Our monthly meeting begins on Monday, February 28, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. in Room 101 of the Casa del Prado in Balboa Park. We are so pleased that our speaker will be Tom Cooney, traveling here from Orange County. Tom is an experienced rosarian and often speaks to rose societies, particularly covering the topic of how to treat fungal and pest problems on roses. He will discuss chemical safety and the safest chemicals to use. He will also review the usual suspects that need spraying.
Tom is the current Consulting Rosarian Chair of the Pacific Southwest District. He is a top rosarian and educator, who has a special ability to convey plentiful information but to also keep it at an understandable level for newcomers. His presentations are also liberally laced with dashes of humor to keep them highly entertaining. He has presented successful programs for Consulting Rosarian seminars and schools on various topics, all of which were very well received.
Tom is a Master Rosarian and Horticulture Judge for the American Rose Society (ARS). He has been a Consulting Rosarian for 24 years and a Master Rosarian for 14 years. Tom was named the Outstanding Consulting Rosarian in 2017 for the Pacific Southwest District of the American Rose Society
Tom is the 8-term Past President of the Orange County Rose Society and Rose Show Chairman. Tom has been growing roses for over 40 years and is an accomplished rose exhibitor. He is the recipient of the ARS Bronze medal from the Orange County Rose Society
Tom writes monthly columns on horticulture for the Orange County Rose Society’s newsletter, the Rose Gazette and the Pacific Rose Society newsletter, The Pacific Rose, as well as writing individual articles for the newsletters of other societies.
Tom regularly speaks for various rose societies as well as the Fullerton Arboretum and Cal State Fullerton continuing education program in addition to various garden clubs and garden shows.
Along with his wife Miriam, he grows over 300 roses of all types in their lovely Aliso Viejo garden. We are honored that Tom and Miriam will be joining us for this informative meeting. We welcome them both!
The meeting will also include a raffle, introductions, and an update on rose society news. There will not be a Silent Auction at this month’s meeting.
The meeting will start at 7:30 p.m. in Casa del Prado’s room 101 in Balboa Park.
Pre-meeting Rose Care Program with Q&A
From 7:00—7:30 p.m. Gary Bulman, Master Rosarian, will be presenting a short program in the Consulting Rosarian Corner about successfully growing roses. His program will be followed by a question and answer period to offer attendees a chance to have individual questions explored and solutions offered.
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.
Please Note: The SDRS monthly meeting for February this year is scheduled for the 4th Monday of the month instead of the usual 3rd Monday.
Balboa Park requires that masks be worn inside all buildings regardless of vaccination status. So masks must be worn for this SDRS monthly meeting in room 101.
To further protect our members there will be no coffee service. There will be water bottles available. Hand sanitizer will be available.