TRI-CITIES, WASHINGTON APRIL 2011, VOLUME 47, NO. 4

ROSE HERALD

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Meeting time & place Page 2Minutes, Mar. 28, 2011 Page 2Honor Roll Garden Page 2Rose Show Messages Page 3ARS & PNWD Tithe Page 3About Us Page 3The Rose Whisperer Page 4Rootstock & Beyond Page 5TCRS 2011 Members Page 6Show Advertisers Page 7Officers, CRs, Calendar P. 8

The photo below high-lights ‘Bantry Bay,’ a 1967 climber sold by one of our generous Rose Show Schedule advertisers, Heirloom Roses. The large photo is a British Isles scene.

ROSE HERALDVideo Tour & Test ResultsHarlow Young & Tom Morris on Monday, Apr. 25, 2011, at 7:30 p.m.

Harlow Young will present photos and a very quick video tour of his family’s tour through England, Ire-land, Scotland and Wales. There will be rose photos, other garden and flower photos, and some very “green” photos of the countryside and points of interest.

Tom Morris will follow up with the soil testing results from his presentation to our society a year ago.

Come and share an evening of conviviality and friendship. Bring a friend. We would love to see our rose society grow.

CO-PRESIDENT JOANN SAYLER SHARING NEWS AND VIEWSDear Rosarians,As of this writing, we are packed and soon

on our way home. Sure glad we have a van!Before sending this column to Norma and

leaving the park, we just had to check out the rose garden once more. Wow! Thousands of buds on 200 bushes and gorgeous blooms popping out right and left. Hate to miss the big show. Our

Garden Club was very pleased on that last work day with the whole project. Management (of the park) is also pleased, which is a good thing since they pay all the bills. The rose garden is located in a perfect spot here—close to the office entrance and recreation center. Before leaving our humble (but cute) abode, we splurged and Continued on page 2

TRI-CITIES, WASHINGTON APRIL 2011, VOLUME 47, NO. 4

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MEETING TIMEMonday, April 25, 2011. Our

meeting begins at 7:30 p.m.HOW TO GET THEREHead for the intersection of

Richland Bypass Highway with Van Giesen. Go west on Van Giesen to West Richland. Continue on Van Giesen past Road 38, Public Library and City Hall. On your left you will spot the sign for Sandberg Event Center & Gardens. The Center is set back slightly from Van Giesen, but the sign is easily observed as you drive 30 mph through town. Turn left and park at 331 S. 41st Ave., West Richland.

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Co-President’s Message Continued from Page 1

bought tickets for next season’s National Performing Arts series (six concerts here), and also for Marie Osmond who will appear on our stage in March. We get several well-known performers each year, but I believe Ms. Osmond is the most important to date. Our stage is huge and the ballroom seats up to 1400. She will give two performances.

We’re anxious to arrive home and get caught up in the activities there. Of course, our first priority is pruning the rose bushes.

Our TCRS group is very fortunate to have a lot of talented people who make our local Society what it is. We love Harlow’s new “Rose Whisperer” column with his savvy information. Yes, I can think of a few questions!

See you soon! Joann and Don

MINUTES, MAR. 28, 2011by Cyndy Sharer for Secretary

Rebecca Schmidt

Harlow Young, Co Vice-President, opened the March 28 meeting of the Tri-City Rose Society at the Sand-berg Event Center in West Richland. A motion was passed to accept the minutes of the February meeting as printed in the Rose Herald.

Harlow said that nothing has been decided about the size of the new brass plaques to be placed in the Lawrence Scott Park Honor Garden.

“The Rose Show is coming up June 5 at the Shilo Inn, so inform your roses,” Harlow quipped.

Guest speaker Ellen Rector, horti-culturist and member of Garden Genies with ribbons to show for her many flower entries, gave a terrific slide show about xeriscaping. She said that the 1970s drought brought about this concept, reminding us that only 3% of the earth’s water is usable by us. In 1981 the Denver, Colorado Water Dept. patented the name xeriscape, dry landscape.

Ellen named many plants that do well in our dry, not so fertile, calcareous Mid-Columbia soils, such as aragona, artemesii, culinary sage, dellaspermium, penstemon, larkspur, lewesii, rabbit brush, ice daisy, salvia, lambs ears, rock rose, Russian sage, thyme, wine cups, and yucca.

