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 2012 Annual Rose Show was held at Alladin Nursery on Saturday, May 12, 2012. Congratulations to everyone for another successful show! For the report on the show and to see photos of the major winning roses, click here: 2012 Results
Certificates and trophies will be presented at the next meeting
on May 25th, if the engraver can finish the job in time.
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 April 27, 2012. Our special guest speaker for the evening was Jolene Adams, ARS's future president. She gave a thorough presentation on how to pick and prepare your roses for exhibition in a rose show. Jolene showed us the essential tools and lists she carries with her to a show in order to prep her roses. Among the items included in her exhibitor's tool box were a show schedule; entry tags; a list of her roses to prompt her in case she forgot a name; tools for trimming, clipping, and tweezing; miscellaneous props and gadgets such as Q-tips, rubberbands, polishing cloths, and wedging materials;
reference books such as Handbook for Selecting Roses and the Official List of Approved Exhibition Names; and lastly a garbage bag to use in cleaning up your workspace.
Jolene then demonstrated how she prepares roses for exhibition and gave us important tips on what judges look for in a rose, how they score roses,
the importance of correctly identifying and labeling the rose, how to attach the entry tag and to make sure the tip ends of the stems of the roses are visible even when using wedges.
President Jim Sauvé introducing our speaker for the evening.
We were honored to have the future ARS President, Jolene Adams,
give us insights on how to prepare roses for a rose show.
Judy, Paul and Otto discussing vegetative growth
in the middle of a rose.
Jolene taking questions from the floor.
Repairing leaves using a deckle-edged scissors
.
Teasing petals to open up a rose.
Jolene demonstrated how to groom the rose and select the proper size of bowl to be used in the "Rose in a Bowl" Challenge Class.
These roses were prepped for the "Stages of Bloom" Challenge Class.
Jolene explained the variety of ways six blooms
can be exhibited in an English Box.
Our thanks to Jolene for an excellent presentation!
Oops, Jim . . . didn't mean to give you bunny ears.
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