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 a monthly
newsletter 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*
MBRS Annual Potluck Dinner and Silent Auction Christmas Party, was held on Saturday, December 3, 2011. We send a great big note of appreciation to the Church of Christ
in Watsonville for allowing us to have our annual party in their beautiful facility. We missed those of you who couldn't make it, but the turnout was good, the auction items were plentiful and the food was fabulous as usual. Thank you to Jim Sauvé for cooking the turkey and to Otto Lund for cooking the ham. Judy Sauvé was presented with a much-deserved Bronze Medal for the tremendous amount of work she has done for the society. Not only was she instrumental in restoring the MBRS Display Garden at the SC County Fairgrounds, but she and Jim make almost daily treks to the garden to see that it continues to thrive! Thank you, Judy (and Jim, too), for all that you do!
On another happy note: Joe Truskot, in his promise to donate a dollar from the proceeds of every book that he sells of his Central Coast Rose Manual to the maintenance of the MBRS Display Garden, made good on that promise by donating $500 to the society! Thank you, Joe, and continued success on your wonderful book. And Happy Holidays to everyone! To see photos from the party, click Xmas pictures.
Rose Pruning Clinics are scheduled for the month of January. Please note that an additional pruning event has been added for January 29th and 30th, Sunday and Monday. Consulting Rosarian Joseph Truskot will present the demonstration at the Steinbeck Library. See Schedule of Events for details on all clinics.
The first of our 2012 rose pruning clinics, held at the MBRS Display Garden January 7th & 8th in the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds, kicked off a month of weekend clinics.
For photos, click: MBRS Display Garden.
The second 2012 rose pruning clinic was held at McShane's Nursery in Salinas following an excellent article that appeared in the Monterey Herald. As a result, the turnout was very good. Joe Truskot gave a lively presentation assisted by Jim Sauvé and Otto Lund.
For photos, click: McShane's.
The third weekend of pruning clinics was held Saturday, January 21, at ProBuild in Santa Cruz and Sunday, January 22, at Bokay Nursery in Salinas. The Saturday clinic had a sizeable turnout of about 40 people. Sunday's clinic was smaller with about a dozen folks. For photos from Bokay's, click here: Bokay Nursery
Congratulations to Janey Leonardich for being named 2011 Outstanding Rosarian of the Year and to our newest Consulting Rosarian: Jim Sauvé.
Congratulations also to Adriana and Robert Rodoni as well as Nonna Janey Leonardich! Gabriella Katherine, arrived on October 1st, weighing 7 lbs. 6 ozs and measuring 20 inches long!!!
Welcome to new members: Beverly DeCer, Michael Fletcher, Nancy Kessler, Mark Maloney, Jean Wipson, Sam & Terry Wright.
Notes from the Santa Cruz County Fair Floriculture Department and a special thank you from Janey Leonardich: “THANK YOU . . . I would like to thank our members who helped out or exhibited at the Santa Cruz County Fair Floriculture Department. Brenda Wood won many awards for her roses and cut flowers. She received Best of Rose section and Best of Cut Flowers with her Iris. The Rose Garden was spectacular again with Jim and Judy at the helm and a few of our dedicated members... the garden was a success.” For a peek of the MBRS Display Garden during the SC Fair, click here.
If you haven't bought a copy of Master Consulting Rosarian Joe Truskot's beautiful new book, “Central Coast Rose Manual,” it's available for $39.95 by contacting him at (831) 449-7313 or via email at jtruskot@comcast.net.
The book is a “must-have” if you want to grow roses successfully on our central coast.
MBRS Meeting Notes from Oct. 28, 2011. Our speaker for the evening was Mark Bolda, County Farm Advisor for Strawberries and Caneberries. Mark spoke on many issues facing farmers such as free trade, which he felt was advantageous because it opened up exports for California farmers to other countries. He also spoke of the light brown apple moth infestation in California and the way it was handled by the USDA in a heavy-handed manner, closing up extensive acreage when a tiny outbreak was found. The growth in caneberry production in our area has expanded greatly as seen by the proliferation of white opened-ended tunnels, which protect against winds and excess moisture. California leads the nation in caneberry production.
Jim opening the meeting, welcoming visitors and members.
Janey received a commendation for being named "2011 Outstanding Rosarian of the Year" by ARS. A big congratulations to Janey!
Note the halo above Jim's head. We knew he was kind but now we know he's an angel as well!!!
Mark Bolda, presented a very interesting talk on the production of strawberries and caneberries in our region, the hurdles the farmers face in the field as well as politically, and the growth of the industry especially in raspberries and blackberries.
Consulting Rosarians, Jim Turner and Janey Leonardich with our speaker for the evening, Mark Bolda.
These are the goodies you missed out on if you didn't show up.
The food was divine.
RaeDeane Soito and Pearl Grazian, the cooks extraordinaire, who provided the refreshments for the evening. Thank you, ladies!!!
Jim welcoming two new members.
Pearl brought to the meeting her beautiful granddaughter and great granddaughter, who were visiting from Nevada.
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