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  • Saturday, June 15, 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm – New England Rose Society Show & Sale

    Come see a large, colorful array of cut roses displayed at the annual New England Rose Society Show on June 15 from 12:00 – 3:00 at The New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill. The roses are judged and awarded ribbons and certificates by horticultural judges within the American Rose Society. Learn tips and tricks for easy rose growing and ask consulting rosarians your questions. You do not need to be a member of the New England Rose Society to enter roses. The New England Rose Society is affiliated with the American Rose Society and has been in existence for over 80 years. Their task is to inform and educate people about our national flower, the rose. For more information about the society, visit http://www.rosepetals.org/. This event is included with General Admission. We recommend purchasing your tickets online in advance to secure your preferred date. You can also buy tickets in person at the Garden. There will be two lectures. At 10:30 am, enjoy Easy Roses, Happy Gardens: A Stress-Free Introduction, and at 11:30, hear Friends and Foes of the Garden.

  • Saturday, September 10, 10:30 am – 12:00 pm – Winterizing Your Roses

    Roses are a classic plant that can brighten up any garden or home. In this September 10 New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill program, Teresa Mosher provides tips for choosing hardy roses, fertilizing, rose dormancy, fall rose care, and winter protection. Photos from her locally revered Zone 5 garden in Methuen are incorporated into the PowerPoint presentation. Each participant will take home a signed copy of Teresa’s book A Year in my Rose Garden. filled with very helpful rose caring information, photos, information on ordering roses, a list of tools and supplies, her favorite books to read, rose terms, favorite roses and much more.

    Teresa Mosher is one of the leading garden and rose consultants in New England. She has over 30 years of experience as an avid gardener and cares for forty flower beds, 250+ roses, and over 2000 perennials, shrubs and trees in her garden. She is currently president of the New England Rose Society, a Horticulture Rose Judge, and Consulting Rosarian for the American Rose Society.

    $35 Member Adult; $50 Adult (Registration includes admission to the Garden) Register HERE.

  • Friday, October 18, 11:00 am – 12:15 pm – Winterizing Your Roses

    On October 18 at 11 am at Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Teresa Mosher will provide tips for choosing hardy roses, fertilizing, rose dormancy, fall rose care, and winter protection. Photos from her locally revered Zone 5 garden in Methuen are incorporated into the Powerpoint presentation. Each participant will take home a signed copy of Teresa’s book/ journal A Year in My Rose Garden, filled with very helpful rose caring information, photos, information on ordering roses, a list of tools and supplies, her favorite books to read, rose terms, favorite roses and much more. $25 for Tower Hill members. $39 for nonmembers. Register at www.towerhillbg.org.

    Teresa Mosher is one of the leading garden and rose consultants in New England. She has over 30 years of experience as an avid gardener and cares for forty flower beds, 250+ roses, and over 2000 perennials, shrubs and trees in her garden. She is currently president of the New England Rose Society, a Horticulture Rose Judge, and Consulting Rosarian for the American Rose Society.

  • Tuesday, January 17, 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm – A Gardener’s Travels: The Royal National Rose Society’s Garden of the Rose

    On Tuesday, January 17 from 1:30 – 3 at Elm Bank, Mirjana Toyn will present a virtual tour of the Royal National Rose Society’s rose gardens, highlighting rose cultivars, rose trials, and integrated garden design. She will discuss their use of companion planting, vertical interest, and old garden roses, as well as the history of the garden. She will also answer any rose questions and give recommendations for other English gardens to visit.

    Mirjana Toyn is the immediate Past President of the Connecticut Rose Society and has served on their Board in various capacities for nearly 10 years. She is a Consulting Rosarian as well as the Yankee District Membership and Old Garden Rose Chair for the American Rose Society. Her regular column on Old Garden Roses has won numerous awards over four consecutive years and is published in various newsletters nationally and abroad. She grows over 100 roses in her own small, suburban garden and lectures regularly on various rose related topics.

    Massachusetts Horticultural Society Members: $12; Non-Members: $20 . Register at www.masshort.org.

  • Thursday, June 7, 7:00 pm – The Basics of Rose Growing

    This Thursday, June 7  lecture at Elm Bank in Wellesley, given by Irwin Ehrenreich and beginning at 7 pm, covers rose history, classification, the year in the rose garden from spring pruning to winter protection and finally, a photo gallery of some of Irwin’s rose gardens.  Irwin Ehrenreich, owner of The Rose Man, a rose care service on Cape Cod, is an American Rose Society Consulting Rosarian, Yankee District coordinator for Roses in Review, past president of The Seaside Rosarians, and Lower Cape Rose Society, as well as a Master Gardener.  Register for this Massachusetts Horticultural Society lecture at www.masshort.org.

  • Friday, May 25 – Saturday, May 26 – Relevance: National Plant Societies in the 21st Century

    Leadership from every major national plant society has been invited to a summit meeting in Shreveport on May 25-26. The meeting is hosted by the American Rose Society and is intended to gather leaders from similar plant organizations in order to share common challenges and solutions. The theme of the meeting is “Relevance: National Plant Societies in the 21st Century.”

