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Do you want to grow beautiful roses?
Do you grow roses, but are unhappy with the results?
Then this is the place for you.
Here you will find information on rose care, roses that do well
in Northern Nevada and the Eastern Sierras, resources for buying roses,
how to exhibit roses, lots of beautiful pictures, and much more.
Welcome to the Reno Rose Society Website
Please note that we are still filling in all
of the content. Please check back for updates.
Latest Highlights:
February 2010 Newsletter
(members only)
2010 The Garden Shop page
Rose Care Calendar page
Dormant Season Control of Rose Pests & Diseases(on our updated Articles page)
Next Meeting:
| February 27, 2010 "Climate & Soils of our Region" |
Our February program sets the stage for good rose growing to teach you how to work with our native soils and local climate conditions. Find out how you can modify your setting to grow healthier plants. Our speakers are Bill Carlos, who is the horticulturist for Rancho San Rafael and the May Arboretum, and Brandon Wholey, who is a meteorologist for Channel 4 News. Bill Carlos will guide you through modifying your soil to grow healthier plants. Did you know that the official weather station for our area is at the Reno Airport? Brandon Wholey will discuss how your location may be drastically different than the “official†location. You will also learn how to recognize the best spots in your yard for roses and how you might change your watering habits.
The program will begin at 1:00 to 3:00 pm on Saturday, February 27th, at the Garden Shop Nursery on Mayberry at West McCarren. There will be a signup sheet for those wishing to help with our annual public pruning demonstration scheduled for Saturday March 27th. On hand to answer your other gardening questions will be ARS Consulting Rosarians and experts who are members of our local Society. This meeting will be in the back building at the Garden Shop Nursery's new location on the southwest corner of Mayberry and West McCarren. If you have any questions, please call Ann Marie at 746-1140.
| 1:00pm |
Welcome and Introduction of Speakers & RRS Consulting Rosarians by Ann Marie Harris, RRS President |
| 1:10 pm |
Microclimates of our Region by Brandon Wholey, Chief Meteorologist for KRNV-TV News 4 |
| 1:45 pm |
Where's the Soil? by Bill Carlos, Horticulturist for the Wilbur D. May Arboretum |
| 2:30 |
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Meet our Speakers
Brandon Wholey has been the Chief Meteorologist for Channel 4 News since September 2008. He is a member of the American Meteorological Society and holds a Bachelor of Science in Meteorology for Lyndon State College in Vermont. He has worked as an on-camera forecaster in Vermont, Seattle and Reno. All of these locales are uniquely different and challenging places in which to accurately predict weather.
Bill Carlos is the Washoe County Horticulturist assigned to the Wilbur D. May Arboretum and Botanical Garden. He has helped create and maintain this wonderful botanical resource for our community. He runs educations programs and public awareness events and fund-raisers for those gardens. |
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