About Us:

The Rose Society of Tucson has been helping the gardeners of southern Arizona grow great roses since 1960. We are an affiliate of the Pacific Southwest District of the American Rose Society.


What to do this Month:


Friends:

American Rose Society
Pacific Southwest District
Rose Society of Green Valley
Mesa-East Valley Rose Society
Arizona West Valley Rose Society
Phoenix Rose Society
Rose Society of Glendale
Tucson Botanical Gardens
Watershed Management Group

Help Me Find: Roses

March Program: Roses In Japan

For our March 4th program we will take a virtual trip with, Donaldina Joung, to Osaka, Japan, to see her lovely photographs at the 2006 World Federation of Rose Societies show. Our first stop will be a pre-convention tour of Hiroshima, Japan, where we’ll visit the Hiroshima Peace Memorial. We’ll also visit a Japanese rose hybridizer. And of course the highlight will be the many wonderful roses and rose arrangements by rosarians from around the world.

The American Rose Society is one of the members of the World Federation of Rose Societies and in 2006 when Donaldina and others were in Japan, Dr. Tommy Cairns was President of the World Federation. Prior to that he was ARS President. Dr. Cairns lives in Studio City, California, and is the one who developed the rose food we all love, “Magnum Grow”

February Meeting!

OUR BIG ANNUAL EVENT! ROSE AUCTION! TUCSON BOTANICAL GARDENS, 7PM TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4TH!!! COME BID ON ROSES AND BEAUTIFUL ROSE BOOKS, GET SOME GREAT BUYS, AND/OR BRING YOUR HEALTHY ROSE PLANT DONATIONS JUST BEFORE THE AUCTION STARTS!!! SOCIAL TIME 6:30-7PM. SEE YOU THERE!

January Program

Our January program will be a demonstration of winter rose pruning for the fabulous spring blooms we are all looking forward to! President Terry Swartz and Master Gardener Lauren Kettenbach will demonstrate two different approaches to pruning. Both Lauren’s method and Terry’s method are great; it’s just a question of what you’re most comfortable with. We’ll have standard as well as miniature bushes at the meeting for this demonstration. Plus lots of opportunity to ask questions and see, first-hand, how to get your bushes in shape for the winter and beautiful spring blooms. We’ll also have handouts available to show and explain how and why pruning is done. It’s a great reference piece. This is one of the favorite meetings of the year, so come early with all your questions.

Rose Pruining & Planting Demostration

Rose Pruning & Planting Demonstration Free & Open to the Public Saturday, January 18, 10am At Reid Park Rose Garden Learn when and how to prune you roses for a fabulous spring bloom Sponsored by the Rose Society of Tucson & Friends of the Reid Park Rose Garden

   

Photo credits: Slide show photographs provided by Rose Society of Tucson members Danielle Fochs, Lisa Bunker, and Judy Singer. More photographs of Tucson-grown roses are viewable in our photo gallery.

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