This month’s meeting will be on Monday, November 20th and our program will begin at 6:30 p.m. with the Consulting Rosarians’ Corner, a special ’fertilizer’ edition, hosted by Ruth Tiffany. At 7:00 p.m., we are privileged to have renown speakers Ray & Pauline Martin speaking on the topic “The Influence and Legacy of the UK’s Amateur Rose Breeders.”
Ray is retired from Health Services and Pauline from Social Services. They have been growing and showing roses for 49 years. Ray is the General Secretary of The Rose Society UK and Pauline is Shows Chair.
They grow about 800 roses on their allotments (rented land) and another 100 or so at home and in their greenhouses (probably more but too afraid to count!) They have won a few championships and prizes along the way at national shows but they now believe that, more important than winning, is sharing roses with everyone.
They are both UK and ARS judges and ARS CRs. Ray also edits the Rose Society Newsletter, The Rose Times. Any spare time Ray has (very little) is spent on golf courses and also growing a few dahlias.
As with their past presentations to SDRS, Pauline will again construct a beautiful typical ‘English Style’ basket of roses. But she needs for SDRS members attending the meeting to bring along a few buckets of roses for her to ‘play’ with to create this arrangement.
We hope you can all come to this meeting and hear expert advice from these experienced rosarians who have traveled so far.
There will also be a Silent Rose Auction featuring some beautiful and desirable roses.
In the hallway outside of room 101, we are happy to have SDRS member Ron Ontell offering his tool sharpening service for us at this month’s meeting. Prices range from $3 to $8 for most garden tools.
Meeting location: Casa del Prado’s room 101, in Balboa Park.
There will be NO Little Rose Show this month. The shows will resume in April, 2024.
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.