By Karen Flores, President We are heading into the holiday season! Make sure to mark your calendar for our wonderful PRS holiday party which will be on a WEDNESDAY this year! 12/10/2025 at the Veterans Building, where we hold our regular monthly meetings. It is always a nice evening with great food, prizes, awards, and […]
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October 2025 – President’s Message
By Karen Flores, President The first day of fall has officially come! Wow, the summer really went by fast! This fall is bittersweet as we bid goodbye to one of our star members, Doug Brees. Doug has purchased a home in Virginia, and he will be moving very soon. We thanked him at the September […]
August 2025 – President’s Message
By Karen Flores, President I hope everyone is enjoying the pleasant and cool weather this summer and that your roses are extra happy! We had a fun filled picnic and 70-year celebration in July with a great turn out, amazing food and perfect weather. Be sure to check out the pictures in the newsletter! We […]
June 2025 – President’s Message
By Karen Flores, President May has come and gone! We had a wonderful rose show with many great successes! So many members helped that it made it all go much more smoothly and was way more fun! We had many wonderful comments from the judges and the public who attended. And then we finished it […]
May 2025 – President’s Message
By Karen Flores, President April was a blur as I was recovering from my emergency back surgery. I was very thankful that I had gotten most of my roses pruned and fed before this occurred. Thanks to our intern Jayden for helping while I have been unable to do any garden work! I have also […]
April 2025 – President’s Message
By Karen Flores, President Happy Spring! The weather has been a bit crazy-freezing cold and stormy one day and then HOT the next! Our poor roses are a bit confused for sure! But they are still showing buds and, in some cases, already blooming! Just in time for our first small rose show at our […]
February 2025 – President’s Message
By Karen Flores, President Valentine’s Day is quickly approaching, meaning we should have all of our pruning completed by then and begin to think about feeding our roses. The February meeting will focus on that exact subject! See more details in the newsletter. The January meeting was fantastic with the separate pruning stations set up […]
Obituary – Inés Josefina Carreras Hill
Inés Josefina Carreras Hill passed away peacefully on December 15, 2024. During her time with the Peninsula Rose Society, she served on the calling committee during the pandemic, reaching out to members to check on their well-being and see if they needed assistance. She also held the role of Correspondence Secretary in the past. Inés […]
January 2025 – President’s Message
By Karen Flores, President Happy New Year to all! This is a big year for PRS – it is our 75-year anniversary! We will plan a fun party to celebrate during the year. We have a great line up of presentations for our meetings and we have our kickoff in January with a pruning talk […]
November 2024 – President’s Message
By Karen Flores, President It is hard to believe November is already here – Thanksgiving and Christmas around the corner! PRS has many fun things happening during this time – our membership meeting on 11/19 will be wonderful, with Burling Leong presenting and bringing up her many roses. Please see the details in the newsletter […]