spring newsletter - kansas city rose society
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OUR VISION
A world class rose garden where the community can
enjoy and learn about roses.
In This Issue
June Rose Day and Show
Upcoming events
Photography Workshop
Volunteers Needed!
May 2019 Spring Newsletter
SPRING TEA
By Mary Barickman and Devan Hartnett
The Kansas City Rose Society’s 88th Annual Membership Spring Tea was held on April 27th at the lovely home of Kevin Westrope and Jason Holmes. This event, founded in 1931 by Laura Conyers Smith, honors and introduces our new members. The Tea organizers were Judy King and Devan Hartnett.
Please help us welcome our newest members:
Mary Adams
Jennifer Andreas
Fariba Behod
Kelsey Coady
Margaret Dawson
Alexandra Dorton Beverly and Roger Duclos
Dan Faflack
Margaret Fisher
Elizabeth Fries Barbara and Peter Gattermeier
Connie Griffith
Sally Groves
Laurel Harbour
Shirley Helzberg
Caroline Henbest
Virginia Hill
Johanna Holswade
Lucy Holt Doris and Bob House
Jackie and Ron Hoyez
Ann Slegman Isenberg
Jennifer Jenson
Jessica Kennon
Pam Kessler
Kathy Killip Anna Larkin and Burton Dunbar Angela Lefman Jessica Lyons
Nyla Mischke
Carol Mosher
Abigail Noelke
Greg Oeike Lauren and Ryan Ptomey
Enid and Steve Selph
Susan Sengstacken Loreal and Howard Sheehy
Jan Sungall Stephanie and Larry Tatem
Prudence True
Mary Wolf
Kim Wright
Nan Yost
Children’s Programs
By Julia Spaeth
Spring begins the Children’s Programs for 2019!
We have three exciting opportunities for children
this year: the Rose Prose Poetry Contest, the Art
Show and “Fun in the Garden” Field Trips.
Rose Prose Poetry Contest Grades 3─8 Student-created poems with the word “rose” appearing once in the poem. The poems will be grouped by grades: 3─4, 5─6, and 7─8. The winner in each category wins $50.00! Submission Deadline: April 30, 2019. Poems can be emailed or mailed to address below. Art Show Grades K─8 The Children’s Art Show will be part of Rose Day, June 2, 2019 1─4 p.m. Any medium can be used to create the artwork. A picture of a rose must be part of the artwork. No larger than 18” x 24”. Submission Deadline: May 17, 2019. Please place name, address, grade level and contact number on the back of the artwork.
Contact Julia Spaeth at [email protected].
Or mail items to: Loose Park Garden Center 5200 Pennsylvania K.C., MO 64112 or call: 816-510-1713; or click here.
“Fun in the Garden” Field Trips Grades Pre-K─5 Free Field Trips at the Rose Garden:
May 2─Sept. 27 on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday 10─11 a.m. or 11:30 a.m. ─12:30 p.m.
Click here for more information and the reservation form.
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American Rose Society
Central District
Rose Show
and Conference
By Laura Dickinson
Sept. 13─15
Holiday Inn on the Plaza
It’s our turn to host the district Show and Conference, which draws exhibitors from Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska. The show is open to anyone who grows roses, and the classes and show format are similar to our June Show.
Volunteers are needed for both events: Sept. 13: Afternoon: Rose Show set-up and
Conference registration
4─6 p.m. Greeters and registration
Sept. 14: All day: Rose Show hosts
Dinner: Hosts for BBQ Picnic at
Loose Park
Contact: [email protected] for more
information.
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Photography Workshop
By Betsy Beasley
Saturday, June 22 - 10 a.m.
Garden Center
Cost is $25 per person for non-members and $15 for members. Class size is limited.
Send your check (made out to KCRS) by June 15 to:
Photography Workshop - KC Rose Society 5200 Pennsylvania Ave. Kansas City, MO 64112
Or pay online.
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Loose Park Rose Garden is a beautiful place to photograph. Instructor and award-winning photographer Jenifer Cady will help improve your camera work and focus your artist eye. Jenifer’s photographs have appeared in The Nelson Atkins-Museum of Art. See her work at www.jenifercady.com.
Volunteers Needed! We would appreciate your help! Please contact Julia Spaeth at
Kansas City
Rose Show . . .
Saturday, June 1
Loose Park Garden Center
Anyone who grows roses can
enter the rose show. Choose
your most beautiful blooms when
they are about half to three-
fourths open and on the longest
stem with nice leaves. Be sure
you know the rose’s name.
(Peace? Pink Knockout? Don
Juan?)
Bring your roses to the Loose
Park Garden Center between
8:30 a.m. and noon on Saturday
morning, and we’ll help you get
them groomed and show-ready.
Never won a blue ribbon? Enter
in the Novice Class!