High Country Gardens has a low-mow lawn grass that might be more suitable for our area than Kentucky Blue Grass. According to the USDA, we are in Zone 7. Wildlands, located in Benton City, is another company that offers native plants for our area, and they have an annual spring sale.

The meeting adjourned at 9:15 p.m.

Honor Roll Rose Gardenby Tom Miles, Chairman

On pruning demonstration day on March 18, 15 members of the Tri-City Rose Society, Adrian Urbina from Workforce and 5 learners from the public pruned the 300 roses (except a few shrubs and climbers) to ground level because of a harsh winter kill environment. The task of loading two 1.5 ton city flatbed trucks with rose debris was completed by 12:30, and most of the volunteers retreated to a friendly and joyful lunch at Applebee’s. The beds look bleak but neat, and new tender rose shoots are abundantly sprouting throughout the 14 beds in the recent spell of 50/60 degree F. temperature days. A pragmatic rosarian is dutifully insulating these tender shoots with a light covering of bark mulch until late May or early June when a pest frost is unlikely, and will wash off covering with water hose spray.

The shrub ‘Lyda Rose’ was centered by 6 feet between ‘Rugelda’ and ‘Westerland’ in bed #1 to lessen root bullying when aid of Workforce volunteer Christian Alvarez became available. Because Lyda had roots 3 feet in diameter and 40 inches deep, it took a lot of digging and a truck with a log chain to pull her into a proper position. She is lounging in a bed of organic loam and should now be able to complete with her peers in the bed of Heirloom Roses. I picture Jane Melville and Vina Hudson enjoying high tea and Vina asking, “What took him so long? I asked him to do that at least eight years ago.”

TRI-CITIES, WASHINGTON APRIL 2011, VOLUME 47, NO. 4

ROSE HERALD

Production StaffNORMA BOSWELLRose Herald Co-Editor and Publisher for 24

years, Norma is an ARS Master Rosarian, horticulture judge and arrangements judge.JO ANGELOS, CO-EDITOR

Jo works hard to help her husband build a second home. She writes, volunteers freely, raises bees, and

enlivens her world with a healthy touch of humor.DR. NANCY FOSTER-

MILLSNancy combines Jo’s and Norma’s pages, and keeps a valuable website

for TCRS at www.owt.com/rosesociety. She also excels in martial arts...“breaking things.”

Tri-City Rose SocietyCheck page 8 for a summary of our next Tri-City Rose Society events.

Check page 1 for this month’s program and page 2 for directions to our meeting place.

We welcome suggestions for speakers and programs. Contact Jim Campbell, 967-2606, scotch1943@frontier.com or Harlow Young at 735-3481. Email threegkids@frontier.com

TCRS meets 10 times a year on the 4th Monday of the month. We hold most of our meetings at the Sandberg Event Center & Gardens, 331 S. 41st Ave., West Richland. In summer we visit public and individual gardens.

We are a nonprofit, educational society affiliated with the American Rose Society. Visitors are always welcome!

Rose Show Messagesby Harlow Young, Show Chair

The show theme will be “Les Roses” (translated “The Rose”). All the committee heads are working on their parts of the show. We will need volunteers for Clerking, Set Up, Placement and Greeting at the show. We’ll also be asking that all our CRs make themselves available during the time of rose entries so that they can help the community identify un-named roses and enter them in the correct show classes.

by Janet Bryant, Awards Chair

Happy Trophy Winners from the 2010 Rose Show should polish and engrave any "engravables" (i.e., the trophy itself or its stand) in the style that preceded your win. Then package them up and bring them to the next Rose Society meeting. Otherwise, drop them off at Janet Bryant's house at 2017 Greenbrook Blvd. in Richland Meadow Springs area. (There's always someone coming or going at our house, so on the front porch with a doorbell ring and a note is fine!)

Consider donating a prize to the awards tables this year to give another incentive to our Rose Show participants. Contact JoAnn Brehm and Janet Bryant by email: (brehmj@bossig.com and janetsbliss@hotmail.com).

Polished and packaged trophies and award prizes are due no later than May 15, unless other arrangements are made with Janet.

——————————————ARS & PNW District “Tithe”Norma Boswell, Master Rosarian

Do you have the time, energy and physical ability to design and carry out project after project to meet our Tri-City Rose Society budget needs,

as well as the burgeoning needs of our very deserving “parents and relatives” (ARS, the American Rose Society, and PNWD, the Pacific Northwest District)? No? Then let’s consider dividing the funds we raise on our best projects. Let’s talk about “tithing.”

