas and creative inspiration you need to celebrate the best of living in your garden and the gardening lifestyle.
Hosted by Bryan Main along with garden experts Bruce Asakawa, Sharon Asakawa and John Bagnasco, the Garden Compass Radio program can be heard throughout California and parts of Arizona. The radio show airs every Saturday and Sunday from 8:00 am to 10:00 am (Pacific time) on m any fine radio stations. Starting Jan 26, 2008, GardenCompass Radio can be heard on XEPE 1700 AM both Saturday and Sunday. Also listen live on www.sandiego1700.comFree. Visitors are always welcome.
6:30 pm -- Exhibiting 101 - learn the tips to enhance the beauty of your rose blooms.
7:30 pm -- Meeting/Program begins
Room 101, Casa del Prado, Balboa Park. ( Map)
April 21, 2008 (Monday)
Monthly Meeting and Little Rose Show
Program: SHOW AND TELL AT THE SAN DIEGO ROSE SOCIETY
I wonder how many of you can remember kindergarten or 1st grade? Can you remember Show & Tell and how, when it was your turn, you agonized over what you would take? You wanted it to be your very best possession but you also wanted to take something no one else had taken, and you wanted to impress your teacher and your friends—all at the same time! You couldn’t wait until the day and woke early and put your prize in a big bag so no one could see it and ruin your surprise. And remember when the big moment came, you totally forgot how shy you really were and you marched up to the front and talked about your great offering. I bet not many of us can remember exactly what we took, but I’m guessing we can remember some of the feelings I have just described.
The joy of SHOW & TELL—that is what we are having at our April SDRS meeting. Everyone-absolutely everyone—is asked to bring a bloom or blooms of their favorite rose. We will sit in a big circle, and each rose will be handed around the circle while the person who brings the rose talks about it, answers questions, about how it does and why they like it.
April is the most perfect time for SHOW & TELL--- your blooms are just beginning, not much bad has had a chance to happen to them yet, you have been waiting for rose blooms for months now so you are primed to fall in love with your favorites all over again and, you will be so happy to have a favorite bloom in your hand you won’t hesitate to tell all about it.
6:30 pm -- Rose Exhibiting 101 Class - learn the tips to enhance the beauty of your rose blooms.
7:00 pm -- Rose Auction, Socializing and Networking
7:30 pm -- Meeting/Program begins
Free. Visitors are always welcome.Room 101, Casa del Prado, Balboa Park. ( Map)
April 27, 2008 (Sunday)
OPEN GARDENS 2-6pm
See two of the most beautiful private rose gardens in Southern California right here in San Diego. Both are so renowned that the Los Angeles Rose Society has scheduled a tour to see them on April 27. Ruth Tiffany and Sue and Dick Streeper are opening their gardens for your pleasure on Sunday, April 27, from 2:00 to 6:00 PM. The late April date celebrates the beginning of the blooming season in the San Diego area. Both gardens have hundreds of roses of all kinds, and their owners look forward to your visit. There is no charge, and you and your guests are welcome. No reservation is necessary.
Dick and Sue Streeper
streeper@cox.netRuth Tiffany
ruthsgarden@msn.comBoth gardens have hundreds of beautiful roses of all kinds.
There is no charge and all members and guests are welcome.
May 17-18, 2008 (Saturday-Sunday)
81st Annual Rose Show
The San Diego Rose Society will hold its 81st annual rose show in the Balboa Park Club on Saturday, May 17, 2008 from 12:30 to 5:00 p.m. and on Sunday from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. This show is generally recognized as one of the very best in the U. S. year after year and this year will be no exception. Over $1,500 in cash prize money plus an impressive amount of growing plants from wholesale growers across the country will be awarded for winning entries. This year's attractions for top exhibitors will be not trophies but money, and more dear yet, plants of some of the best new varieties not yet on the market.
