Queen’s Herald April 2024

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.

We are excited to have ARS President Diane Sommers of Wisconsin as our featured speaker on the 18th.  Her topic is “The Whys and Hows of Winter Protection”.

The March program will focus on planting, including containers, and a
review of spring fertilization. Share your methods with us so we can all learn more.

Sept Zoom meeting 9/16; the last deadheading session at Pt. Defiance Sept. 9th; WW Fair Rose Shows Sept. 12 & Sept. 19; Fall Conference details are on page 8.

We will start our September meeting at 7pm with, what has become a tradition, a
discussion about what roses did well for you in 2024. We count on everyone participating so that we get to consider as many roses as possible.

Highlights: Oct Meeting on 10/21; Oct Board Meeting on 10/25; 2021 Member’s rose favorites; “Woobox Winners”l; Results of the in-person Fair Rose Show.