Meetings of the Tacoma Rose Society are held the third Thursday of the month, 7:30 p.m., at the Life Manor Retirement Activity Center, 1601 S. Union.

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The public is always invited to participate in Tacoma Rose Society activities. You need not be a member to attend a rose society meeting or activity.

  Program: How to Prune your Rosebushes

Our February 19th meeting will have everything you need to get the 2004 rose season off to a great start. Dig out your clippers and bring them to our TRS Sharpening Station. For a small donation to TRS, our tool care specialists Cliff Martin and Jim Leisner will sharpen them! Cliff Martin will disclose his secrets for keeping tools sharp, as well.

Our panel of experts will then be on hand to demonstrate pruning techniques. Bruce Lind will talk about minis and climbers, Anne Theivagt will give us pointers on tea roses and floribundas and Lance Norton will fill us in on old garden roses and shrubs.

And that’s not all! Frank Gatto of Raft Island Roses will share some of his personal rose recommendations and bring news about new roses he has at Raft Island Roses this year.

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Program: Rose Culture How-tos

Dennis Konsmo will be our featured speaker. I had the pleasure of hearing Dennis speak last year and I learned so much from that one night. Dennis is a past president of the Tacoma Rose Society and the premier rose grower, exhibitor and now hybridizer of the Pacific Northwest.

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Program: Watering Systems for the Rose Garden

Bill Reynolds, our guest speaker for April, will demonstrate how to design a watering system for your garden. You may remember Bill from our banquet where he and Jim Hockstaff wowed us with beautiful photographs from their gardens. He will bring the building blocks of a watering system ordered from Dripworks, a company that specializes in drip systems.

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Program: Landscaping with Roses

We've got some important ground to cover for our next meeting! So where do all those roses go that you picked up this spring? What companions will grow happily alongside your roses?

For answers to these questions and more, join us at our May 20 meeting. our special guest Travis Valbert will fill us in on "Landscaping with Roses." Travis is one of the owners of the new Tacoma north end nursery, Gardensphere. It's located on 3310 North Proctor and has just opened May 1. Check out Gardensphere's website at http://www.gardensphere.biz/index.htm

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Program: Demonstrations of Rose Arranging

Jo Martin and Marie Clayton will demonstrate arranging techniques for your home bouquets and the special requirements for the show displays.

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TRS Rose Show

at Jackson Hall

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Program: Annual TRS Rose Auction and Sale

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