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Gardening…it’s good for your health!

Mother and daughter working in the garden together.
It’s been shown that gardening has a real and positive effect on mood and brain chemistry. Especially in these days of wearing masks and struggling to take a deep breath, the most obvious benefit is the fact that it allows you to get out into the fresh air and actually breathe. It also gives you a chance to slow down and be in the moment, removed from all the over stimulation our world provides. Continue reading “Gardening…it’s good for your health!”

Beneficial Insects: Will Work for Food

by David Cook, University of Tennessee Extension Agent for Davidson County, Tennessee

 

David Cook’s presentation to the Nashville Rose Society introduces the plants that attract beneficial insects to gardens and landscapes and identifies specific beneficial insects and mites that feed on other insects that damage plants. Continue reading “Beneficial Insects: Will Work for Food”

NRS 2020 Grand Prix VIRTUAL Rose Show

Have Some fun! Share Your Quarantined Roses!

Since we are unable to hold an actual rose show this year, we are encouraging everyone to have some fun, take photos of your roses, and enter in our first virtual rose show open to all members of the Nashville Rose Society. This is not an ARS sanctioned rose show. NRS virtual certificates will be awarded. Continue reading “NRS 2020 Grand Prix VIRTUAL Rose Show”

Identifying and Controlling Garden Pests

by Dr. Tommy Cairns, Ortho’s All About Roses, 1999
[with updates from the ARS Consulting Rosarian Manual]

 

There are three main categories of pests to watch out for – various insects, spider mites, and fungal diseases. This section deals mainly with a visual identification scheme and some suggestions for control. Continue reading “Identifying and Controlling Garden Pests”