When a society project brings the TCRS a handsome profit, 10% (or whatever amount we agree to share) could be set aside and split between the ARS and the PNW District. The majority amount, of course, would stay in our own treasury.

It’s a fact that dues alone do not supply enough money to support any nonprofit organization. Even in years past when we had more members, dues were always supple-mented with donations, gifts and special projects.

The Pacific Northwest District does not even have dues, but depends on voluntary pledges from each rose society. Yearly raffles and silent auctions win active TCRS support every fall when our Consulting and Master Rosarians attend a two-day Conference in Vancouver, WA. The baskets we generously fill with cash are normally dedicated entirely to the District, but we could give the ARS a portion of those funds.

Like our own parents and relatives, the ARS and the PNW District have led the way in setting standards. They train us to recognize the best qualities in roses. They teach and train Consulting Rosarians and rose judges. They write guides for putting on a rose show and selecting the best roses for our gardens. They conduct and report rose research.

We can support the new ARS 100 Grand Campaign and not work ourselves ragged if we agree to “tithe” from our own society fund raisers.

Dear Rose Whisperer: I have been looking for a particular rose variety for a long time, and finally found it offered in an on-line catalog of a well known nursery. However, it is grafted on ‘Fortuniana’ root stock. I am wondering; is it OK to plant it in my Tri-City garden? Stumped on Roots

Dear Stumped on Roots:

The understock or rootstock of roses for our growing region is important to consider when buying a new rose for our gardens. In the

US and Canada, there are three prominent rootstocks onto which roses are grafted: ‘Dr. Huey,’ ‘Fortuniana,’ and ‘Multiflora.’ Let me

discuss each of these a bit and help you make up your mind about the rose you are considering buying.

• First, the rootstock of the ‘Fortuniana’ variety is a very vigorous grower. That is one of the primary reasons why it has been

selected as a rootstock for grafting modern roses onto. Its roots spread very widely (more so than the other commercial rootstocks),

and as such are known to be able to assimilate moisture and nutrients very well. Hence, this rootstock will support a very healthy

and floriferous plant when buds are grafted onto it. One of the biggest drawbacks to roses grafted onto this rootstock is that they

are not very cold tolerant because the roots are comparatively shallow and are therefore very winter intolerant. So, with that in

mind, this rootstock is not recommended for our growing region. ‘Fortuniana’ is quite popular in the southern regions of the US

(particularly the Southeast) since their winters are much more mild than ours.

• ‘Dr. Huey’ rootstock is probably the most common rose rootstock commercially used. It supports a strongly vigorous plant, and is

much more winter hardy than ‘Fortuniana,’ in part because its roots tend to penetrate deeper into the soil. Therefore it is more

widely adaptable to different climates. Also, this rootstock grows well in the large commercial rose-growing regions of south central

California. A rose that is budded or grafted onto this rootstock will do well in our region since it is reasonably winter hardy and has

proven its ability to endure our winters. This is the rootstock of choice for our region.

• Another rootstock from the rose ‘Multiflora’ does well in Canada and other colder regions. It is even more winter-hardy than ‘Dr.

Huey.’ It may grow well in our region, but I personally don’t have a lot of experience with it. Roses purchased from some of the

Canadian nurseries that export to the US may be grafted onto this rootstock.

Another option you may want to consider is buying your desired rose from a nursery that propagates it on its “own roots.” Without

going into a lot of detail, this simply means that a commercial nursery has taken cuttings from a mature plant, rooted them and

prepared the new plant for sale. “Own root” roses are becoming more prominent in the industry for all growing regions of the

country. There are some advantages to this type of plant for our region, since there is no bud union (the point where the buds are

grafted onto the understock) that might be damaged or killed during a really harsh winter. If a rose on its own roots freezes to the

ground, it will come back true to the variety. Also, a rose on its own roots, without a grafted area will not produce unwanted suckers

from the rootstock below the graft. These “own root” roses may be more expensive than grafted or budded roses, but the longevity

of an own-root rose is reported to exceed that of budded roses.

