By Carol Wong, President It’s April and the rose bushes sport reddish new leaves and buds in singles, doubles, and more. Those who can bear to experiment with their blooms can finger prune side shoots to produce a bigger single blossom, or snap out the biggest bud to form sprays that will open all together. You hope they […]

By Eleanor Rakonitz, Vice President Of course, you promptly turned in the survey requested by our hardworking President Carol Wong. Anyone who forgot his or her dues ($30) please bring a check to our exciting meeting March 15th. Also, have a blank check with you to purchase that perfect addition to your rose garden from Mike Criab. Did you […]

By Carol Wong, President Looking out over the sere brown and green stems of pruned roses, we wondered if we could renew some of our rose garden. You might consider doing as we did, shovel pruning less than stellar roses and replacing them with roses we’d purchased in the fall sales. We put the old roses in pots to […]

By Carol Wong, President Happy New Year! The Holiday Potluck featured delectable food from the chefs at Peninsula Rose Society, red and white cyclamen thanks to Pam Schenk, and tables decorated by Jill Ferguson and Linda Kowalski. Barry Johnson showed us the year in photos taken of the San Mateo garden exhibit with which he and Brian won second […]

By Barbara Todd, President What a beautiful fall day it is! The sun is shining, the trees are beginning to turn gorgeous colors, and our gardens are fresh from the taste of rain we received. I still have a few stalwarts that are blooming, including the lovely Fame. The NCNH District conference and Festival of Roses was held Saturday, […]

By Barbara Todd, President It is October already and my roses are saying their farewells for the season. Hopefully, we will get the promised rain this winter and an easing of the drought. Our September speaker presented a program on chemical safety. Jolene Adams, former president of the American Rose Society, gave a lively and timely talk to a […]

By Barbara Todd, President It is September already and I have a few stalwart roses that have survived the drought. I hope your garden is still flourishing and that you are taking the time to enjoy your garden while the weather is still nice. We had a great program in August with our own Barry Johnson heading up […]

By Barbara Todd, President August is here and I hope all of you are enjoying your garden and taking advantage of the extended daylight hours. I know that with the continuing drought many of us have cut back on watering our gardens; hopefully, they are still producing beautiful roses and other flowers to enjoy as we wander through our […]

By Barbara Todd, President Our 58th Annual Rose Show was another great success. We had many beautiful roses and rose arrangements. Many thanks to all who helped make this a success, including those who helped with set-up and takedown and those who provided raffle roses and monetary donations. A huge thank you to Sandee Kolter, Jerry Georgette (and myself) […]

By Barbara Todd, President As I write this message, my roses are in full glorious bloom. It has been such a delight to walk through my garden in the freshness of the early morning and discover which roses are newly blossomed. Hopefully, I will have some specimens ready for our Annual Rose Show on May […]