The show will offer a few things uncommon or never-before seen in the rose show organization. Rose societies and garden clubs from across the United States have been solicited to ship club entries for competition in the show. The winner will get bragging rights and $100 cash. The exhibitor winning best in section award traveling from the longest distance will receive $50 in cash in addition to other attached awards. Florists have been invited to enter non-competitive exhibits of greenhouse-grown roses to fill the show site with rooms full of roses. Dramm and Eckter, a leading greenhouse grower, is donating four dozen roses each to select customers for display in the show. Visitors to the show present at conclusion at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday will have the opportunity to buy rose flowers at bargain prices. The leading independent nurseries in San Diego County have pledged to send growing plants and other rose products for display at the show. You will never have seen a show such as the one to open on May 17.
The florists who are supporting this show by participation are:
A Flower AffairElena Theochari10066 Pacific Heights Blvd, Ste 112San Diego, Ca 92121800 882 3323Fresh Floral DesignKorie Chmielewski619 572 0103Resplendent Venue Design & Floral ArtistryCaty BuzzettaPO Box 4487Oceanside, CA 92052760 715 0343The Fifth ArrangementJamie Kales7031 Columbine DriveCarlsbad, CA 92011760 274 5242
The rose nurseries who have provided support are:
Walter Andersens NurseryKniffings NurseryHunters NurseryHeirloom RosesCity Farmers NurseryDavid Austin Roses
Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower and Nor'East Miniature Roses have donated important numbers of plants of new varieties, including some not yet in commerce, to be presented as prizes to winning show exhibitors.For further information contact Dick Streeper, Show Chairman @ streeper@cox.net
Please save those dates and plan to exhibit, attend and/or volunteer your help.Entries will be received from 6:30 to 9:30 am on Saturday, May 17, 2008.
The foyer is open to the public at 10:30 a.m. Saturday. The foyer and competitive exhibit hall will be open to the public upon completion of judging, estimated to be at 12:00 to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, and remains open until 5:00 p.m. Saturday.
Sunday hours are 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Admission is $5.00 per person. Children admitted free. Parking is free.
Balboa Park Club, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA
Directions to the Balboa Park Club:From Interstate 8, take Hwy 163 south to Park Blvd, go left at the stop light then left onto President's Way, which is the next stop light. Continue to the stop sign where you can go straight to park in the Pan American Plaza parking lot or make a right and park in the Organ Pavilion lot. The Balboa Park Club is located in the South Palisades area of Balboa Park, just north of the Puppet Theatre.
The Balboa Park Club is located in Balboa Park 1,000 feet northwest of the intersection of Park Boulevard and Presidents’ Way. There will be a banner that says “Rose Show” placed on the building during the show, clearly visible while entering the park on President’s Way.
For information contact: Dick Streeper
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Monthly Meeting, Potluck and Little Rose Show
Program: Highlights of the rose show in pictures.
Free. Visitors are always welcome.
6:00 pm -- Pot Luck Dinner. Please bring a dish to share according to your last name as follows:
A through G - Main dish
H through R - Salad or side dish
S through Z - DessertPlease bring your own plates and utensils.
6:30 pm -- Exhibiting 101 - learn the tips to enhance the beauty of your rose blooms.
For each of you who love the beauty of roses, a series of classes is now available to help you learn how to bring out the best in our Queen of flowers. The major motivation for exhibitors in the San Diego Rose Society is the joy that comes from enhancing the attractiveness of blooms and sprays. We also derive considerable enjoyment from taking in the beauty of all the other roses at rose shows. The first class will begin at 6:30 PM in March in the right front of room 101 as you enter the door. Yes, we are going to start without roses. You will be given several pages of information including illustrations showing the desired form. There will be a general discussion of the material and what we hope to accomplish together.
The classes will continue through October. We will cover hybrid teas, minis, floribundas and sprays and more. Several different exhibitors will be involved to give you plenty of help. For those who have thought about entering our Little Rose Shows but were not sure how to get started, this is for you. If you have done some exhibiting but realize that there is a fair amount that you don’t know this is how to learn. We will begin with the basics and gradually get into the finer points of the processes needed to enhance the loveliness of your blooms.