Perhaps the final option is to find a rose bush of the desired variety growing locally and root your own cuttings. This will be the

subject of an upcoming article from the Rose Whisperer, so stay tuned…and go out and talk to your roses. They’ll love it, and so will

you. The Rose Whisperer AKA Harlow Young

Update to Harlow’s article on pruning climbing roses, printed March 2011:

The Rose Whisperer learned a lot about pruning climbing roses while researching last month’s article. But what was unexpected was

the amount of winter damage suffered by two mature climbers in his garden. One (a ‘Candy Land’ rose) had to be trimmed all the

way to the crown (base or bud union) because of severe winter kill. The other, climbing ‘Peace,’ survived with about half of the

mature canes from years past being removed, and the remaining canes being seriously trimmed.

While We Can’t Choose Where We Came From

We Can Choose What We Become

Last month our Rose Whisperer gave us an opportunity to carry our skills of pruning roses from the garden into our personal lives, as we became aware of the unproductive canes, branches and shoots that need to be trimmed or possibly eliminated, striving for a more satisfying, healthy lifestyle. This month the question and answer on page 4 gives us a chance to learn about the three main rootstock plants in the US that are utilized for the grafting process.

While searching definitions for the word “root,” we find “the usually underground part of a seed plant body that functions as an organ of absorption, aeration, and food storage or as a means of anchorage and support.” Wow, I encourage you to read that again! All that work for the plant – and no one ever sees it. The root allocates food and water for the plant, maintains and sustains support –doing its job with very little recognition. One other interesting definition included “the note or foundation forming a musical chord.” Ok, now I’m hearing music in those fields of rootstock– no twirling Julie Andrews – but definitely music!

In human terms our roots (or heritage) provide many of the same things. We are a product of food, water and nurture that provided growth and allowed for deeper roots that would eventually prepare us to become mature, established adults, adequately equipped to be the person we were intended to be. A lot of this process is not seen by everyone, but it does happen - and from my experience, it happens fast! In my life, the rooting years were tremendously influenced by my grandparents. Relatives, teachers and friends often provide help to parents in this vital nurturing job. As a parent, I have realized the importance of encouraging individuality in my children, along with instilling deep-rooted values for personal growth.

As I envision a field of ‘Dr Huey’ rootstock (which is far beyond anything I have ever imagined), it is easy to realize the cultivation process takes a lot of time and energy by many people. ‘Dr Huey’ is said to produce about 80% of this country’s grafted roses. That is one big mass of roses. One sad but true fact is ‘Dr Huey’ tends to mildew. In an eagerness to “grow up,” we may have been touched by the dreaded powdery substance. Disappointments, poor decisions and inexperience created times that we had to dust ourselves off or snip a bad branch and rely on the roots to nourish us in a different direction. Fortunately, the maturation process is not permanently affected by the mildew issues, because the rootstock plant does not pass it on to the budded rose.

When roots are developed, we are ready for the grafting process. This process consists of a bud-eye taken from a desired rose variety and attached to the stem of a growing rootstock plant below the bottom set of leaves. After the bud-eye produces adequate growth, the top of the rootstock plant is cut away entirely, allowing the newly chosen rose to grow on roots of the understock. While these unseen roots continue to supply the necessary nutrients and water to the plant, the visible part of this plant can be almost anything we want it to be. So even though we venture off and create fabulous blooms of our own – we still depend on our heritage for nourishment and stability.

We might be considered a rootstock plant until we finally reach the point in our lives where we determine the variety we want to be. Once a plant has been budded and is growing on the understock, what we see are the qualities from the grafted cultivar. No rootstock can improve disease resistance or natural vigor. We should desire disease resistance, knowing stable rootstock cannot change problems of a poorly chosen rose variety. For health, vitality and longevity we should allow sufficient root development; then we can choose who we really are – or want to be. Our heritage provides those roots – whether we like them or not and whether we might have suffered some “mildew” along the way. Once the propagation is complete and the top of the rootstock is entirely cut away, our budding self is ready burst forth as a new and unique variety. Even then we have the chance to change, to try another variety for a unique bloom or fabulous foliage. The options are almost endless and the results are entirely up to us.

Just as a grafted rose has been given an essential but rarely observed rootstock, we have been given a set of genetic blueprints that make us who we are. However, we have complete propagation rights to visibly become what we choose. And when these chosen blooms are

Jo Angelos exhibited for the entire world…I hope we sing!

