October 11 -
Annual Photography Contest
- Rhode Island Rose Society Member Photography Panel discussions
followed
September 13 -
Six Pack Rose Show with guest judge, Greg Davis
August 9 -
Roger Williams Victorian Rose Garden maintenance
followed by presentation by Kate Daniels on moving roses and potted roses
July -
Roger Williams Victorian Rose Garden maintenance followed by
presentations on pests, propagating, and tool sharpening - pizza party
June 21 -
10th Annual Rose Show
- 'A Symphony of
Roses'
June 7 - Peggy Rockefeller
Rose Garden trip
May - Rose Show preparation
April - Open
Roger Williams Park Victorian Rose Garden
March - Annual
Meeting - Presentation of ARS Bronze Medal to Mike Chute
followed by Photographic presentation of members' roses
by Dave Candler
February -
Consulting
Rosarian Round Table
January - Pot luck
Luncheon
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2007
December - Holiday Party - Curt Lufkin gave demonstrations of wreath-making
- Members' Gift Exchange.
November - Close
Roger Williams Victorian Rose Garden
October- Calendar photo
contest and irrigation system demonstration by Oz Osborn
September - Greenshare Day at
University of Rhode Island
August - Propagation workshop at
Roger Williams Victorian Rose Garden
July - Pizza stroll and
Roger Williams Victorian Rose Garden
tour
June 16 -
9th Annual Rose Show -
'Roses
of the Future'
May 12 - Rose Show Prep -
Demonstration by Herma Altman on rose-grooming, explanation of
schedule, and Powerpoint Presentation by Kate Daniels and Patsy
Cunningham
April -
Roger Williams Victorian Rose Garden opening
March 10 -
Annual Meeting - installation of officers - Mike Chute gave a Powerpoint presentation
on "Bulletproof Roses"
February 10 - Program on climbing roses with Curt Lufkin, Kate Daniels, and
Patsy Cunningham - Election of Officers - Rose catalogs passed out.
January - Potluck Luncheon at East Providence Senior
Center
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2006
December 9 - Holiday Party at
Scituate Community Center, North Scituate, Rhode Island - Rose arranging demonstration by Candace Morgenstern
November 11 -
Roger Williams Victorian Rose Garden closing and
plant raffle
October 14 -
Roseanne Sherry from Master Gardeners spoke on companion planting.
We then all voted on the best photos
for the 2007
Rhode Island Rose Society
Calendar - Kristy Campbell got
the top vote
September 16 - Greenshare at
the University of Rhode Island
August 12 -
David Candler had a
hands-on photography workshop in the
rose garden -
Garden maintenance.
July 11 - Major
garden maintenance -
Pizza provided - Special raffle of pruners and Preen, with a free raffle ticket to all workers
June 17 -
8th Annual Rose Show
- 'My First . . . Rose'
May 13 - "There's a Rose Show Class for
Everyone"
Show Schedules passed out - Powerpoint Presentation explaining the different classes in the show and how to exhibit in them.
Miniature rose sale.
April 8 - Our rainy
garden opening, with about 45 helping out!
March 11 - "Need to Know"
panel questions - Installation of officers.
February 11 - Round table of best roses to grow - Catalog distribution
- Election
January 14 - Pot luck lunch in the Mediterranean Room - Slate of officers for February elections announced
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2005
December 10 - Annual Holiday Party. Also a special member awards presentation.
November 12 - Annual Closing of
the
Roger Williams Park Victorian Rose Garden.
October 8 - John Mattia gave a Powerpoint presentation of his European garden tour
including Sangerhausen and some fascinating new varieties from
European hybridizers
September 17 - Tour of Joe Kolis' and Herma Altman's gardens
August 16 - Summer maintenance,
pizza party, and tool sharpening workshop
August 13 - Weeds: the Good,
the Bad, and the Ugly, several speakers
July 12 - A Tuesday evening in
the
garden for deadheading, a pizza party, and a short program on
summer diseases and pests
June 18 - 7th Annual Rose Show -
'Roses to Honor'
May 14 - Show Prep - Show Schedules passed out. Herma Altman lectured on exhibiting roses, and Joe Kolis
demonstrated rose grooming. Mini rose sale.
