Queen’s Herald April 2023



This is our Feb 2021 Newsletter. Our Zoom monthly general meeting is Feb 18 with guest speaker Baldo Villegas about Spring pruning our roses at 7 pm. Sign-on and chat begins at 6.30 See pg 1. The annual program interest survey welcomes your feedback before 2/18. See pg 7. We have an update on the annual Spring pruning at Pt. Defiance. Details are on pg 6.

John will talk about what kind of fertilizer is best for our roses and other amendments we can add like alfalfa. See more about alfalfa in the Pg 2 Q&A.

Our February program by John will focus on Spring pruning methods & tools. We will follow-up with the hands-on project in Pt Defiance on March 2 at 8.45 am.

June 17 – Monthly meeting with talk about arranging | June 13 – Martin’s Garden tour | Deadheading restarts June 24 | Our ‘Rose Show & Tell’ begins June 9.

Highlight: Keith says that if the temperature is 85 degrees or so, deadheading will change from 4pm to 10am.

October Zoom meeting – Preparing your roses for winter. Thursday, Oct 20, at 7 pm.