2011 Tri-City Rose Society Membership Paid as of April 12, 2011

Janice & Gary Atkins 509-585-1427 Radine Mills 509-783-6374

Jolene Angelos 509-586-0857 Cindy & Tom Morris 509-545-5995

Christy Arden 509-492-7005 Anne Muggli

Elizabeth & Ray Baalman 509-545-1081 Helen Newman 509-627-0880

Jean & Jerry Bookwalter 509-627-4495 Lynn Niebuhr 509-735-4684

Norma D. Boswell 509-375-0567 Linda & Mark Palmer 509-375-3590

John & JoAnn Brehm 509-627-0577 Sherry Phillipps 509-943-4330

Judy & Dennis Brendel 509-545-6890 Julie Powell 509-545-8176

Carolyn Brown 509-627-0605 June Rector 509-375-1569

Pat & Douglas Burleigh 509-546-2488 Bill Reynolds 509-343-9707

Dorothy & Jim Campbell 509-967-2606 Ann Roberts 509-627-1593

Toni Cavanaugh 509 -521-9151 Nancy A. Rousseau 509-396-4915

Ivadell & Frank Daer 509-946-0208 Nancy Roy 509-946-1029

Jane S. Daugherty 509-582-0780 Joann & Don Sayler 509-585-8646

Ollie J. Dawkins 509-783-0879 Rebecca S. & Michael Schmidt 509-736-5406

Filotea M. Dixon 509-545-8458 Cyndy Sharer 509-943-3927

Leo Faddis 208-922-1305 Roger C. Skaer 509-736-1104

Claudia & Norm Ferguson 509-627-4305 Jeanette Smith 509-547-4302

Dr. Nancy Foster-Mills 509-628-9430 Judith L. Smith 509-946-6409

Charlie Gant 509-375-0567 Judy Staringer 509-946-6744

Debra & Vince Grosso 803-634-1267 Elaine Tinseth 509-588-8398

Beth Harkins 509-350-0183 Shirley Van Buren 509-282-3327

Loretto & Blaine Hulse 509-547-4805 Geri & Ron Walters 509-582-0426

Mary Isley 509-783-6097 Jim & Kathy Weber 509-967-3336

Rhonda Jenks 509-269-4988 Harlow Young 509-735-3481

Ray & Joyce Johnson 509-882-2715

Linda & Richard Kerkof 509-547-1860 Invite someone new to join our society:

Carol Kerkow 509-783-1634 $17 single/$22 family memberships

Nancy Knowlton 509-967-5585

Rhoda Lewis 509-375-0123

Bridget & Bob Louie 509-531-5727

Sula & Joseph Louie 509-628-1717

Kathy & Doug Marks 509-420-0160

Micki & Richard Mckinnon 509-783-1363

William Meeuwsen 509-619-1833

Linda & Don Mercer 509-894-4598

Tom & Marlyn Miles 509-627-7003

Sue Miller 509-542-1877 ‘Artistry’

Advertisers for our 2011 Rose Show Schedule Kennewick:

Flower Farm 311 S Columbia Center Blvd 735.3232 Ranch & Home 845 N Columbia Center Blvd 737.1996 www.ranch-home.com Earthworks Plus Inc. 151 Reata Rd 627.3844 www.earthworksplus.com Washington Hardware & Furniture 6 W Kennewick Ave 582.2141 www.washingtonhardwareandfurniture.com Heritage Nursery & Garden Center 2816 W 27th Ave 586.0744 www.heritagelandscaping.com Pallis Pool & Patio 201 N Fruitland 586.9108 www.pallispool.com Farmer’s Exchange 215 W Canal Dr 586.3101 Jesse’s Lawn Maintenance 6418 W Deschutes Ave 734.9536 www.jesseslawn.com B & B Express Printing, Inc 7519 W Kennewick Ave Suite A 783.7383 www.bbprinting.com Prisitne Window Washing Jonathan Schlender 366.9197 www.pristinewindows.us Photos by Laura Laura Pasma 521.5347 www.facebook.com/photos.by.laura

Richland: Harrington’s Trophies 717 Jadwin 943.2593 www.harringtonstrophies.com Wood’s Nursery 2615 Van Giesen 943.1926 C & M Nursery & Gift Shop 2517 Van Giesen 946.0221 Beaver Bark 607 Aaron Drive 946.1000 www.beaverbark.com Rosie’s Ice Cream & Diner 404 Bradley Blvd 943.0102

