2009 - E V E N T S

General Information - Monthly Meetings
Year Calendar
Mother's Day Rose Show Potluck and Silent Auction Luncheon and Awards Golden Gate Park Rose Garden

For more information,
read our monthly publication:
"The San Francisco Rosarian."

The Public Is Welcome! "BE OUR GUEST" at one of our

WHEN :

2nd Sunday of EACH MONTH *(See SCHEDULE Below for exceptions)

WHERE :

San Francisco County Fair Building, Golden Gate Park,
Ninth Avenue and Lincoln Way, San Francisco

TIME:

NOTE: There will be a Beginner's Class from 12:30 PM to 12:50 PM. This class will be hosted by our Consulting Rosarian Coordinator.

**CONSULTING
ROSARIAN

**INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT OUR MEETINGS** The very best way to obtain information on rose culture is to attend our regular meetings. In this year when disease problems are more difficult than ever, a personal session with one of our Consulting Rosarians can resolve a lot of problems. If you have samples of a damaged leaf or stem, bring it along. Our Consulting Rosarians are there usually 30 minutes before the meeting begins. We are there to help. Come and ask questions!

SCHEDULE of EVENTS for 2009

Meeting | Event | Date

COMMENTS:

Month:

Week:

Day:

JANUARY

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3

GOLDEN GATE PARK PRUNING DEMONSTRATION
(Click HERE for Information on this Pruning Demo.) For more information please call Charles at 415/647-4486

JANUARY

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10

RAIN DATE - GOLDEN GATE PARK PRUNING DEMONSTRATION
(Click HERE for Information on this Pruning Demo.) For more information please call Charles at 415/647-4486

JANUARY

2nd

11

"HIDA TOOLS and ROSE PRUNING"
by Suzuki and Ken & Judy Jones

A representative from Hida Tools and Hardware Co., Inc. in Berkeley will be here to tell us all about "Getting ready for Cutting and Pruning with the Right Tools".
Hida Tools offers hand tools for gardening, woodworking, and landscaping. They also offer cutlery.
Suzuki will offer a 10% discount on all purchases made that day. Click HERE for further information on Hida Tools.

Running concurrently with the Hida Tools presentation will be Ken and Judy Jones from the Mount Diablo Rose Society featuring their Rose Pruning talents.

This will be a great team similar to last years program and demonstration.

If you have potted plants that you would like to bring, we can use them as examples. Also, if you are planning to remove bushes, dig them up the day before, hose off the roots and wrap them in moist newspaper. Bring them to the meeting for the pruning demonstration and then we will put them in the drawing for other Rosarians to win and enjoy!

This is one of the most popular programs of the year. Bring anyone who has pruning questions and you will leave this program more confident and ready to prune YOUR Roses.

For additional information please call Gary at 415/661-4619.

Please pick up your NEW 2009 Meeting schedule and one of the FREE SFPUC's 2009 Gardener's calendar. As usual our "Growing Roses ...." book will be available for $26.00.

Also available for pick up will be a limited number of the new
David Austin Handbook of Roses, Tenth USA Edition 2009 (FREE).

Be sure to get your copy of this beautiful Rose Catalog.
NOTE: Rose Pruning Workshops for January 2009 will be held at:

1..Sloat Garden Center across from the Zoo on Sunday January 4th from 10 AM to 12 PM.
There is a $5.00 Sloat Charge.
Call 415/564-9100 for Reservations

2..Flowercraft Garden Center at 550 Bayshore on Saturday January 17th from 11 AM to 1 PM. FREE

3..Sloat Garden Center at 3rd/Clement on Sunday January 18th from 10 AM to 12 PM.
There is a $5.00 Sloat Charge.
Call 415/752-1614 for Reservations

4..Three B's Nursery on Sunday January 25th from 11 AM to 1 PM. FREE.
Three B's is located at 1921 Clement between 20/21st.

For additional information please call Gary at 415/661-4619.

FEBRUARY

1st

1

"BEES AND POLLINATION"
by Katie Krohn & Ann Kahle

This month's program will feature Katie Krohn and Ann Kahle of "Bees in Berkeley". The subject of their lecture will be "Bees and Pollination".