April 9 - Open the
garden
March 26 - Annual Meeting - "Need to Know" panel.
March 12 - Rescheduled to March
26 due to snowstorm
March 5 -
Rose arranging Class with Donna Fuss in Mediterranean Room of
greenhouse
February - Patsy Cunningham gave Powerpoint of "Rhode Island Rose Legends"
January 8 - Annual pot luck and catalog
handouts
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2004
December 4 - Rhode Island Rose Society
Holiday Party, special guest new Superintendent of
Providence Parks, Alix
Ogden
November 4 -
Garden closing
October 4 - Lily Shohan, a nationally known expert on old
garden roses presented a slide show and lecture - Raffle.
September 18 -
Garden evaluation cancelled due to rain - Mike Chute gave a
slide show on twenty-five good roses to grow in New England - a
session on showing roses was held
August 14 -
Dave Berg, noted hybridizer from Connecticut, presented a
program on miniature roses and breeding. Dave's most recent
introduction, Norwich Sweetheart, is a vigorous mini with a fabulous
scent, available from Nor'East Rose
July 10 - Extensive Pest and Disease
Program at the Museum - Consulting Rosarian credit given
June 19 -
7th Annual Rose Show
- 'Roses on Parade', at the Mounted Police Command in Roger Williams Park.
June 27 - Rose Garden tour for
members
June 5 - Cranford Rose Garden
trip
May 8 - Preparing your roses for the rose show presented by Joe Kolis. Rose show schedules passed out and explained
- Mini-rose sale.
April 17 - We opened the
Roger Williams Park Victorian Rose Garden by pruning, planting,
and fertilizing the roses - Mini-programs on pruning and
planting.
March 13 -
Guest speaker, John Mattia, sneak preview of his new Powerpoint presentation entitled “Rose Stories”
- Annual Meeting, our newly elected officers
were
installed and the 2004 President’s Award was announced as Bob Forand.
February 14 - Linda Shamoon presented "the
Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, about mail-ordering roses" - Election
Jan 10 - Annual potluck
lunch.
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2003
December 13 -
Annual Holiday Party - gift exchange - Margo Takian
gave a demonstration on making a holiday
centerpiece, which was raffled off as a door prize.
November 8 -
Garden closing - rose
raffle
October 11 -
Judy Gould gave a slide presentation on designing water features
for your rose garden - Raffle held.
September 13 at
Brookside
Manor -
A special program at a very special place. Allyson Huskisson
and Bob Vitale invited the members of the
Rhode Island Rose
Society to meet on the
grounds of their beautiful bed and breakfast in Wakefield.
Allyson gave a tour of their roses and mixed perennial beds
as well as a program on designing gardens of this type.
August 9 - "Discover Shrub Roses"
- presented by
Donna Fuss, manager of the Elizabeth Park Rose Gardens. Samples of
shrub roses brought by membership enhanced this program. Raffle with
"extras" of plants members divided this summer.
July 12 - Introducing the new Consulting Rosarians. Short
talks on various aspects of mid summer rose culture by our new
Consulting
Rosarians.
June 15 - Rose Garden Tour
for members and their guests featured the Chutes' and
Barbara Paul's gardens.
May 17 - Lorraine Shelley gave a presentation on grooming your roses
for exhibition. The show schedule was explained and
passed out by Nancy Edgar. Mini rose sale was held.
April 12 and 19 - Despite cold heavy rain
on the 12th,
We opened the
garden with pruning, planting and fertilizing.
Planting and pruning demos.
March 8 - Annual
meeting at the Casino - Installation of officers -
Presentation by Art Emmons, Yankee District Director, on "New Roses for
the Exhibitor".
