February 2014 - American Rose Society

American Rose Society Newsletter for Local Society
Sue Tiffany, Publisher: sunshine-n-roses@q.com
Contents:
Life of a Rose Orphan .......... p. 1
President’s Message ........... p. 2
News from ARS HQ ............. p. 3
Guidelines for RSL .............. P. 4
Monarch Butterflies ............ p. 5
Sharing Roses ..................... p. 6
Smaller than a Pencil .......... p. 6
Gardner’s Guide ................. p. 7
One Bouquet at a Time ....... p. 9
Announcements .......... p. 10-12
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of the USA
Proclamation 5574
November 20, 1986
American Rose Society
877 Jefferson Paige Rd.
Shreveport, LA 71119
318.938.5402
February 2014
Mary Hext, Editor: mhext@outlook.com
The Life of a Rose Orphan by Christine Coleman
It all started that strange day when
Mom decided to join a club. Not just any
club, mind you, but a ROSE SOCIETY. We
had a few bushes and then I had no objections. But, as the years passed and the
four of us grew, so did the rose garden.
Mom got Dad interested in roses, and "a
few" grew into over 200.
I noticed that my parents were becoming more and more active in the
Westchester Rose Society. They started
going all over to shows, garden parties
and visiting other rose gardens.
Guess who was stuck home cleaning
the house and fending for herself? (I got
to like TV dinners).
Oh, don't get me wrong; my mom and
dad loved me and all, but this little hobby
has grown into an empire! They became
Consulting Rosarians and Rose Judges;
and as for me, I became a consulting
teenager, who learned about roses
whether I wanted to or not.
Now the empire was really prospering.
We now had about 300 rosebushes.
Mom's job was to spray some gross junk
on the roses to kill the bugs. The smell
could kill anyone (cough, cough). She also
hacked the bushes down in the spring and
then prayed that they would grow again.
Grown-ups are sure crazy: especially
"rose nuts".
Dad really went loony. I thought I had
seen everything until the day he brought
home chicken manure. What a smell!
The smells of the garden varied
from the sweet essence of
roses to the foul smell of
dead fish and cow
droppings, otherwise
known as "compost". In
the spring and summer, I
would have
died if not
for air conditioning that
allowed me
to keep my
windows
closed.
However, together my folks made a
pretty good team for rose showing.
Take the time they were going to a
rose show in New Jersey. First, two weeks
before the show Dad puts these sillylooking hats over the roses to shade his
precious blooms. Then he waters, waters,
waters, using all the water pressure while
I happen to be in the shower with shampoo in my hair and all I get is a trickle of
water. Mom is out there at the crack of
dawn and under the moon cutting roses
for the show. I have to clean the kitchen
while she cleans rose leaves. God forbid
you open the refrigerator! It got so bad
they finally had to get a refrigerator just
for the roses so the four of us kids could
eat the week before a rose show.
Just about now Mom's ulcer starts to
act up and any little thing will upset her.
The night before the show is when I go
into hiding. First, Mom is uptight because
some roses wouldn't open; Dad's upset
that some bloomed too fast. They totally
disagree on which roses are the best. The
morning of the show, they are up before
the sun to pack up this outrageous
box full of their angels, and
away they drive to a show.
By the time I get up, all I
find are a few rose leaves
on the floor and empty
coffee cups in the sink.
Louise Coleman
(continued page 4)
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A Message from the ARS President—by Jolene Adams
Hearts and Flowers … Roses, of Course!
February brings spring closer. But for those of us who live in northern climates, this
month can bring warm days with sudden freezes at night that can be devastating in our
gardens. Don’t be fooled – keep your roses covered until the traditional end of the frost
season.
Jolene Adams
For the warm winter states – don’t get too excited. The weather can still get colder
London
Hill Garden
before the actual start of spring. And, in the west, the drought situation has worsened –
New Zealand
gardeners there are looking at cuts in their water allowance. Start planning now to conWFRS Regional Convention
serve your water and still keep your roses hydrated.
I hope to see some of you on the ARS Cruise! We will have fun, fun, fun – and earn some educational credits
by attending great seminars at sea. We will hear about creating some simple arrangements using roses, how to
exhibit a rose in a bowl of water or in a picture frame, what the International Rose Trials are all about and some
history of the Trials held at the Biltmore Rose Garden and we will talk roses, roses, roses.