This will be a review of how Our Roses and other Flowers help the Bees collect material for pollinating Flowers and Fruit trees so they can produce.

For additional information please call Gary at 415/661-4619.

The program will be followed by snacks and conversation in the Garden Club Room.
If you have not yet donated to the "Snack Kitty", please bring some extra cash for the can this month!!!

There will be a Beginners Class at 12:30 and our Consulting Rosarian Chairman, Bill Cawley will give culture tips and answer questions from the audience.

NOTE: Our LAST Rose Pruning Seminar's for the year will be held at the following locations:

1..Flowercraft Garden Center at 550 Bayshore on Saturday February 7th from 11 AM to 1 PM. FREE

2..Sloat Garden Center across from the Zoo on Sunday February 8th from 10 AM to 12 PM.
There is a $5.00 Sloat Charge.
Call 415/564-9100 for Reservations

3..Three B's Nursery on Sunday February 15th from 11 AM to 1 PM. FREE.
Three B's is located at 1921 Clement between 20/21st.

For additional information please call Gary at 415/661-4619.

MARCH

1st

1

"THE JAPAN ROSE CONVENTION"
by Rose Gilardi

The program this month will feature Rose Gilardi and a Power Point Presentation of Photos and Information from the Japan Rose Convention.
The Program will start at approximately 1:00 PM or so. Plan now to attend.

The program will be followed by snacks and conversation in the Garden Club Room.
If you have not yet donated to the "Snack Kitty", please bring some extra cash for the can this month!!!

There will be a Beginners Class at 12:30 and our Consulting Rosarian Chairman, Bill Cawley will give culture tips and answer questions from the audience.

MARCH

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14

NCNH DISTRICT SPRING BUSINESS MEETING
Hosted by: Sacramento Rose Society
Location: Iva Shepard Garden & Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd (McKinley Park), Sacramento.
Contact: Linda Knowles
Click HERE for further information.

APRIL

3nd

19

"BUTTERFLIES AND ROSES"
by Sally Levinson

This month's Meeting will feature Sally Levinson and a program on "Butterflies and Roses". Sally will be talking about the life cycle of the butterfly also caterpillar food plants and how to integrate them into a butterfly garden.

Bio: I studied entomology in graduate school at UC Berkeley and UC Riverside. I've worked with insects in the forests of Idaho, the central valley of California, and labs in Connecticut. I was consulting entomologist on the film "In the Company of Wild Butterflies". I teach a butterfly class at Albany Adult School. I publish butterfly paper crafts in the "The Butterfly Gardener" magazine.

ROSE SHOW: This month is our First Monthly Rose Show, so bring your Roses. If you have never shown before and want to try in our Novice Classes, just cut your Roses with as long of a stem as possible, place them in a container with water and bring them to the kitchen adjacent to the meeting room.

There will be other exhibitors and experienced Rosarians to help you get your Rose ready for the show. We look forward to seeing you at the show table!!

The April Rose Show Special Monthly Classes are:
Class 32: Standard Arrangement - "Sweetness and Light!": A Modern Style Arrangement using Pale Colored Roses. Light and Airy. Foliage and other Flowers can be used.
Class 33: Miniature Arrangement - "Arbor Day!": Using Mini or MiniFlora Roses, in the Oriental Manner, including something from a tree. No larger than 12 inches in Height, Width and Depth.
For additional Arrangement information please call Joanie at 415/648-0241.
As an incentive to the exhibitors in our monthly show, our show chairman Philip Cannon, will be awarding a special prize to ONE lucky exhibitor.

Prior to Sally taking the stage, Charles Dowling, May Show Manager, will take you thru the steps of "Preparing your Entry Tag".
Charles will also take you on a tour of this year's Rose Show Schedule as there have been a few changes.