February 8 - Our meeting featured Mike Lowe, a widely known and
knowledgeable grower of old garden roses who will present a slide
show and talk on Hardy Roses for New England: Species, Old Garden Roses and
Modern roses. We will also had a brief meeting with
elections and raffled two Preview Party tickets.
January 11 - Annual potluck luncheon
held in the Mediterranean Room of the greenhouse
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2002
December - Holiday party and gift exchange
November 9 - Annual
"put the
garden to bed for the winter " day. Jim Shepard had us try some beautiful compost from Smithfield Peat protect the bases of the rose bushes.
(Not enough horse manure this year due to construction at the
greenhouses). We had our annual rose raffle and took a group
photo.
October 12 - Fred Thurber gave a slide presentation of Old Garden Roses
with some beautiful slides of birds as well. Linda Kammerer discussed using the internet and gave us some good
websites to use. We had a
raffle.
September 14 -
Here are some
Picnic
2002 photos -
Marie Giordano made rose petal jelly
for us and (by proxy) told us how to make it. It was
incredibly flavorful, and unmistakably rosy (she used "Yankee
Lady" rose petals.) -
Barbara Semenkow instructed us in making a corsage or
bouttonniere. We had a beautiful late summer day and a fun
time.
August 10 - Our program featured Clarence Rhodes, a well known rose grower and exhibitor from Maine. Clarence explained to us his methods of growing full size rose bushes entirely in containers
-
We had a great raffle at the end of the meeting. Clarence donated one of his large wheeled pots
and members brought other plants and gifts.
July 13 - Mike Chute demonstrated bamboo
tripods and his custom made portable potting bench with some surprise
features. Patsy Cunningham showed how to work with copper piping to make
obelisks for your climbers. Frank Ross used bamboo stakes and boy
scout knots for making latticework and Louis Horne introduced us to PVC pipework.
June 22 - Trip to Elizabeth Park
June 15 - Oceans of Roses rose show
June
9 - Garden tour
May 11 - Presentation by
Tony Silva on winning queen of the show. Show schedules
passed out and explained. Minis were sold.
April 13 - Victorian Rose Garden was
pruned, fertilized, raked and
"preened". Twenty five replacement
bushes were planted.
March 16 - The program was on
insects and diseases presented by Dave Wallace,
Director of the Plant Protection Clinic at URI. The President's Award
was given to Mike and Angie Chute. A special raffle was held which
included a
large framed photo of a rose by Frank Ross.
February 9 - Our annual elections were held - Our program
was "Easy Care Roses" presented by Nancy Edgar.
January 12 - Annual potluck was held in a beautiful sunroom of the Charles
Smith Greenhouses
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2001
December 8 - Annual holiday party at the Casino. We had
our gift raffle and special door prize of tickets to the preview party
of the Spring Flower Show at the convention center. Short demonstration by Program Director Clarence Varin
on using water soluble fertilizers in the garden.
November 10 - Annual winterizing of the
Roger Williams Park Victorian Rose Garden
October 13 -
Dorrie Nichols gave a special Powerpoint presentation on the
history of Brownell
roses.
September 9 - Victorian Tea in the
Roger Williams Park Victorian Rose Garden. Many members wore beautiful and
imaginative costumes and the Victorian finger food was great.
August 11 - A very informative presentation and demonstration by John Shelly on
growing and wintering tree roses.
July 14: There were six presentations of
fifteen minutes each on various rose growing topics.
July 1: Our first Rhode Island Rose Society
garden tour
took place on July 1 for members and their guests. Thank you to
Linda Kammerer and Susan Hill for planning this event and to the members
who opened their gardens to us.
June
17 - Rhode Island Rose Society presented: 2001 A Rose Odyssey, our third
annual rose show.
May 12 - Meeting focused on June 17 rose
show with tips for exhibitors. Mini sale held.