You probably like to talk roses too – especially with other rose lovers. You can learn a lot by sharing your ideas, techniques for handling garden problems or hearing about a new tool or garden gadget to make gardening
easier. The best place to hear this kind of chatter is at a District Conference. People who attend a District meeting
are intensely interested in roses. They love to share and they are definitely friendly! There are several Districts
that have spring meetings – ask your local society president where your District spring meeting will be held or
check the calendar on the ARS website – often the meetings will be listed there. Go to the Conference and enjoy
the “rosy life”!
Want to try something new? Make some Valentine cookies – heart-shaped and frosted with white and pink
frosting – and sprinkles of course! Gotta have sprinkles. The “secret” ingredient is rose water. It is used in the
frosting as well as the cookie dough when you make these. Scrumptious!
Valentine Cookies
Instructions
 Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
 In a mixer, beat butter and sugar until well combined, about 2 minutes.
 Add in 2 eggs, 2 egg yolks and mix until com
Ingredients
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1-½ cup Butter (I Use Unsalted)
2 cups Sugar
2 whole Eggs
2 whole Egg Yolks
4 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
2 teaspoons Rose Water
4 cups All-purpose Flour
1 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Baking Powder
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bined.
Add in vanilla and rose water; mix until combined.
In a separate bowl, sift together flour, salt, and
baking powder. Slowly (about a cup at a time)
add flour to butter mixture and combine. You
can use a mixer or not, just depends on how
strong you are.
I usually just mix ingredients until they are combined, as I have heard that if you over-mix this
dough it will get tough.
Put dough in some Saran wrap and refrigerate
for at least one hour. When you are ready to
bake, heat oven to 350 degrees. Roll dough out,
cut out cookies, and bake for 6-8 minutes.
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ARS & YOU
News from ARS Headquarters by Jeff Ware, Executive Director
2014 is the 40th Anniversary of the American Rose Center, the Shreveport-based headquarters of the American
Rose Society. Events are planned throughout the year to celebrate the milestone event. Watch this newsletter for
announcements and photos.
A Pruning & Planting Party is set for Saturday, February 15. Bring your pruners. Bring your shovels. And, bring
your appetite, because we are serving lunch. Don’t know how to prune or plant a rose? Don’t worry. Our first
Green Thumb seminar on the same day will teach you everything you need to know and then you can practice it
hands-on under the watchful guidance of experts.
The Buckeye District of ARS is providing 200 new roses for their Pavey-Buckeye circle garden at the American
Rose Center. The roses in that garden were damaged beyond repair by the 2013 tornado. This is the most visible
garden at ARC; and, once these roses are in bloom, will be showpiece again. Thank you to Weeks Roses for their
help in securing the roses for this garden.
Construction on new trails in the main body of the garden begins this month. We are finalizing plans and demolition of existing trails will begin next week. The forms will be built and the concrete poured in February. This work
is subsidized by the Louisiana Recreational Trails Grant program in the amount of $87,000.
‘Love’s Magic’
‘Lovestruck’
2014 Events at the American Rose Center
2/2
2/15
2 pm
Groundhog Day at ARC
9 am-3 pm
Green Thumb (Theme TBD)
2 pm-3:30 pm ARC Trial Gardens Evaluation Training
40th Anniversary Pruning Party
4/11
10 am-1 pm
ARC Committee Meeting
4/12
9 am-5 pm
Green Thumb (Theme TBD)
40th Anniversary Celebration of Spring
Bloom
4/12
11 am-1:30 pm Easter Egg Hunt (Lower Gardens)
6/21
9 am-Noon
Green Thumb (Theme TBD)
TBD
10 am-1 pm
ARC Committee Meeting
9/6
9 am-Noon
Green Thumb (Theme TBD)
9/6
2 pm
ARC Deer Hunter Orientation
10/19
Bus Tour from ARS National Fall Convention
40th Anniversary Party & Celebration
10/25-11/28 5-8 pm Ghouls in the Garden
12/4
5:30-7 pm
Christmas Cards to the Community
Reception
12/21
5:30-10 pm
31st Christmas in Roseland (Fri, Sat, Sun)
‘Sweetheart’
‘Fallin-in-Love’
DID YOUR LOCAL SOCIETY ELECT
NEW OFFICERS RECENTLY??
