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January 2, 2010 (Saturday)

Annual Hands-On Rose Pruning Demonstration

Inez Grant Parker Rose Garden (on the east side of Park Boulevard)

Roger English, SDRS Past President, says:

"Learning to prune roses is an ongoing learning process. It took me several years before I began to feel comfortable using pruners, loppers and a saw to accomplish this important task. It is best learned by watching an expert demonstrate the procedure and then having him mentor you. Meet your consulting rosarians at 9:15 A.M. on Saturday, January 2rd at the north end of the garden. Bring your own pruners and gloves. We will break up into small groups and you will have the opportunity to improve your pruning skills on hybrid teas, floribundas and climbers. Floribundas and climbers are pruned quite differently than hybrid teas."

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 3rd

For further information contact:
Roger English at rozluvr@cox.net or (619) 582-3794.

Balboa Park Rose Garden   9:15 am - 12

ANNUAL PRUNING INSTRUCTION
AND DEMONSTRATION AT THE PARK
The San Diego Rose Society will hosts it's annual demonstration of how and when to prune roses correctly. Consulting Rosarians from the SDRS will be on hand to demonstrate the correct way to prune hybrid tea, floribunda, shrub, miniature and climbing roses at the Inez Parker Rose Garden in Balboa Park. The pruning will begin at 9:30 AM, Saturday, January 2, 2010 and finish for the day by 3:00 PM.
This is an opportunity to gain hands on instruction in the art of pruning. Instruction will be given by a consulting rosarian and then interested participants will be encouraged to prune bushes, ask questions and really get a feel for the way a bush should be pruned. Bring pruning shears, long gloves if you have them and be prepared to acquire the confidence you need to go home and prune your own bushes without the fear of destroying them.
**CONSULTING ROSARIANS, MARK THIS DAY ON YOUR CALENDAR. WE NEED YOUR
PARTICIPATION!.

January 23, 2010 (Saturday)

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ROSE CARE SEMINAR
The San Diego Rose Society will conduct a rose care seminar from 9:30 until 3:30 PM on Saturday, January 23, 2010, Room 101 Casa del Prado, Balboa Park.
Instruction will include the correct way to plant roses in containers and in the ground, ways of organic gardening, pruning, pest management and general rose care.

Cost: $25.00 includes coffee, juice and coffee cake, seminar handouts and raffle ticket for potted miniature and full size rose bushes.

For information and registration: Gary Bulman 760-739-8342 or gossbulman@cox.net.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

Registration Form

9:00 – 9:30 Registration, coffee, juice and coffee cake

9:30 – 9:35 Welcome Gary Bulman

9:35 – 11:00 The Rookie Rosarian Robert B. Martin

11:00 – 12:00 Total Growth Management: Green Solutions for Healthy Soils John Bagnasco

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch (bring your own lunch or purchase in the park

1:00 – 1:45 Rose Planting Gary Bulman

1:45 – 2:30 Proper rose pruning of Min/FL/HT Gary Bulman

2:30 – 3:45 Full Cycle Organic Gardening Bill Tall (City Farmer’s Nursery)

To guarantee registration, fill out registration form and mail with your check, payable to San Diego Rose Society, to Gary Bulman, 969 West 5 th Ave., Escondido, CA 92025 by January 20, 2010. Space is limited and reservations are accepted on a first come first serve basis. You will receive e-mail confirmation provided you furnish a legible e-mail address below. Directions: Take Village Place off Park Blvd. And park in the adjacent lot. Walk down Village Place to the next cross street and turn left. Enter the second building on the right (past Junior Theater) and room 101 will be on the left near the bottom of the ramp

January 25, 2010 (Monday)

Monthly Meeting

Program: Guest speakers, Keith and Debbie Zary, from Jackson & Perkins. Award winning hybridizer, Keith Zary, will discuss his work and what direction new roses are taking.

Free. Visitors are always welcome.

7:30 pm -- Meeting/Program begins

Room 101, Casa del Prado, Balboa Park. ( Map)

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February 22, 2010 (Monday)

Monthly Meeting

Program: Panel of Experts will review Spring Rose Pruning and Care, answering all your questions!

Free. Visitors are always welcome.

7:30 pm -- Meeting/Program begins

Room 101, Casa del Prado, Balboa Park. ( Map)

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March 15, 2010 (Monday)

Monthly Meeting

Program: Guest speaker, Tom Carruth from Weeks Roses. Award winning hybridizer will discuss his work and what new roses are on the horizon.

Some of our favorite roses have been hybridized by Tom including these AARS winners.