April 21 - Annual opening of the garden.
Pruning, fertilizing and raking done.
April 14 - Replacement bushes planted in
Roger Williams Park Victorian Rose Garden.
March 31 - Rose arranging class by Donna
Fuss, line-mass arrangements
March 10 -
We kicked off our 4th year with the Annual Meeting including brief President's
and Treasurer's annual reports and the introduction of the new slate of
officers. Incoming President Bob Sieczkiewicz spoke of the
society's goals. Our guest speaker was Nancy Derrig, Superintendent of
Parks for the City of Providence, summarizing the current plans
for the Roger Williams Park Botanical Center with drawings and
an update on the status of the project. The Botanical Center,
when complete, will be our new home.
February 14-18 - The society participated in the Rhode Island Spring Flower Show at the
convention center. Rose planting demonstrations were done and president, Mike Chute,
gave a lecture on growing roses in Rhode Island.
February 10 - Program chairman Clarence Varin demonstrated an
irrigation system in the greenhouse based on one that he installed in his garden
last summer.
January 13 - Potluck Luncheon at the Greenhouse. Plans for our 2001 Rose Show - "2001, A Rose Odyssey,"
were announced and
committees were formed.
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2000
December 9 - Special guest speaker Nancy Derrig, Providence Superintendent of
Parks provided an update on plans for the new Botanical Center in the Park, as
well as all the great new changes in this year's Rhode Island Spring Flower and
Garden Show. Wrapped gift "raffle" was held.
November 11 - Annual winterizing of
Roger Williams Park Victorian Rose Garden with horse manure. Rose raffle held.
October 14 - Our new program director, Clarence Varin, led a program on winterizing your roses, aimed at the
beginner. Special visitors Toni and Mike Kemple of the Oregon Rose
Society. American Rose Society calendars still for sale.
September 9 - Special program on miniature roses
with Carol Ann Rogers
August 6 - We had a picnic at the gazebo with
lovely weather and surprise entertainment with an eight member
Barbershop Quartet. A contest for best decorated hat was also held.
July 8 - Annual mulching of the
Roger Williams Park Victorian Rose Garden. Sprayer demonstration held.
June 23 - 25 - Bus trip to Montreal for the Canadian
National and Yankee District Rose Show and Montreal Botanical Gardens.
June 17 - Rhode Island Rose Show 2000 at the Roger
Williams Park Mounted Command Stables.
May 13 -
The Show schedules were
distributed and explained and a workshop will follow with experienced
exhibitors demonstrating the art of showing roses.
Our annual miniature rose sale was held. The new Rhode Island Rose Society badges were passed
out
April 1 & 15 - Flower arranging
seminar at greenhouse
April 8 - The April meeting began the spring season with the opening of the
Roger Williams Park Victorian Rose Garden.
We uncovered, pruned and fed all the roses.
March 11 - Installation of officers at Roger
Williams Park Casino
February 12 - An excellent lecture on rose
photography was given by professional photographer Christine Struminsky.
Annual election of officers held. Orders taken for fertilizer.
January 8 -
Annual potluck dinner and meeting at the greenhouse.
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1999
December 11 -
Christmas meeting at the historic Roger Williams Park Casino. Awards for
work in the park rose garden were announced. Special wrapped raffle
held.
November 13 -
Winterized the
Roger Williams Park Victorian Rose Garden, also rose raffle.
October 9 - "The Clarence Rhodes Downeast
Rose and Pony show". Clarence Rhodes presented a fun
program on useful garden equipment he has developed. Clarence is
a consulting
rosarian, horticultural judge, and mechanics wizard.
September 11 - "The Good, the Bad, and
the Ugly", members discussed growing experiences and also bring in
samples of diseased or insect eaten plant material. Soil pH
testing. Raffle. Business meeting.
August 14 - Lecture and demo by David Berg on hybridizing new
roses, with an emphasis on minis. Discussed June 2000 trip to
Montreal.