With many local societies changing
officers in the new year, don’t forget
to UPDATE LOCAL SOCIETY INFORMATION on the ARS website at this
link.
DID YOU KNOW . . .
If you don't belong to a local society you can find the one closest to
you on the ARS website. If you don't
belong to ARS you can join from the
ARS website with a credit card.
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ARS & YOU of Interest
Articles
Guidelines for Rose Society Leaders by Sue Tiffany, Chair, Local Society Relations Committee
Quilts Article (continued from p. 1)
The Guidelines for Local Rose Society Leaders is a wonderful benefit from the American Rose Society (ARS) to
all local rose society members and leaders and will soon be online. Your Local Society Relations Committee (LSRC)
has worked diligently updating these Guidelines for your use. You will find the link to them both at www.ars.org
under the “Resources” tab and under the “Members Only” tab. Please download your own copy of these Guidelines which you will find fully indexed and write to us with any questions or concerns.
It is strongly felt that these Guidelines need to be available to both ARS members and non-members alike as
they will help society leaders with nearly all aspects of leading a rose society. If you need to know how to run a
meeting, hold a rose show, find meeting topics and PowerPoint presentations from ARS, recruit new members or
hold a fundraiser for your society, these are just a few of the valuable insights to be found in the Guidelines. We
hope that once you see all the benefits available to you through the ARS, you will want to be a part of this great
organization and will join. Regardless, we want your rose society to grow and benefit your membership—we want
you to have the tools necessary to help with this process.
The LSRC committee is dedicated to assisting you with issues facing many rose societies today by providing you
with the best information available from the ARS and other sources. We want you to be aware of all that we offer
allowing you to receive the many wonderful benefits ARS membership affords its members. We are available to
support you in helping your rose society be successful and want you to contact us if we can be of service. You will
find our names and e-mail addresses listed on the last page of this newsletter.
The Life of a Rose Orphan (continued from page 1)
That night the two of them dragged themselves into the house and collapsed on the
couch too tired to tell me how the show was. The morning after is when I get all the facts.
First, Mom shows me all the trophies they have won, with a smile of pride. Dad, on the
other hand, complains about the trophies they didn't win. Neither one of them thinks to
ask if I have eaten for the last three days as they are back out in the garden getting ready
for another show.
Christine Coleman
They really do some crazy things out in that garden besides feeding, weeding and watering all 500 bushes. Mom goes around with a bucket in hand and lops off all the blooms. So dumb, I mean they
do everything to make the roses bloom and then end up with "deadheads". I wonder if all "rose nuts" are as nuts
as mine are.
One day I had an experience that really made up for all the misery. I went to the front door to get the mail and
saw the garbage men emptying the buckets of deadheads. Suddenly I realized that they were making bouquets out
of the flowers, smelling them and raving over them like a new-found treasure. Then I knew it was the power of the
beauty of the rose that had captured my parents and made me a rose orphan!
Epilog: The bug finally got me! I got interested in rose arranging and went to several
shows with my parents and entered my arrangements. I never won a trophy, but did get a
few blue ribbons and it was fun!!!
Several years later, dad went into the hospital just before a rose show. The fridge was
filled with roses. He wanted mom to go to the show anyway. He asked me to go with her
and help her. Since the show was in a shopping mall, I agreed!!! I told my mother we better
win Queen or else. Well, we did. Dad was so proud. Soon after, he entered the rose show in
Heaven.
I’m all grown up now, with my own kids and my own roses. I just grow and enjoy them –
no shows, unless mom needs help. She still grows 400 roses and does a few shows. I guess
she just can’t help herself.
Editor’s Note: Christine Coleman is the daughter of Tom and Louise Coleman. She wrote
Louise Coleman
this article in 1977, when she was 14 years old, after 10 years with roses. It was published in the December 1977
issue of the “American Rose”. Currently, Christine is the technology Administrator for a large school district, grows
12 roses and helps her mother in the spring with pruning!