    Both the American Camellia Society and the American Horticultural Society are taking major roles in the meeting through planning and participation. We expect members of the National Garden Clubs, American Orchid Society, American Dahlia Society, American Daylily (Hemerocallis) Society, and others to join us. ARS Executive Director Jeff Ware states, “I hope this meeting proves to be so valuable to our participants that it becomes an annual event hosted at the headquarters of various national groups on a rotating basis.”

    The event begins with a Get Acquainted Reception sponsored and hosted by the American Horticultural Society on Friday evening, May 25, at 7:00 p.m. at the Gardens of the American Rose Center. The Summit itself will take place on Saturday, May 26, beginning at 9:00 a.m. at Klima Rose Hall: The American Rose Society Education and Visitor Center. This meeting will provide opportunities for everyone to share ideas and best practices around 3 major topics: membership, volunteerism, technology and social media. Harry Rissetto, Chairman of the Board for the American Horticultural Society, will present the keynote address on Saturday, “Social Capital – Challenges for Plant and Flower Clubs and Societies.” A luncheon will be provided.

    There is no fee to attend the National Plant Society Summit. However we ask that you RSVP to Jeff Ware, execdirector@ars-hq.org. We hope to make this meeting financially accessible for all groups, both large and small. The event is held at Courtyard Marriott at the Shreveport Airport. Call the hotel directly at 318-686-0102 for reservations. Ask for the American Rose Society Center rate of $84.

  • American Rose Society Four Month Free Trial Membership

    The American Rose Society is offering a four month Trial Membership to new New England Rose Society members who are not American Rose Society members.  Current New England Rose Society members who are not ARS members may take advantage of the trial membership for a fee of only $5.  In addition, the general public who are not members of a local society or the ARS can have a four month trial membership for only $10.  This (admittedly fairly confusing) offer is a great way to learn more about roses.  Information and sign up will be available at New England Rose Society meetings, or you may email Manny at bettybigboy@comcast.net, or check www.ars.org.  The next New England Rose Society meeting will be held tomorrow, Saturday, November 20, at 10 am at Tower Hill Botanic Garden, but you may receive information on future meetings by emailing info@rosepetals.org, or by logging on to www.rosepetals.org.  Did you catch all that?

  • Wednesday, November 11 – Sunday, November 15 – ARS Fall National Conference & Rose Show

    Come be a part of history in the making! Join  the American Rose Society’s 2009 Fall National Conference and Rose Show, hosted by the Desert Rose Society, which will be held November 11-15, 2009, in Palm Springs, CA. This is the first time that an ARS National will be held in the California desert and the first time in more than 60 years that a Fall National has been held in the Pacific-Southwest District.

    We can’t think of a more attractive venue for an ARS national conference and rose show than Palm Springs, California, “America’s Premier Desert Resort” and “Date Capital of the U.S.” (95% of all American dates are grown in the Palm Springs area). The mid-November weather with warm, sunny days and cool evenings makes it even more ideal.   Remember, Boston people, winter is coming – time to stock up on sunshine for the gray days ahead.

    Take a trip to the top of Mt. San Jacinto on the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, the world’s largest rotating tram, taking riders up 8,516 feet from the desert floor to the Mountain Station.

    Enjoy a few of the more than 120 golf courses, including some of the finest in the world, or play tennis to your heart’s delight. Visit the Living Desert, which features the unique flora and fauna of the world’s deserts.

    Join other participants in a guided bus tour past the homes of celebrities past and present. Tour the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens and its magnificent new Chinese Garden. The list goes on!

    You’ll have the opportunity to tour private rose gardens at members’ homes, attend educational and inspiring presentations by a world-class faculty from the United States and Europe, exhibit in or simply enjoy a national rose show featuring some of the finest roses anywhere. Participate in a post-conference Ikebana workshop. Enter or just wander through the International Rose Photography Show. This is a great time and place to renew old acquaintances and make new friends.

    The organizers are doing everything they can to provide the rose experience of a lifetime, including locking in a terrific rate at the conference hotel, the Doral Desert Princess Resort. But there’s one thing needed to make it perfect – you! This is one ARS national conference and rose show you definitely won’t want to miss!  For more information, log on to www.ars.org, or email Cliff Orent, Co-Chairman, at cliffofthedesert@yahoo.com.

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  • Saturday, September 12 – Yankee District Rose Show and Lobster Fest

    The Yankee District of the American Rose Society announces its Fall Rose Show and Lobster Fest, to be held Saturday, September 12 at the First Congregational Church of Yarmouthport, 329 Main Street (6A) in Yarmouthport.  Contact Oz at ozrose@comcast.net for times.  A bed & breakfast next to the First Congregational Church is holding rooms: contact www.colonialhousecapecod.com and mention the rose event.  The rose show will be in very close proximity to Grays Beach, the location of the Lobster Fest.  In case of bad weather, the Lobster Fest will be held in the Church Hall.  The price of the Lobster Fest will be $40, and includes chowder, 1 1/2 lb. lobster or a 16 oz grilled New York steak, native steamers, mussels, corn on the cob, onions, red bliss potatoes, linguica, and watermelon.  Send your check, specifying lobster or steak, to Audrey Osborn, 12 Scotch Pine Farm, East Harwich, MA 02645.  You may also call 508-221-6734 for more information.