Learn from the Pros!

This month we will have four stations set up for you and experienced exhibitors will be on hand to help you stage and groom your roses for exhibiting at the show. Linda Clark has graciously volunteered again this year to judge our first show and to explain exactly what the judges are looking for in exhibiting your roses. This first show will get us prepared for the Coronado Flower Show on April 15-16 for which Rita Perwich will be the chairperson for the rose section of their flower show, and of course our annual San Diego Rose Society Rose Show on April 22-23 in El Cajon.

Little Rose Show

Bring in your best blooms from your garden at 7pm. Make sure the stems are 12" long (or shorter if the rose is small). From 7:00 p.m. until 7:45 p.m.

Pest Control

We will have a presentation by Bill and Elaine Ornelas on what to look for in our gardens at this time of year as far as pest control.

We will then turn our attention back to Linda and she will get through all of the Little Rose Show entries and explain how each rose is judged and what the judges are looking for. I am excited to see all of the beautiful roses this month. Please, and most importantly, let’s all have fun! Remember showing roses is fun, and also competitive. And we all have a little competitive side in us! We are all here to help you present your roses in their most beautiful state.

The meeting will start a little early at 7:00 p.m. to accommodate the Little Rose Show in Casa del Prado’s Room 101, in Balboa Park.

There will be a rose auction at this meeting. Names of the roses will be announced prior to the meeting. There will be no Consulting Rosarian Corner 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.