ARS & YOU
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A Home for the Monarch Butterfly by Suzy Langhorne, Mountain View Rose Society
Three years ago this past August, I was in my backyard gardens and noticed many caterpillars on my milkweed. They were Monarch butterfly caterpillars. I contacted Kansas
City University Monarch
Watch from
whom
I
learned how
many milkweed plants I
needed
to
grow (These
are the host
plants
for
laying the Monarch to lay their eggs) and what else was
needed to feed the Monarchs once they became
butterflies. Eventually, I had enough different plants
and my yard became an official Monarch Butterfly Way
Station. I am number 04296 on the registry. http://
www.monarchwatch.org/.
Since January 2013, Monarchs have been continuously in my yard. Typically, Monarchs migrate from
place to place. Three weeks ago there were at least 300
caterpillars on the milkweed. Now, most of the plants
are stripped of leaves and my yard and neighborhood
are full of butterflies. Other plants the butterflies feed
on are lantana, buddleia, Bougainvillea and Pride of
Madeira.
The Monarch butterfly is famous for its southward
late summer to autumn migration from the United
States and southern Canada to Mexico and
coastal California and its northward return in
spring, which occurs over the lifespans of three
to four generations of the butterfly.
Using clear plastic boxes, I put milkweed and
caterpillars in them and cover the top with
cheese cloth. I have
given them to McKalya
and Khloe, neighbor
children, and placed
them in the daycare
classes
at
my
church. The children
are able to watch
the
caterpillars
attach to the cheese
cloth, spin a chrysalis and in about 10
days become butterflies. Then the boxes
are opened and the
children are able to watch the butterflies dry their
wings and fly away.
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Share Your Love for Roses
By Carol Borich, Lake Superior Rose Society
In the July issue of ARS & You, we asked readers to
send us ways they share roses with others. This month
we are featuring a response from Carol Borich about
sharing her love of roses with her nieces.
Your letter struck a chord with me. Last month, my
niece Kassie VanMoorlehem came with her family from
Minneapolis to visit me in far northern Minnesota.
Daughters Tallie (6) and Libby (2) were intrigued with
my gardens: they dug carrots and parsnips, made apples from my trees into their very first apple pie and
collected a few late-flowering blossoms. The "big roses"
in my shrub rose border impressed them the most,
towering over the little girls and dotted with bright red
and orange hips. In answer to Tallie's questions about
what rose hips were made of, I showed her the seeds
inside and she immediately asked if she could grow
them. A trip to the house produced a muffin tin and bits
of paper and Tallie began to carefully cut off hips from
several of her favorites: ‘Henry Hudson’, ‘Jens Munk’,
‘Henry Kelsey’ and ‘Cape Diamond’ among them. Each
variety was labeled as it went into the tray and back in
the house Tallie and her mom removed seeds into ziptop bags, listening to instructions for stratification and
germination.
I love the thought that as I encouraged my nieces to
garden years ago for the great taste of fresh food, the
intricacy of
the science
behind it and
the
sheer
beauty of it
all, now another generation is being
drawn in to
the power of
the garden.
Here's a
photo of a
very satisfied
young lady
(Tallie VanMoorlehemLenz) with a
project
awaiting her,
with sister Libby VanMoorlehem-Lenz looking on.
Articles of Interest
Smaller Than
a Pencil
by Baxter Williams
to the tune of “If you’re happy, and you know it,
clap your hands”
If it's smaller than a pencil, cut it off.
It makes no difference whether hard or soft.
If the stems are sized like straws,
They all must have their flaws.
They're just too flippin' small, cut 'em off.
If your leaves are turning yellow, fix 'em now.
They'll be dropping, and cause sadness to your
brow.
No matter what the cause,
Blackspot, mites, or drought;
Don't let 'em hit the ground; fix 'em now.
To kill the rose bush eaters, you must spray.
Don't let them, on your winning bushes, play.
Use Avid1 for the mites,
Thrips and bad guys in your sight,
But ladybugs, lacewings and mantids are okay.
The blackspot, mildew and rust are all fungus.
(My blackspots are really just humongous!).
