By Carol Wong, President Our energetic Peninsula Rose Society Vice President Eleanor Rakonitz was filling vases for her blooms to display at the Menlo Park Library, for June is Library and Rose Month. She noticed that the faucet was old and leaking. She later crossed El Camino Real to Guy Plumbing and asked, “If I buy a faucet, […]

By Carol Wong, President Jim Crowther’s theme for rose arrangements this month is, “June is Busting Out All Over” and some of our roses may have recovered enough from their spring flush to be blooming once again. Please bring at least one of your blooms or an arrangement to share with us, whether or not it is in […]

By Carol Wong, President Have you ever made a BIG Mistake? Well we almost did not have a May membership meeting due to my neglect, but alert members corrected the omission, so please plan to COME to the May 17 membership meeting at the Veteran’s Building. The program will be power point programs with membership input. As there is […]

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 […]