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.
February's monthly meeting is one you won't want to miss: The Rose Postcards of Catharina Klein
MBRS consulting rosarian Joe Truskot will make a twenty-minute PowerPoint presentation on the rose postcards of Catharina Klein, one of the greatest flower painters of all time. Her work, always signed "C.Klein," has appeared on countless greeting cards, calendars, ceramics, and prints for more than one hundred years. She was born in Eylau, East Prussia in 1861 and died in Berlin in 1929.
Catharina Klein painted from real life so she unintentionally documented many of the species and varieties available to her. Her work was published by more than 75 different printing houses at the turn of the last century. Her creative design and realistic style are breathtaking and unmistakable.
She is also known as Catherine Klein. Her name was Anglicized at the start of WWI to avoid any disinclination from the English speaking world to purchase her work. The original paintings were done in oil, water color, and gouache—an opaque water-based paint. She rode the crest of chromolithography at the end of the 19th and into the 20th Century. This process allowed for the first time in printing history mass produced color representations of original artworks.
During the presentation, Truskot will also supply his suggestions on what variety of rose is depicted. One year after her death, Catharina Klein was awarded the honor of having a rose named for her. It is still in the vast collection at Germany’s famous rose garden, Sangerhausen.
A sample of Catherine Klein's postcard.
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON THE UPCOMING
Northern California-Nevada-Hawaii District
Spring Business Meeting—March 27, 2010
Social Get-Together—March 26, 2010
Hosted by the Monterey Bay Rose Society
Click here for complete information
Pruning Clinics: 2010 started off with an excellent turnout for our MBRS Rose Pruning Clinic at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds. About a dozen enthusiastic participants showed up on Saturday for the seminar, lead by Rosarians Janey Leonardich and Brenda Wood. Sunday brought out only one new person but many members showed up to help prune and clean the gardens. Rosarians Otto Lund, Joe Truskot, Janey Leonardich and Brenda Wood were available for instructions and questions. Jim and Judy Sauvé had weeded the garden prior to the clinic so we were able to concentrate on pruning the roses and raking clean the fallen leaves. Andrew Tuckman of Vision Recycling stopped by and once again generously offered composting material to refresh the garden. Volunteers are needed to help spread the compost; if you are able to help, please let Judy Sauvé know. Photos from the clinic.
Click on names to see photos from the Seaside Garden Center and McShane's Nursery Pruning Clinics
January 2010 Meeting Notes: Speaker for the evening was the venerable Joe Ghio, who demonstrated his fearless style of pruning, albeit one-handedly following shoulder surgery, despite doctor's orders to do "nothing."
Dennis's roses unpruned for . . . oh, I don't know . . .
about three years, really presented a challenge.
Not a problem for "Fearless Joe"
Now you see it, now you don't.
The art of pruning a climber.
Additional pointers from Otto.
Yum
Lots of auction items from our generous members.
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