Welcome
to the Monterey Bay Rose Society's web site.
The Monterey
Bay Rose Society was founded in 1980 and now has about 100
members.
The MBRS presents monthly meetings with interesting programs, publishes an award-winning monthly
newsletter, The
Bay Rose, with tips and tricks for growing
better roses in our area, plans visits to rose gardens and nurseries,
and sponsors an annual rose show in the spring. We now
meet on the last Friday of each month except June,
July, November and December.
We still need volunteers to sit at the information table at the Santa Cruz County Fair in our MBRS Display Garden, September 14-19. To volunteer, please contact Judy or Jim Sauvé
at (831) 476-1381 or by e-mail at grandmachoochoo@comcast.net |
Summer Workshop/BBQ at the Monterey Bay Rose Society Display Garden,
Saturday, July 31, 2010, was held in lieu of the usual garden tours
and turned out to be a very successful event.
Approximately 25 people attended the workshop with Otto Lund explaining soil amendments, diseases, and deficiency symptoms. He was followed by Joe Truskot demonstrating summer pruning methods to keep our roses blooming through the flowering seasons. Otto fired up his trio of barbeque grills and cooked spicy sausages and hamburgers which were accompanied by potluck dishes from attending MBRS members. Thank you to everyone who helped make this event a success. For photos from the BBQ, click here: BBQ
Another Successful MBRS Rose Show!!! For a complete report on the show results, click here: 2010 Results
August 27, 2010, Meeting Notes: Club President Dennis O'Hara started the meeting by covering old business followed by Janey Leonardich asking for volunteers to tend the MBRS Display Garden for the upcoming Santa Cruz County Fair. The work is easy; just sit at an information table and answer any questions that might come up and to prevent children from using the garden as a playground — maybe not so easy!
There was a change in speakers and program. Barbara Gordon, PhD and Master Gardener, explained that she was one of three Barbara Gordons in the area, in case we wondered why she didn't look like the rosarian and judge Barbara Gordon, who has judged our rose shows in the past. The topic of her presentation was Urban Food Production; the whys, benefits and downsides to growing food in cities.
Dennis and Janey asking for volunteers to serve at the fair.
Barbara Gordon—speaker for the evening
Jim and Barbara Gordon
Joe, Judy, Paul and Tom
Judy selling raffle tickets to Larissa
Maria and Barbara
One of many roses available in the raffle . . . Earl Parsons
Your money or a slice of pie.
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