Following the programs and the drawing we will gather in the Garden Club Room where we can see for ourselves how well the exhibitors in the first Rose Show of the year presented their Roses and our judge, Cynthia Chuang, will share her thoughts on the show. There will be refreshments and coffee after Cynthia concludes her critique
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please Note: The Mother's Day Rose Show is a "Closed Show", meaning that you MUST be an SFRS member in order to exhibit.
Pick up your May Show Programs and Entry Tags at this meeting.
These items will also be available on Show Day.

Remember that the doors open on May 10th for exhibitors at 7am.
Please return last year's Mother's Day Rose Show Trophies at this meeting. For additional May Show information please call 415/647-4486.

MAY

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9
and
10

No meeting this month - MOTHER'S DAY SHOW:
MAY 9th: 10 AM - 6 PM - SHOW SET-UP
MAY 10th: 7:00 AM - 4 PM. (Show opens to the public at 12:30 PM)
For additional information, please click HERE

JUNE

2nd

14

"TBA"
by TBA
PLEASE NOTE: Winning exhibitor's in the Mother's Day Rose Show are asked to attend this meeting. Trophies and Awards from the show will be distributed at this meeting. Winners will also receive their ARS Ribbons plus the bottom section of their entry tag.
Please consult pages X and X of the June Rosarian for a complete list of the winning exhibitors. For additional awards information please call Charles at 415/647-4486.

JULY

2nd

12

"TBA"
by TBA

AUGUST

2nd

9

ANNUAL FRIENDSHIP POTLUCK and SILENT AUCTION

1:00 PM: Short Membership Meeting

1:30 PM (approximately): Our Annual POTLUCK Buffet Luncheon and Silent Auction
WHAT TO BRING for the Potluck and Silent Auction:

Please bring your favorite dish to feed 6 people.

Bring your Donations for the Silent Auction (NO White Elephants - PLEASE.)

If at all possible these donations SHOULD be Rose related.

The proceeds of the Silent Auction this year will be added to the Funds needed for the

2009 NCNH Fall Conference and Rose Show.

BRING YOUR OWN PLATE and UTENSILS
The Rose Society will furnish the beverages, cups and napkins
See "The San Francisco Rosarian," August edition, for more details.
For additional Arrangement information please call Joanie at 415/648-0241.
As an incentive to the exhibitors in our monthly show, our show chairman Philip Cannon, will be awarding a special prize to ONE lucky exhibitor.

SEPTEMBER

2nd

13

"TBA"
by TBA

OCTOBER

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2 to
4

NCNH DISTRICT FALL CONFERENCE / ROSE SHOW
Hosted by: San Francisco, Golden Gate and San Mateo Rose Societies
Location: Foster City
Contact: Kathy Dooley at (415) 731-8948
OR dooleykd@mac.com

OCTOBER

2nd

11

"TBA"
by TBA

NOVEMBER

2nd

8

"TBA"
by TBA

PLEASE NOTE: Monthly Trophies and Awards will be presented at our Holiday Luncheon on Sunday December Sixth.

SFRS MEMBERS: Please attend this final meeting of the year, we will have the election of Officers and Directors for 2010. You will find the 2010 proposed slate in the October and the November Rosarian.

It takes people who are deeply committed to this Society to provide the leadership which will maintain and grow the Society. Those people listed are willing to take on this role for next year. The new Officers and Directors will be installed at our annual Holiday Luncheon on December 7th.

REMEMBER
We have NO meeting in the month of December.

DECEMBER

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6

ADDITIONAL PRUNING DEMONSTRATION

WHEN

Usually the First Saturday in JANUARY.
Unless it falls on New Year's Day.
(Check the newspaper or this schedule for the actual date.)
In the event that the scheduled pruning is postponed, then it will take place on the following Saturday.

WHERE

In the ROSE GARDEN, located on John F. Kennedy Drive, near the rear of the De Young Museum.

TIME

Pruning starts at 10:00 AM and ends at 1:00 PM

FREE!!

ROSE CUTTINGS and INSTRUCTIONS for rooting the cuttings.
PLEASE NOTE:
CUTTINGS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED BY SFRS MEMBERS ONLY

Non-Members are NOT allowed to prune the Roses in the Garden.

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