7:30 pm -- Meeting/Program begins
Room 101, Casa del Prado, Balboa Park. ( Map)
June 14- July 6, 2008
San Diego County Fair
Be sure and check out the beautiful rose garden exhibit built by SDRS. Many thanks to Al Heck and his committee for all of their hard work.
To enter roses (register by May 9) see their web site: San Diego County Fair Entries
Dates for rose exhibition: 6/14, 6/17, 6/19, 6/21, 6/24, 6/26, 6/28, 7/1, 7/3 & 7/5.
Info: Dan Cannou (858) 792-4273
Must be pre-registered to enter
June 15, 2008 (Sunday)
Roses at Barona Valley Casino
**NOTE THE DIFFERENT TIME & PLACE
Our June meeting is a field trip to **Barona Valley Casino, 1000 Barona Road , Lakeside . Take the 8 east to the 67 north. Turn right at Willow Rd and left at Wildcat Canyon Rd.
If your idea of a casino is just a place to lose money (or make some, if you are lucky) you have not heard of Barona. This casino management has a strong focus on beauty and the grounds are overflowing with well-grown plants. Our own Dick Streeper has been instrumental in helping them build a new David Austin display garden which will be a premier site for evaluation of Austin roses on the west coast. The San Diego Rose Society has been invited to visit the rose gardens and be guests of the casino for the Ranch House Buffet.
This will be a great way to spend **Sunday, June 15. That is Father’s Day and our tour starts at **10 a.m. followed by lunch provided by the Barona. We will complete our day about 2 p.m. so you will still have time for more Father’s Day celebrations. There is free parking and you may stay and enjoy the casino and the grounds after our tour and lunch. If you forget and come to Balboa Park on Monday, no one will be there.—So don’t forget!
We need to know how many will be coming to enjoy the Ranch House Buffet. PLEASE email Ruth Tiffany at ruthsgarden@msn.com by Friday, June 13, with the number that will be coming.
**NOTE THE DIFFERENT TIME & PLACE
Barona Field Trip Travel Choices
Barona buses transport people free from the El Cajon Transit Station (Main & Marshall), also from Lakeside , Kearney Mesa, Mira Mesa, Chula Vista , National City , and Escondido . There are more departing from the El Cajon site than from the others. Anyone wanting to catch the El Cajon Barona bus should plan on taking the 9:05 a.m. which would arrive well before the 10:00 event. To get information about leaving from another site, call 619 443 2300. If you have a Barona Club card, you just show it to the driver. Otherwise, you show the driver that you have at least $10 or a credit card in your possession. There is no charge, but they just want to know that you are not joy riding on their bus!
July 12, 2008 (Saturday)
Garden Tours
No monthly meeting in July.
In July a few San Diego Rose Society members open their gardens for self-guided tours. These are always terrific events. This year we will feature 4 gardens in Tierrasanta.
WHEN: July 12, 2008, from noon until 4:00 p.m.
WHERE: The Tierrasanta neighborhood of San Diego.a. John and Barbara Lester - One of our newest exhibitors.
b. Al and Lana Heck - Impresario of our rose gardens at the San Diego County Fair. From the street, you can see all the roses from the Fair rose garden on display in the Heck's parking area.
c. Bonus: The garden of Tim Trieu - Not only roses, but a dazzling display of exotic plants.
d. Additional Bonus: The garden of Frances Tamayo - The ultimate residential back yard.
August 16, 2008 (Saturday)
No monthly meeting in August.
Inez Grant Parker Memorial Rose Garden Summer Tour 10:00 - 11:30A.M.
Balboa Park Rose Garden tour led by Dick Streeper and the San Diego Rose Society’s American Rose Society Consulting Rosarians will be held in the Inez Grant Parker Memorial Rose Garden on Saturday, August 16 from 10:00 am until 11:30 am. The garden is located on Park Boulevard immediately north of the Naval Hospital. See and smell the best rose varieties for selection in San Diego and get answers to questions concerning proper rose care.