July 10 - Meeting at 9:00 a.m. at the greenhouse. Toured the new
Roger Williams Park Victorian Rose Garden. Fertilized, dead-headed and weeded as a group.
Raffle. Orders taken for Rhode Island Rose Society embroidered clothing.
June 12, 1999 - First Annual Rhode Island Rose Society Rose Show, "Rodeo Roses"
took place at the Stables at Roger Williams Park, Providence, Rhode Island. It was
a remarkable success, with far more entries in both quantity and quality
than expected for our first rose show.
June 5 - We had a wonderful day for the bus trip to Cranford
Rose Garden at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens. Photos will be up soon.
Check out the links to the
Brooklyn
Botanic Garden and the Cranford
Rose Garden.
May 8 - Exhibiting seminar, preparation for first annual rose
show. Sale of donated roses from Royal River Roses.
April 10 - Held at the Roger Williams Park Casino at 9:00 a.m. Jackie Bruskin from Eastchester, New
York presented a slideshow and lecture on
floribundas. Distribution of ordered roses. Minis were available for
sale.
March 13 - Elections held. New officers and directors listed on
RIRS
organization page. Society by-laws ratified by membership. Birthday
party to celebrate Rhode Island Rose Society's first year.
February 18-21 - Rhode Island Spring Flower Show, Convention Center, Providence, Rhode Island. Rhode Island Rose Society provided daily rose demos and manned a booth.
February 13 - Demonstration on pruner maintenance, order roses for spring rose
and fertilizer sale. Pick up orders for sweatshirts, etc. embroidered
with Rhode Island Rose Society logo.
January 9 - We had a great covered dish luncheon, nice variety of
homemade dishes, fun for all. Orders taken for clothing embroidered with Rhode Island Rose Society logo.
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1998
December 12 - David King, of Royall River Roses, spoke on hardy
Canadian roses. Super Holiday Mystery Raffle held as a fundraiser for the
Rose Show.
November 14 - Demonstration of winterizing roses. Meeting held to
organize groups for the spring rose show. Special raffle including two
beautiful pumpkin and flower arrangements by Nancy Archimbault. Chart
presented to membership with plans for
Roger Williams Victorian Rose Garden.
October 10 - Lecture by Mike Lowe on own root vs. budded roses
September 12 - Informal rose show for society members held. Open
judging was used so members could learn the guidelines judges use.
August 8 - Special guest, Cathy Beyer, provided a great
demonstration of rose propagation techniques. Meeting was followed by a
picnic.
July 11 - Super Round Table -
Consulting
Rosarians each took a
group to answer questions and offer advice. Monthly raffle held.
June 13 - Mulching the Park Rose Garden delayed to Wednesday due to
heavy rain. Members brought in some of their blooms for comments by
judges and rosarians. Another great raffle.
May 9 - "Captains" picked to organize
rose garden work
for this year. Now 125+ members. Question-and-answer period held.
Announced tentative plans for a number of events and outings. These
included: day trip to Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, "high tea"
at the
Roger Williams Victorian Rose Garden in August, an informal rose show in
the fall for members to learn about exhibiting, dinner and installation
of officers in January, workshop on propagation in August, weekend trip
to Montreal in 2000, and our first official rose show next June. Picked
up prepaid Roseland
orders. Batch of 100 minis sold at the meeting.
Extensive raffle with great prizes, including a mini, hybridized by a
club member, and a rose as yet to be introduced by Jackson Perkins.
April 18 - Orders taken for discounted Roseland
roses - planting, pruning, and fertilizing demonstrations -
Roger Williams Victorian Rose Garden pruned - several items raffled
March 7 - The first meeting of the
Rhode Island Rose Society was
held. Over 50 people met at the boathouse in Roger Williams Park,
Providence, to join this new club. It was decided meetings will be
held on the second Saturday of each month at 9:00 a.m. in the Greenhouse.
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