Betty Boop - 1999	Hot Cocoa - 2003	Wild Blue Yonder - 2006	Julia Child - 2006

Photos courtesy of Weeks Roses

Weeks' Research Department, under the direction of Tom Carruth since 1988, is dedicated to bringing you the best in all types of proven older roses and new rose varieties - whether from their own hybridizing efforts or from international breeding firms or amateur stateside breeders. Each year, they hand-pollinate about 50,000 flowers to produce around 250,000 seeds. After a thorough 8 to 10 year evaluation period, culminating with the All-America Rose Selections (AARS) Trials, only about 3 or 4 varieties emerge from the group as truly superior and market-worthy. Weeks has had 14 AARS Winners to emerge from their new hybridizing work. Tom Carruth‘s AARS Winners include: 'Cinco de Mayo' (2009); 'Strike It Rich' (2007); 'Julia Child' and 'Wild Blue Yonder' (2006); 'About Face' (2005); 'Memorial Day' (2004); 'Hot Cocoa' (2003); 'Betty Boop' and climber, 'Fourth of July' (1999). Tom‘s first AARS winner, in 1997, was the wildly striped 'Scentimental.'
Join us for a wonderful presentation from Tom!

Free. Visitors are always welcome.

7:30 pm -- Meeting/Program begins

Room 101, Casa del Prado, Balboa Park. ( Map)

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April 16 - 18, 2010

Please join the Rose Society of Tucson as they host the Annual PSW District Convention and Rose Show. Tucson weather is perfect at this time of year and their gardens are in full bloom!
Please visit their website for more detailed information:
www.pswdroseconvention2010.org

April 19, 2010 (Monday)

Monthly Meeting and Little Rose Show

Program: Some of the country's best rose exhibitors will show us how they prepare blooms for competition. Each exhibitor will hold forth at his or her own table, and you can gather around watch how it's done, and even do some of the work yourself. You'll never have a better opportunity to learn how to do it and learn slowly in a low pressure environment. It being April, you can even bring your own blooms as the raw material for the demonstration. Think of it: Bob Martin, Dick Streeper, Dona Martin, Sue Streeper, Ruth Tiffany, Linda Clark. Kings and Queens of Show. Up close and personal. Free of charge.

Free. Visitors are always welcome.

7:30 pm -- Meeting/Program begins

Room 101, Casa del Prado, Balboa Park. ( Map)

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April 25, 2010 (Sunday)

OPEN GARDENS 2-5 pm

You Are Invited—and It’s Free!

You are in for a treat on Sunday, April 25, when two of the prettiest rose gardens in San Diego County are open for your viewing. You are welcome any time between 2:00 and 5:00 , and you can visit the gardens in any order convenient to you. Each garden is unique, and all will be serving refreshments.

No reservations are necessary.

Ruth Tiffany's garden in San Carlos has over 500 roses. Her address is 6705 Maury Drive,
San Diego 92119.

Dick and Sue Streeper's garden also has hundreds of roses. Their address is 1333 Wenatchee Avenue, El Cajon 92021. This is their 32nd annual open garden.

Please come and enjoy the roses and have a glass of lemonade and a cookie!

 

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Monthly Meeting, Potluck and Little Rose Show

Program: Walt and Diana Kilmer will present a program on arranging roses, including making arrangements in non-competitive situations.

Free. Visitors are always welcome.

6:30 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 - Dessert

Please bring your own plates and utensils.

7:30 pm -- Meeting/Program begins

Room 101, Casa del Prado, Balboa Park. ( Map)

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June 5, 2010 (Saturday)

83rd Annual Rose Show

Rose Show Schedule (Anyone interested only in Div I just needs to print pages 1–7; for Div II print only page 1 AND 8–11; for Div III only print page 1 AND 12.)

Please save the date and plan to exhibit, attend and/or volunteer your help.

Entries will be received from 6:30 to 9:30 am.

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June 11 - July 5, 2010

San Diego County Fair

Be sure and check out the beautiful rose garden exhibit built by SDRS. Many thanks to all of our volunteers for their hard work.

Fair closed 3 Mondays: June 14, 21 and 28.

To enter roses (register by May ) see their web site: San Diego County Fair Entries

June 21 , 2010 (Monday)

Monthly Meeting and Little Rose Show

Program: David Ross of Walter Andersen Nursery will be our guest speaker this month.

David Ross

David Ross' passion for the garden started at a very young age, first grade in fact. For a class assignment about what he wanted to be when he grew up, David drew a picture of the family gardener mowing the lawn.

David has been with Walter Andersen Nursery since 1989. He offers regular classes at the nursery and speaks to groups about all aspects of horticulture.

He also has a long-running gardening segment on the NBC-TV affiliate in San Diego. Look for his reports on KNSD Saturdays at 8:40 a.m.

It's hard to find something green that David cannot help flourish. He brings a rare blend of humor, enthusiasm and insight to his work.

David is married and has twin daughters who are his helpers in the garden.

He loves answering gardening questions and you are always welcome to email him at gardendoctor@dslextreme.com.

 

Free. Visitors are always welcome.

7:30 pm -- Meeting/Program begins

Room 101, Casa del Prado, Balboa Park. ( Map)

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July 31, 2010 (Saturday)

Garden Tours

No monthly meeting in July.