Pasco: Job’s Nursery 4072 Columbia River Rd 547.4843 www.jobsnursery.com Mac’s Garden Center 6711 W Court (at Rd 68) 547.8109 www.macsgardencenter.com Columbia Grain & Feed 2001 West Lewis St 547.8818 Flower Farm 6300 Court St 547.8337 B & B Express Printing, Inc 3616 W Court St Suite D 545.5237 www.bbprinting.com Ranch & Home 516 N Oregon Ave 547.5513 www.ranch-home.com Spokane: Northland Rosarium 9405 S Williams Lane Spokane, WA 509.448.4968 www.northlandrosarium.com

St. Paul, OR: Heirloom Roses 24062 Riverside Drive NE St Paul, OR 800.820.0465 www.heirloomroses.com

Once again, the gracious response from our sponsors was overwhelming! It is my hope that you will utilize their services, patronize their businesses And most of all – tell them “Thank You” for continuing to support the Tri-City Rose Society. Their support provided $1225.00 toward the printing of the schedules and payment for the Rose Show rooms at the Shilo Inn. Please thank them every time you see them. Jo Angelos & Dorothy Campbell

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TCRS Officers, Consulting Rosarians (CR, MR) & Other Helpers

* Co-Presidents Don & Joann Sayler 2718 S. Everett Pl., Kennewick, WA 99337-5064 Snow bird land line 480-354-4832 Cell phone 509-994-4362 dosayjo@msn.com

* MR Co-Vice-President Jim Campbell, 1307 Maple Lane, West Richland, WA 99353-9332 (509) 967-2606 (NOTE: Dorothy Campbell is a CR.) scotch1943@verizon.net

* CR Co-Vice-Pres Harlow Young, 3218 W. 2nd Ave., Kennewick, WA 99336-4577 (509) 735-3481 threegkids@frontier.com

* Treasurer Bob Louie, 20 N. Jefferson St.,Kennewick, WA 99336-1811 531-5727 blouie1@charter.net

* Secretary Rebecca Schmidt, 5902 W. 16th Ave., Kennewick, WA 99338-1407 rssothl@hotmail.com

* Membership Chair Linda Kerkof (Richard Kerkof CR will serve when Linda is unable to attend), 5306 Cleveland Lane, Pasco, WA 99301-8434 (509) 547-1860 greenthumbsrjlm@hotmail.com

* MR Rose Herald Co-Editor Norma Boswell, 465 Mateo Ct., Richland, WA 99354-1981 (509) 375-0567 rosybos@owt.com

* Co-Editor Jo Angelos, 719 S. Yelm Place, Kennewick, WA 99336-4817 (509) 586-0857 angelosfolk@gmail.com.

* Webmaster Nancy Foster-Mills, 1537 Adair Dr., Richland, WA 99352-9443 (509) 628-9340 thundar2007@gmail.com and www.owt.com/rosesociety

* CR JoAnn Brehm, 1113 Saddle Way, Richland, WA 99352-9640 (509) 627-0577 brehmj@3-cities.com

* CR Tom Miles, 118 Bremmer St., Richland, WA 9352-8491 (509) 627-7003 thmpmi@charter.net

* Helping to collate, fold, staple, and label: Charlie Gant and Jim & Kathy Weber jwweber@clearwire.net

* Helen Newman, 102703 E. Vaca Rd., Kennewick, WA 99338-9341 (509) 627-0880 hnewman@owt.com

Mark Your CalendarApril 25, 2011

Harlow Young will present “A Vacation in Great Britain.” Tom Morris will review the soil testing results that he completed last spring.

May 23, 2011

Helen Newman will demonstrate “How to Prepare for the Rose Show.”

June 5, 2011

Rose Show at Shilo Inn, Richland, WA.

June 27, 2011

Visit the garden of Don & Linda Mercer in the Horse Heaven Hills.

July 25

See the garden of Michael and Rebecca Schmidt. Topic is Composting at Home. The Schmidts bought Jane Melville’s house.

Addressee Name4321 First StreetAnytown, State 99354

Tri-City Rose Society: www.owt.com/rosesociety Webmaster Nancy Foster-Mills

Email Coordinator Janet Bryant: dandjbryant1@frontier.com

Co-Editor Jo Angelos: angelosfolk@gmail.com

Co-Editor Norma Boswell: rosybos@owt.com

465 Mateo Court

Richland, WA 99354-1981