Some Mancozeb2 will kill it,
And some Funginex2, prevent it;
We don't need maladies like these in among us.
Our Houston Rose Society is the best,
The biggest from the east unto the west.
Our Rose-Ette3 has won the Gold
'Cause the principles unfold,
Its advice on growing travels 'round the World.
The growing of our roses will be fun.
Especially when the garden work is done.
Whether in the sun or gloom,
Flowers brighten every room.
I love God's rose creations everyone.
Notes:
1.A potent insecticide
2.Fungicides
3.The local Houston Rose Society newsletter
Editor’s Note: Baxter Williams is the ARS Director of
Region 7.
ARS & YOU
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A Gardener’s Guide to Kordes Roses by Gaye Hammond, MR, Houston Rose Society
The German family-owned, W. Kordes Sohne (Kordes) are perfect for small
is one of the oldest rose breeding companies in the gardens and excelworld. They are responsible for some of the best-loved lent choices for congarden roses in this country, including: ‘Iceberg’, ‘Blue tainer plants.
Balconia® Roses.
Girl’, ‘Crimson Glory’, ‘Westerland’, ‘Sunsprite’ and
‘Dortmund’ and these roses are still commercially availa- Roses in the Balconia
collection are lowble up to 70 years after introduction.
In the 1980s, Kordes’ breeding department began growing, spreading
focusing their breeding operations toward greater sus- and vigorous which
‘Hot Pink Barconia’
tainability of garden roses with increased disease and makes them perfect
pest resistance. Today’s modern Kordes roses are grown for planters and hanging baskets. Blooms are formed in
without any applications of chemicals. Kordes roses clusters and repeat throughout the growing season. The
come to us through NewFlora, LLC. NewFlora is the li- roses in this collection have a “trailing” habit when planted in a container.
censed distributor of Kordes roses in North America.
Fairy Tale Roses. “Nostalgic” is the best
Kordes has not only been an innovadescription of the roses in the Fairy Tale
tive leader in breeding for disease recollection. They are reminiscent of Engsistance, they are also concentrating
lish roses, with cupped, quartered, rotheir efforts to develop rose collections
sette, flat and cabbage bloom forms.
for specific landscape and other uses.
They are robust shrub roses with an upThese developmental innovations allow
right habit. Roses in the collection can be
the consumers to readily identify roses
from 3 to 6 feet tall and 3 to 4 feet wide,
appropriate for their specific needs and
depending on variety.
space allowances.
Vigorosa® Roses. Roses in the Vigorosa
I have to admit, when I visited the
NewFlora’s Oregon trial fields, I was alcollection are low-growing ground cover
most overwhelmed. How in the world
types. They are very vigorous. Some variout of that sea of roses could they possi‘Lions Fairy Tale’
eties hug the ground, others may be horbly pick the next additions to the various
collections? Chris Pellett of NewFlora explained, “We izontal-growing varieties that get no more than 2 feet tall.
watch these plants for years and years. We want to Some roses in the Vigorosa collection do well grown in
make sure that the roses we choose for our collections containers as well as mass plantings in the landscape. To
live up to the high standards that we set for those collec- date, all of the roses in the Vigorosa collection are recipitions and will be a compliment to the other roses in the
ents of Germany’s ADR (Allgemeine Deutsche Rosenneucollections.”
highest and most prestigThis article discusses the heitenprüfung) decoration – the ‘Pope
John Paul II’
great diversity of uses for ious award available to roses in that country.
(continued page 8)
Kordes roses and the Kordes “collections” where
those types of roses can be
found.
Veranda® Roses. Roses
in the Veranda collection
were designed for gardeners with limited space.
They are usually heavily
petaled floribunda roses
and are typically 2 to 3
feet tall and wide. They
‘Brilliant Veranda’
‘Innocensia Vigorosa’
Articles of Interest
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Kordes Roses (continued from page 7)
Kolorscape® Roses. Roses in the Kolorscape collection are compact mounded shrub roses with stunning
flower power. Almost all of the roses in the Kolorscape
collection are self-cleaning (meaning they drop the
spent blooms and create new flowers without deadheading). The average size of roses in this collection is 3
feet tall / wide.
