This month’s meeting will be on Monday, September 18 and we are privileged to have Kathy Monge coming from the Orange County Rose Society to speak at our meeting. Kathy is in high demand as an animated speaker at rose societies on various topics. She is a Master Rosarian, Horticulture and Arrangement Judge for the American Rose Society (ARS) as well as an exhibitor in horticulture, arrangement and photography competitions. She is two-time past president of the Orange County Rose Society and is the current Roses in Review Coordinator for the Pacific Southwest District. Along with an occasional speaking engagement, she writes a monthly column for the Orange County Rose Society’s Rose Gazette and was a contributing author for the 2021 ARS Rose Annual. She has been honored with the 2018 Outstanding Consulting Rosarian and the 2022 Outstanding Horticulture Judge for the Pacific Southwest District of the American Rose Society as well as the 2007 Bronze Medal recipient for the Orange County Rose Society. She grows approximately 150 rose bushes in Santa Ana, California with an emphasis on miniature and micro-miniature roses. Her latest adventure in roses is hybridizing and she is a board member for the Rose Hybridizers Association. We hope you can all come to this meeting and hear expert advice from our speaker.
There have been some adjustments to the meeting times. The Consulting Rosarian’s Corner and the new Arranger’s Corner will begin at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting presentation will begin at 7:00 p.m.
Meeting location: Casa del Prado’s room 101, in Balboa Park.
The meeting will include a Little Rose Show this month starting at 6:30 p.m. Come and bring your best roses for a fun contest that is not intimidating. There will also be a rose auction starting at 6:30 p.m. at this meeting.
Directions to Casa del Prado, Room 101: The Casa del Prado building is immediately west of the Natural History Museum. Entrances to the Casa del Prado lead to an inner court. The rooms are accessible from the court. Room 101 is downstairs on the east end of the court.