For those of you who attended the Pacific Southwest District Convention and SDRS Rose Show this past June, you will remember the success of both our silent and live auctions at that event. There were many roses auctioned and we added substantial funds to our SDRS treasury. Bob Martin served as the auctioneer of the very animated live auction.

Because of the success of those auctions, we have decided to add a smaller version to our monthly meetings. Prior to this month’s meeting, there will be a silent auction with five roses on own root that I started from cuttings of some of our favorite roses. All of the roses were started in January 2021 and are in one-gallon containers. Included will be roses named for or hybridized by our SDRS members. The roses to be auctioned will be Dick Streeper’s roses ‘Sue Streeper’ and ‘Straight Arrow’, ‘Roger English’ a sport of ‘Playgirl’ discovered by Ruth Tiffany, ‘Col Phil Ash’ a sport of ‘Sunstruck’ discovered by Gary Bulman’s wife Sonja and ‘Ruth Tiffany’ a beautiful rose hybridized by Bob Martin. Minimum bid will be $10 for these roses which are memorable to our society and its members.

Come early before the meeting starts and place your bid for these wonderful roses. There will be a sheet of paper in front of each rose with details of the rose along with a photo of the bloom. If you want to bid on a rose, just write the last four digits of your phone number and your bid amount on the sheet of paper. Each bid must increase by one dollar from the last bid. If you are unable to attend the meeting, you can give your phone# and your highest bid to a fellow member who would be attending and that person can bid for you.

All proceeds will be added to the SDRS treasury. This should prove to be a fun and competitive event! Come and join in and take home a special rose! If we find this auction to be successful, other roses will be offered in subsequent meetings.