Climbing Max™. As you might imagine, roses in this
collection are climbing varieties. They are largeflowered roses blooming in cluster or large trusses.
‘Amadeus’
®
Freelander Roses. Not only does Kordes develop
roses for landscape and container applications, they are
a leader in commercial outdoorgrown cut roses.
Roses in the
Freelander collection typically
have long stems,
abundant flowers and a long
vase life as a cut
flower.
‘Eliza Freelander’
‘Mandarin Ice’
Kordana® Roses. If you’ve walked past the florist
section at your local grocery store, chances are you
have seen Kordana Roses. These are miniature roses
bred for a long
bloom period and
big flowers on a
small plant. The
Kordana or “pot
roses” (as Kordes
calls them) are
grown for controlled greenhouse
production. They
can be grown in
containers on a
‘Texas Kordona’
bright patio.
Other Garden Roses. While the above are some of
Kordes’ named collections, the company continues to
develop great disease resistant hybrid tea, floribunda
and shrub roses of
all sizes and bloom
forms.
Editor’s
Note:
This article appeared
in the December
2013 issue of the
‘South Africa’ - Shrub Rose
Rose-Ette, newsletter
of the Houston Rose Society, Maria Trevino, Editor and is
used with permission.
A ROSE FAMILY HOLIDAY
Mark your calendars and start planning now for the ARS Annual Convention 2014 to be held in San Diego, California, May 9-12, 2014.
Click here for program of events, tours, registration, rose show schedule
and other information!
ARS & YOU
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ONE ROSE BOUQUET AT A TIME by Nancy Stout, President of The Villages Rose Club
Have you ever noticed how one person can make a difference in someone else’s life? If an individual can have such an effect, how about 10, 20,
30 people ... or even more?
That’s what happens during The Villages Rose Club’s annual Make-andTake Rose Bouquet Sharing Project. In keeping with the club’s motto
“Share What You Know and Share What You Grow,” members of The Villages Rose Club make bouquets with roses from their gardens. The bouquets are then delivered by the club members to persons in the community who are in need of a smile.
Here’s how it works:
One of the club’s programs during the rose-growing season is dedicated to the Make-and-Take project. Club
members are encouraged to bring with them:
 cut roses from their gardens
 a pair of pruners
 glass containers of various sizes and styles to use as giveaway vases
(e.g. fruit jar, spaghetti jar a.k.a “Italian crystal!”, jelly jar). Labels
should have been removed and the containers washed.
No worries, if someone comes empty-handed. There are always extra blooms
and materials to share.
Before the project begins, a team of set-up helpers has been busy with the
preparations. The room is arranged with a number of 6-foot tables, each covered with layers of newspapers. Space for walking around the tables is important.
On each work table are placed:
 roses from club members’ gardens
 containers to serve as vases
 pruners
 jugs filled with water
 some rolls of 1/8 inch width ribbon
 small blank club cards for gift tags
 a roll of tape
 writing pens
 sugar to improve vase-life of water
Now it is time for the Make-and-Take Rose Bouquet Sharing Project to begin. Club members scatter themselves
four to five each among the arranged tables. Sharing of roses, foliage and vases is encouraged.
Members exchange suggestions, ideas and compliments. The room is filled not only with
theJohn
fragrance
‘Pope
Paul II’of roses,
but also laughter and friendship among all of the participants. Time passes quickly as creatively beautiful rose bouquets begin to appear on all of the tables. When a bouquet is completed, a small card displaying the member’s hand-written message is
attached with ribbon or tape to the container (vase).
The best part is yet to come .... All the club members walk out of the
room with their handmade rose bouquets. As we deliver the roses to
people in the community, we love seeing the smiles.
It’s as simple as that and always a win-win proposition. By the end
of the day, roses grown in our gardens have brought us enjoyment
while we worked together to prepare the bouquets. They continue to
bring happiness to the people who receive them … one rose bouquet
at a time.