Declared one of the sixteen best public rose gardens of the world in 2004 by the World Federation of Rose Societies the Inez Grant Parker Memorial Rose Garden in Balboa Park is a civic treasure. Our national floral emblem is beautifully displayed with two thousand roses of eighty different varieties. Many of these are All- America Rose Selection winners. The garden is located just east of the footbridge on Park Boulevard in Balboa Park. We will meet on Saturday, August 16th at 10:00 A.M. at the north end of the garden under the huge arbor of Rosa fortuniana. Dick Streeper, one of the founders, will give a short talk about the history and importance of the rose garden. Knowledgeable consulting rosarians will then lead groups of about 15 people on different routes throughout the entire garden for about 45 minutes. Certain varieties of roses will be singled out by the tour guides to speak about their special characteristics with regards to fragrance, growth habit, use in the landscape and many other qualities. Questions are welcome. You may well make new selections for your own garden while on the tour. Mark the date on your calendar now.
September 15, 2008 (Monday)
Monthly Meeting and Little Rose Show
Program: Fall Rose Care Concert featuring the CR (Crazy Rosarian!) BAND:With Linda Clark on the Water Wand, John Lester playing the Shovel, Sue Streeper strumming the Secatur, Ruth Tiffany stomping the Pest Pistol, Gary Bulman singing the Spray Song and the one and only, Insulting Rosarian, Al Heck tooting his very secret rose feeding formula (the SDRS has agreed to pay royalties to the tune of $$$$ to get this recipe for you). THIS CR BAND WILL KNOCK YOUR PETALS OFF!!! Special invitation to new members. Mark your calendars now, there are still seats available for this one-of-a-kind concert experience.
Free. Visitors are always welcome.
6:30 pm -- Exhibiting 101 - learn the tips to enhance the beauty of your rose blooms.
7:30 pm -- Meeting/Program begins
Room 101, Casa del Prado, Balboa Park. ( Map)
October 11, 2008 (Saturday)
East County Rose Show
Hillsdale Middle School, Multi-purpose room
1301 Brabham
El Cajon, CAContact - Sandy Campillo (619) 588-8880 or s.campillo@cox.net.
Monthly Meeting, Potluck and Little Rose Show
Program: Sex Life of the Rose (also known as "Propagating Roses 101" or "More Roses for FREE!!")Bring some pots (1 gallon or less) and your clippers.
Free. Visitors are always welcome.
6:00 pm -- Exhibiting 101 - learn the tips to enhance the beauty of your rose blooms.
6:30 pm -- Pot Luck Dinner
A through G - Dessert
H through Q - Main dish
R through Z - Salad or side dishPlease bring your own plates and utensils.
7:30 pm -- Meeting/Program begins
Room 101, Casa del Prado, Balboa Park. ( Map)
November 17, 2008 (Monday)
Monthly Meeting
Program: Webmaster's Favorite: Tom Carruth of Weeks Roses!!!
Tom Carruth, of Weeks Roses, will be giving us a preview of new roses to come. Tom is one of our favorite speakers and always draws a crowd. Some of our favorite roses have been hybridized by Tom including these AARS winners.
Julia Child - 2006 Photos courtesy of Weeks Roses
Free. Visitors are always welcome.
7:30 pm -- Meeting/Program begins
Room 101, Casa del Prado, Balboa Park. ( Map)
December 7, 2008 (Sunday)
HOLIDAY AWARDS LUNCHEON
Sunday, December 7, 2008 … 11am-3pm
Scrumptious Meal of Sliced Roast Beef, Chicken Coq Au Vin, Salads, Desserts and more!! Door Prizes…Annual Awards and Officers…
Rose Gardens Slide Show!!
NEW LOCATION!!!
Holiday Inn San Diego Bayside
Harborview Room – Fifth Floor
4875 North Harbor Drive/Nimitz
Reserve now- Seating is limited!!!
For questions, call Virginia at 858.484.8745 or 858-335-0914 or e-mail virgorcz@hotmail.com
To reserve your seat for this delicious, picturesque and happy event, print and complete the form below, and send with a check for $25 per person made out to the San Diego Rose Society. Mail to: Virginia West, 9262 Samantha Court , San Diego , CA 92129
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