Queen’s Herald July 2026
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The April Meeting on the 20th has speaker Carol Newcomb from Spokane’s Rosarium Garden Center. She will speak to us about detailed fertilizing for great roses.

By 1911 Tacoma had been featuring rose activities for almost 20 years. So you can see, roses have been a big part of Tacoma activities since the early days.

Our meeting starts at 7PM with a Clinic by Bruce about what to do in your garden in early Fall. Please bring your questions about Fall rose/garden care.
Following that we’ll be asking you to share which roses did well in your garden
this summer.

The Zoom platform offers screen-sharing for all our modern computers – and mobile devices like tablets and smartphones.
Use this start-up guide to help you get onto Zoom and back visiting with your rose friends at our online monthly meetings.

Thursday, November 20, is our annual Rose Auction, the major fund raising event of the year, and starts at 6:00 PM. RIR is donating roses and members are bringing more from their own gardens – so we expect bidders to have a lot of choices.

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”.