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March 16 – Hands on Pruning Demonstration from 10:00-12:00

Sharpen your pruners and grab your gloves for the March Pruning Workshop to be held on Saturday, March 16, at Nancy Jones’ garden in Bellevue from 10-12 PM. This is the perfect opportunity for new members to learn how to prune roses from experienced rosarians.

Nancy’s garden is located at 130 Belle Glen Drive, Nashville 37221. For more information, call Marty Reich at 615-833-0791 or 615-319-9487. Learn more about pruning roses here.

February 15-17 – Tenarky District Mid-Winter Meeting CANCELED

This event has been canceled.

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National Roses EmblemTenarky District Mid-Winter Meeting will be held February 15-17, 2019, at the Franklin Marriott Cool Springs, 700 Cool Springs Blvd, Franklin, TN 37067, phone # 615-261-6134.

Click here to book your room at the special group rate of $134 per night for the Tenarky District of the American Rose Society.

Visit the Tenarky website for the registration form and detailed information on the agenda, speaker bios, rose photography contest, list of roses for the fundraiser, and the Consulting Rosarian application and reference forms.

For those planning to take the CR test, the application form should be sent to Richard Anthony prior to January 16, 2019.

February 3 – Ron Daniels, “Growing and Caring for Roses – Part 1”

Ron Daniels, NRS Co-President, will present the spring time tasks for growing and caring for roses, including location of beds, building the beds, amending the soil, water requirements, and checking pH.  Once you are ready to plant, how should you select the type of rose to buy? Find out at the February meeting!

The meeting will be held from 2:00 – 4:00 in the Potter Room at Cheekwood.

Mentors Matter

by Ron Daniels, President – Nashville Rose Society, Master Rosarian, Master Gardner

 

As I look back on my experiences with growing roses for the last 28 years, I remember who introduced me to the love of roses and was kind enough to mentor me. This fine gentleman was John Curtis, or as NRS members referred to him, “The Rose Farmer”. He earned that name because of his commitment to organic methods of growing roses.
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