“Roses do not bloom hurriedly; for beauty, like any masterpiece, takes time to blossom.” ― Matshona Dhliwayo On March 20th at 2:24pm we enter the Spring Equinox. This is the time at which the sun crosses the celestial equator, when day and night are of approximately the same length of time. What I enjoy about […]

“A good garden may have some weeds” – Proverb Isn’t it amazing how lush and beautiful some of the weeds are at this time of year and the rose lies resting in its dormant state only to surprise us with its beauty throughout the year. Since we’ve had so much rain this season those unwanted weeds […]

2023 brings The Peninsula Rose Society a very fun and exciting year ahead. This year we welcome 3 new board members Vice President, Janice Murphy Recording Secretary, Katherine Nelson Director, Carl Brannon A huge thanks for joining the board and I look forward to working with all of you. Here is a bit about me: […]

“Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning  but a going on, with all the wisdom  that experience can instill in us.”  – anonymous.       As  I write the last president’s letter for 2022, I think back at all the beautiful things I learned and will take with me in 2023. Besides feeding my […]

The White Rose John Boyle O’Reilly – 1844-1890 The red rose whispers of passion, And the white rose breathes of love; O, the red rose is a falcon, And the white rose is a dove. But I send you a cream-white rosebud With a flush on its petal tips; For the love that is purest […]

“There is something profoundly satisfying about sharing a meal. Eating together, breaking bread together, is one of the oldest and most fundamentally unifying human experiences.” Barbara Coloroso On July 16th, thirty-eight members of the Peninsula Rose Society members came together under my majestic century-old Southern Magnolia to share a delectable meal. The weather was perfect, […]

by Patti Spezzaferro “Flowers are the beautiful hieroglyphics  with which she indicates how much she loves us. “ Johannah Wolfgang von Goethe June is National Rose Month, and it was first introduced in June of 1959. Some three decades later, in 1986, President Ronald Reagan officially made the rose the national flower of the United […]

By Patti Spezzaferro There are no gardening mistakes, only experiments.  Janet Kilburn Phillips Every time I see a plant in trouble, my heart sinks but then I remember the wise words of Janet Kilburn Philips, “there are no garden mistakes, only experiments”. I quickly put on my detective hat and looked at all the possibilities […]

By Patti Spezzaferro In the waves of change, we find our true direction. After being at home zooming for the past two years and three months, Peninsula Rose Society returned to its old stomping grounds at the Redwood City Veteran Memorial Senior Center for its most recent membership meeting. Twenty-five in-person members and twelve members […]

By Patti Spezzaferro Safety is not something that happens by itself. You need to work towards it with the right measures, tools, and mindset. California’s statewide mask order expired on February 15, allowing fully vaccinated people to no longer be required to wear masks in most public indoor settings. According to the Mercury News article […]