Queen’s Herald May 2025

It’s time to think about getting our roses ready for winter, so John will take us through the things we can do now to give our roses a healthy start next year.

This month Ava will talk about rose selections for 2023, both new & old. We’ll review some tried & true ones that are available to start your collection.

Our Zoom meeting this month will feature a talk from John about all the steps in propagating roses in the NW. Learn how to add your favorite roses to your garden in less than 2 years.

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.

The 2025 Tacoma Rose Show was a beautiful rose show & rose lovers filled event! The UPS
Rotunda continues to be a beautiful place to showcase everyone’s roses.

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.