Articles of Interest
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Upcoming Events for Rosarians
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Feb 1: GROW XIV—The Huntington Botanical Garden, San Marino, CA
Feb. 2-9: ARS Cruise to Caribbean—CruiseOne & Associates, dlupton@cruiseone.com
Feb. 21-22: Tenarky District Mid-Winter Workshop, Franklin, TN—link
Feb. 28-March 1: South Central District Mid-Winter Workshop, Oklahoma City, OK—link
March 7-9: Penn Jersey Mid-Winter Rose Get-A-Way, New Cumberland, PA
March 14-16: Colonial District Pre-Spring Meeting, Staunton, VA—link
March 21-23: Yankee District Convention, Taunton, MA—link
May 8-15: WFRS Regional Convention, Barcelona, Spain
May 9-12: ARS National Convention, San Diego, CA—link
June 21-23: Heritage Rose Foundation Conference, Mottisfont Abbey, England
July 24-27: ARS Miniature/Miniflora National Conference & Rose Show, Mt. Laurel, NJ
Oct. 15-19: ARS Fall Convention & Rose Show, Tyler, TX
Nov. 21-Dec. 5: WFRS Regional Convention, Hyderabad, India
Sept. 9-13, 2015: ARS Fall Convention & Rose Show, Syracuse, NY
‘Valentine’s Day’
Call for Nominations “M/MF Rose Hall of Fame”
The ARS Miniature and Miniflora Rose Hall of Fame honors miniature and miniflora roses that have
stood the test of time in commerce for at least 20 years. Now, it is your opportunity to participate in this
process by sending in your nomination(s), (five or less). Click here for more information and instructions.
Arrangement Judging for the
Spring 2014 National Rose Show
Horticulture Judging for the
Spring 2014 National Rose Show
If you are an Accredited Arrangement Judge
or Apprentice Judge and would like to judge
at the 2014 National Show in San Diego, CA,
please contact the Arrangement Chair, Lauren Toth, prior to March 15, 2014, at
l.toth@cox.net
Requests for horticulture judging at the 2014 ARS Spring
National Rose Show are now open. The date of the National
Show in San Diego, CA is May 8-12. The closing date for all
requests is March 15, 2014. Confirmed judges will be announced shortly after that date. For judging requests contact Akiko Strathmann: akikostrathmann@aol.com
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ARS & YOU
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"This rose business for me is about
beauty, friends, encouraging people
and learning things from each other."
Gean Ann Nelson
Kitsap County Rose Society
Heritage Roses Northwest
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ARS Committees – Who, What, Why, How
Horticulture Judges Committee
Chairpersons—Ted and Linda Burg, CA
This committee oversees the maintenance of the Guidelines and Rules for Judging Roses, the enforcement of
those rules and guidelines, manages the program for
Horticulture Judging Schools and Seminars and reviews
the testing and qualifications of new judges and ultimately rules on all judging controversies. All District
Horticulture Judging Chairs automatically belong to this
committee. The Chair acts as the Chair of Horticulture
Judges at ARS National Rose Shows.
Arrangement Judging Committee
Chairperson—Lillian Walsh, NY
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Most ARS members are home gardeners
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Four-Month Trial Members receive:
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This committee oversees the training and testing materials for Arrangement Judges, updates the Guideline for
Judging Rose Arrangements, manages the program for
Arrangement Judging Schools and Seminars and reviews
the testing and qualifications of new judges. This committee ultimately rules on all arrangement judging controversies. All District Arrangement Judging Chairs automatically belong to this committee. The Chair acts as
the Chair of Arrangement Judges at ARS National Rose
Shows.
A 4-month trial membership is valued at
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Icy rose photo by Harlow Young, President of Tri-City Rose
Society (WA) appearing in January issue of the Rose Herald,
Jo Angelos, Co-editor, used with permission.
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Photo Credits
Photo p. 1 & 4 .............................................. Louise Coleman
Adams photo p. 2 ................................ Kathleen Demerdjian
Rose cookie photo p. 2 ..................................... Jolene Adams
Rose photos p. 3 ..................... Rich Baer & www.rosesuk.com
Photos p. 5 ................................................ Susan Langhorne
Photos p. 6 ........................................................ Carol Borich
Photos p. 7 & 8 ...................... Chris Pellett & Gayle Hammond
Photos p. 9 ........................................................ Nancy Stout
Rose photo p. 10 ................................................... Rich Baer
Rose photo p. 11 .............................................Harlow Young
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