In July we normally feature tours of members' gardens. These are always terrific events.

GARDEN TOUR #1 Visit the San Diego gardens of Jim Bishop and Jim Wright.

This is the "Jim" Tour. Both residences display a mind-boggling display of horticultural variety and a few roses.

Time: 10am to 2pm

Jim Bishop residence - Mission Hills area, above Lindbergh Field, 4328 Randolph Street, San Diego.

Jim Bishop is the Assistant Director of the Flower and Garden Show at the San Diego County Fair and his home garden has been featured more than once in magazines that focus on landscaping and home gardens

Jim Wright residence - South Clairemont area, above Mission Bay, 2151 Burgener Blvd. San Diego.

Jim Wright is a long-time member of the San Diego Rose Society, but his emphasis in his home garden is the display of plants from around the world.

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August 14, 2010 (Saturday)

No monthly meeting in August.

GARDEN TOUR #2 - Escondido gardens of Bob & Dona Martin, Gary & Sonja Bulman and Marianne Putnam.

Time: 3pm to 7pm (during the cool part of the afternoon)

Roses, roses, roses, everywhere. In the ground, in pots, climbers, you name it.

Sonja & Gary Bulman - Close to I-15, on the east side, 969 West Fifth Avenue, Escondido.

Gary is a top exhibitor and current champion of the rose show at the San Diego County Fair. Gary & Sonja’s garden is very mature, with over 250 roses, but he is regularly switching out older varieties of roses for new ones. Gary also heads our Consulting Rosarian program and is a Master Gardener.

Dona & Bob Martin residence - East side of Escon-dido, north of I-78, 2609 Canyon Crest Drive, Escon-dido.

Bob is the current President of SDRS, a nationally recognized author, hybridizer and exhibitor. Dona has also exhibited nationally and is our newsletter editor.

The Martin Garden, was started in June 2008, with most plantings done in Summer 2009, about 120 roses in the ground and another 100+ in pots. The 1/2 acre garden also includes a collection of about 30 clematis among roses of all types and sizes.

Marianne Putnam - East side of Escondido, off Bear Valley Parkway, south of I-78, on 750 Chaparral Lane
Escondido, CA 92025

Marianne Putnam, a new member, is the owner of one of Escondido's finest and most unique rose gardens, with over 400 roses and dozens of arbors, pillars and other structures. She has also been featured in San Diego Home & Garden. Her dozens of climbers, shrubs and other roses of all sizes are mixed with annuals, perennials and bulbs in mass plantings. There is also an enormous birdhouse collection!

 

August 28, 2010 (Saturday)

Consulting Rosarian School and Seminar hosted by the San Diego Rose Society

When: 8:30 AM to 3:40 PM

Where: University Christian Church, 3900 Cleveland Ave. , San Diego , CA 92103

Cost: $25.00 per person includes Seminar, Continental Breakfast and Lunch. Candidates who will be taking the test will make out an additional check for $10.00 to the ARS and present to Ruth Tiffany at the seminar to be sent to ARS upon completion of test.

Schedule and Application form

Registration Deadline is Friday, August 20, 2010

Qualifications and requirements for a CR are on the PSWD website: http://www.pacificsouthwestrose.org.

 

 

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September 20, 2010 (Monday)

Monthly Meeting and Little Rose Show

Program: Join us for this month’s program.

Al Heck will interview Walter Andersen.

Free. Visitors are always welcome.

7:30 pm -- Meeting/Program begins

Room 101, Casa del Prado, Balboa Park. ( Map)

 

September 25, 2010 (Saturday)

Memorial for Phil Ash

Balboa Park Rose Garden

9:30 a.m. to noon.

For further information contact: Roger English

 

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6:30 pm -- Pot Luck Dinner - Please bring a dish to share that will serve eight, along with a serving utensil and your own plate and flatware. Drinks will be provided.

A through G - Dessert
H through Q - Main dish
R through Z - Salad or side dish

7:30 pm -- Meeting/Program begins

Room 101, Casa del Prado, Balboa Park. ( Map)

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November 15, 2010 (Monday)

Monthly Meeting

Program: How to relandscape your garden with roses.

Our guest speaker will be ... Paula Taylor

 

Free. Visitors are always welcome.

7:30 pm -- Meeting/Program begins

Room 101, Casa del Prado, Balboa Park. ( Map)

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December , 2010 (Saturday)

HOLIDAY PARTY.

All San Diego Rose Society members and guests are invited.

Every year, instead of a regular meeting of the Rose Society in December, we schedule a holiday bash.  It's a chance to mingle without an agenda, talk about any darn thing we want, and generally have a great time.

When: December , 2010; Noon to 3 p.m.
Where:  home and garden of Linda Clark
10656 Fuerte Drive, La Mesa, CA 91941
Food: Catered Luncheon
How much: $15
Reservations required. Contact Dona Martin (760.317.5894) or Linda Clark by December 9th

See you there!

 

 

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