If it’s not your first show, just
bring your roses. We have
classes for all varieties of garden
roses and also a class for rose
photographs. You could win
ribbons and even a silver trophy!
Visit the website to download the
rose show booklet and see the
rose classes and show
guidelines.
For more information, contact
Laura Dickinson at
913-449-9377.
Volunteer
Opportunities
By Gina Pulliam
Loose Park Rose Groomers
Orientation: May 16 at 9 a.m.
Then Thursdays 8:30─10:30 a.m.
May 23 through September.
Training and supplies are provided.
Rose Show: Loose Park Garden
Center
May 30: 11:30 a.m.─3 p.m.,
Rose Show set-up
June 1: Noon─5 p.m., show
clerks and helpers
June 2: 1─5 p.m., show results and fragrance contest greeters
Contact Laura Dickinson
at [email protected] to sign
up for a shift.
Rose Day: Sunday, June 2, Rose Garden. Shifts available between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Volunteers needed for set-up and take-down, to host the youth ballet and band, ‘staff’ the children’s art area, distribute ice cream and serve as greeters. To volunteer, contact Sarah Hughes at
Photographers
Do you have beautiful rose and rose garden photos you’d like to share on our social media pages? Please send them with the photographer’s name and the name of the rose if you know it to: Linda Rostenberg at [email protected].
And Rose Day
Sunday, June 2
1─4 p.m. (rain or shine)
As the Rose Garden awakens
after a long winter, we’re looking
forward to hosting our annual
Rose Day celebration in the Laura
Conyers Smith Rose Garden.
Our Rosebuds Junior Board is
already working hard to make this
year’s event a success.
The afternoon will include
performances by the Mighty Mo
Jazz Band and the Kansas City
Youth Ballet. We also hope to
partner with Starlight Theater for
a show preview or a ‘meet and
greet’ with the cast.
A children’s Art Experience table
will be sponsored by the Nelson-
Atkins Museum of Art, and we’ll
also display local students’ rose
art.
Re-up for 2020 at our
Membership table and get expert
advice on your roses at the Ask a
Rosarian table.
Please mark your calendar and
help spread the word about Rose
Day.
We hope to see you and your
family there!
By Laura Dickinson and Sarah Hughes
Everything’s Coming
Up Roses!
Summer Newsletter
Come have fun in the Rose Garden!
Prune to Groom!
By Martha Comment
If you’ve always wanted to be a rose
“groomer” but didn’t know how, join us:
Thursday, May 16 9 a.m. ─ Noon
Loose Park Garden Center
Parks Department Rosarian Judy Penner will
conduct groomer training about the proper
way to deadhead roses.
And come join us every Thursday during the summer when we gather in the garden to groom from 8:30─10:30 a.m. Keeping the Loose Park Rose Garden beautiful is a fun and satisfying job. You’ll meet new people, be out in the fresh air, and enjoy mid-morning tea and refreshments.
Tips on Growing Roses
By Laura Dickinson
Visit the Growing Roses section of our
website for a rose care calendar, info on
planting, fertilizing, pests and diseases, and
many other helpful rose growing tips.
Questions about roses?
Ask a Rosarian [email protected]
Save These Dates!
By Gina Pulliam and Betsy Beasley
May 11: First Rose Garden Readings in cooperation
with The Writers Place. 2─3:30 p.m. Loose Park Garden Center Rose Room. Local readers include: poets Jermaine Thompson and Maryfrances Wagner, children’s author Roderick Townley, and short story writer Karin L. Frank. Reception follows.
May 16: Volunteer Groomer Orientation and Training, 9 a.m., Loose Park Garden Center.
June 1: Kansas City Rose Show and Photography Contest 8:30 a.m─Noon. Loose Park Garden Center.
June 2: Rose Day 1─4 p.m.
Laura Conyers Smith Rose Garden The Rose Show is also open for public viewing, 1─ 5 p.m. Loose Park Garden Center
June 15: Second Rose Garden Readings in the Loose
Park Garden Center Fern Room. 2─3:30 p.m. Winners of the Children’s Rose Garden Poetry Contest will receive their awards and share their poems, followed by adult poets John Peterson and Lindsey Weishar and children’s author Alistair Helm. Reception follows.
June 22: Photography Workshop 10 a.m., Loose Park
Garden Center.
September 8: Jazz in the Roses, FREE event,
5─7p.m. Laura Conyers Smith Rose Garden.
September 13─15: American Rose Society Central District Meeting and Rose Show at the Holiday Inn on
the Plaza. We're the hosts!
October 5: Final Rose Garden Readings in
cooperation with The Writers Place. 2─3:30 p.m. Loose Park Garden Center Rose Room. Readers include: poets Jason Preu and Charlotte Seley, humorist Melvina Young, and short story writer Pat Lawson. Reception follows. Learn more about coming events.
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