Volunteer with us and meet fellow gardeners, learn from experienced rosarians, and be part of a warm, welcoming community. Every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month.

Volunteer with us and meet fellow gardeners, learn from experienced rosarians, and be part of a warm, welcoming community. Every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month.

Propagate Like a Pro

Our speaker for the October 20th meeting will be Burling Leong of Burlington Rose Nursery. Burling will be teaching us how she propagates roses, and how we can do it too. Propagating roses is a great way to expand your enjoyment of the hobby, share your favorites with friends, and support the Peninsula Rose Society by growing plants for the annual fund-raiser.

Burling has been involved in the rose business for over 35 years. She currently manages all aspects of Burlington Rose Nursery operations, including propagation, hybridization of new roses, and conducting nursery tours for garden clubs and rose societies. Her rose projects include restoration of the rose garden at Hearst Castle and Will Rogers State Park, propagation of ramblers and roses of New York’s Brooklyn Botanic Garden, tree rose Standards at California’s Rancho Los Alamitos Park, and providing OGRs (old garden roses) to Rancho El Cerrito in Long Beach.

6:30 - 7:30 : Socializing and Snacks

7:30 - 8:30 : Meeting

Volunteer with us and meet fellow gardeners, learn from experienced rosarians, and be part of a warm, welcoming community. Every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month.

Volunteer with us and meet fellow gardeners, learn from experienced rosarians, and be part of a warm, welcoming community. Every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month.

Creating Great Garden & Potting Soils for Maximum Blooms - Presenter Terry Lyngso

After a couple of months off for summer travel and rest, you do not want to miss our September membership meeting. Terry Lyngso will speak about optimizing your soil for rose health and maximizing blooms in the garden. Discussions on soil structure can be simple or complex, and Terry will give us enough information on how to promote good bacteria and fungi which enable plants to perfectly intake water and nutrients. Your soil needs to grow microbial life so nutrients are stored and cycled to plants, water is held and moves through the soil, and plants are healthy.

Many of us garden in containers. Terry will explain the differences between composts, and the other ingredients that are important in making a proper and successful container mix.

Terry will also briefly touch on how Lyngso Garden Materials formulates and lab tests their own soil mixes. Mixes are specialized for what you are growing, and she will explain how to select the right one for your growing conditions and plant types.

Biography

I grew up in Belmont and live in Loma Mar with my husband Joe. I am Board Chair for Lyngso Garden Materials where I have worked since the early 1970’s. Joe and I share a love of nature and native plants. When we moved to Loma Mar we planted natives and encouraged the local natives to find a home in our garden. We love learning about and supporting the birds, bats, insects and invertebrates that are indigenous to the area. We also grow herbs, roses, fruit trees and vegetables in our garden. We compost at home and I even composted commercially 40 years ago. I have been a soil nerd all my life and became a San Mateo/San Francisco Master Gardener in 2009 for the connection to UCANR, continuous learning and to meet people with similar interests. I believe in organic gardening and the power of the microbial community to heal the soil, conserve water and grow healthy plants.

Volunteer with us and meet fellow gardeners, learn from experienced rosarians, and be part of a warm, welcoming community. Every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month.