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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

CLRS BRONZE MEDAL HONOR AWARD 2013


 Rosalinda Morgan, President in pink jacket and Mary Lee Kirkland, 2013 Bronze Medal Honor Awardee in gray jacket

At the January meeting, the Charleston Lowcountry Rose Society awarded the Bronze Medal Honor Award to Mary Lee Kirkland for her outstanding service to the Charleston Lowcountry Rose Society. Mary Lee is an indefatigable worker and has done tremendous work for the society including fundraising events. For years, she has been the official photographer at our meetings and other events. She has served as Vice President, securing our speakers for our programs, and chairing the Annual Rose Shows. Well deserved! Congratulations!!

The Bronze Medal Honor is the highest award the local society gives to a member who has done outstanding service to the local society. At the district level, the highest award is the Silver Medal Honor and at the national level meaning the American Rose Society, it is the Gold Medal Honor. At Charleston Lowcountry Rose Society, the first Bronze Medal Honor was awarded in 1996 to Dr. Fletcher C. Derrick, Jr. Below is the list of previous Bronze Medal Honor recipients: 

1996 – Fletcher C. Derrick, Jr.

1997 – Marvin & Cheryl Edmondson

1998 – Adra Benton

1999 – Murrie Alice Johnson

2000 – Mary Craig & Peter Rowan

2001 – Julian Hayes

2002 – Alan & Marietta Horres

2003 – Lee F. Kline

2004 – Sandy & Bob Lundberg

2005 – John & Linda Godwin

2006 – Dr. Orlando Sanchez

2007 – Priscilla H. & William A. Fletcher

2008 – Mary Beth Martin-Petrovick

2009 – Jackie Kohn

2010 – Jim Lancaster

2011 – Roland & Maxine Raver

2012 – Claude & June Thomas

For more info about Charleston Lowcountry Rose Society, visit our website – www.charlestonrose.com

 

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

CHARLESTON LOWCOUNTRY ROSE SOCIETY FEBRUARY 2014 MEETING


The Charleston Lowcountry Rose Society will hold their next meeting on Sunday, February 2 at 3 PM at Berkeley Electric Cooperative Office, 3351 Maybank Highway, Johns Island, SC 29455.

The program will be on Pruning given by Bob Lundberg.  Bob is an American Rose Society Master Rosarian, the Charleston Lowcountry Rose Society Consulting Rosarian Chair and the Charleston Lowcountry Rose Society Program chair. The program will start with a discussion of the tools required to accomplish the pruning task, followed by some comments on why we prune and the different approaches to pruning as we go through the growing season.  There will be a discussion on the approach to pruning different classes of roses.   At the conclusion of the discussion period, there will be a demonstration of spring pruning on Hybrid Tea and miniature rose plants.

Membership in the Charleston Lowcountry Rose Society is open to anyone with interest in roses. Dues are $15 for single membership and $20 for family membership annually, January - December and includes information-packed newsletter, The Charleston Rose and participation in all society activities.

For more info, email Rosalinda Morgan at RosalindaRM@comcast.net. To join, send dues to Matthew Morgan, Membership Chair, 3056 Sugarberry Ln., Johns Island, SC 29455.

Visit our website – www.charlestonrose.com.



Saturday, January 18, 2014

Why do we join the Charleston Lowcountry Rose Society?



The first and foremost answer is to get educated on how to grow roses in the lowcountry. As a beginner, you already love the Queen of theFlowers but most likely are experiencing difficulties on the culture of roses. Most new members want to learn the basics of growing roses.

Here are some benefits of joining Charleston Lowcountry RoseSociety:

·        Monthly Meetings where we have great programs about rose culture.

·        Top Speakers are invited to talk to the members about their expertise.

·        Educational Programs on all topics relating to rose gardening.

·        Clinics on Rose Pruning to teach the best way to prune your roses.

·        Garden Tours of members’ garden not open to the public.

·        Rose Show – an annual event where we showcase roses grown in our garden. Members compete for ribbons and awards.

·        Events (Oyster Roast/BBQ, Picnic, Holiday Banquet) – socials for members to enjoy the camaraderie of their fellow rosarians. Bronze Medal Honor Award given at Holiday Banquet to a member for outstanding service.

·        Seminars and Conventions – another venue to showcase our roses and attend lectures and social gatherings.

·        Meet New Rose Friends – the nicest group of people you’ll ever meet from all walks of life.

·        Monthly Newsletter – our communication and educational tool full of great articles and photos.

·        Rose Society Website (www.charlestonrose.com) – tells about the society, officers, meeting place and time, articles and other things of interest to members.

·        Rose Society Blog (www.charlestonlowcountryrosesociety.blogspot.com) – another venue for information updated regularly.

·        Free Advice from the American Rose SocietyConsulting Rosarians nationwide

For information on Membership, contact:

Matthew Morgan, Membership Chair 

Charleston Lowcountry Rose Society

843-789-9268


 

Saturday, January 11, 2014

WHY DO WE GROW ROSES?

Why do you want to grow roses?  We grow them because of their beauty and their fragrance.  Florist roses for the most part do not have fragrance.  We also like to grow roses because it is our national flower.  In good times and bad times, roses are always around us.  Roses are used to comfort us in our sorrow and cheer us in happy times.  On Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Graduation, Funeral, bouquets and wreaths of roses are to be found. 

 Growing roses as a hobby dates back from the Victorian times and it cut across the various classes in any society.  You can see housewives, gardeners, doctors, lawyers, engineers, accountants, white collar workers and blue collar workers growing roses.  You can grow one rose bush or 1000 rose bushes.  You grow them in a formal bed or in a cottage garden with annuals and perennials.   

Roses come in a variety of forms, sizes and colors.  Not all roses have prickles (thorns) and some have no fragrance at all.  Some displayed a colorful fruit called hip for autumn display.  Some grow close to the ground and some grow to a towering height of 20 ft. tall clambering up to the highest branches of trees.  Some are pruned in the spring and some after flowering.  Some are pruned low and some are pruned high.  Some grow from seed, from cuttings, and others are budded or grafted.  Some are very susceptible to pests and diseases.  Luckily, most breeders now are hybridizing disease resistant roses like Knock Out Roses, Earth-kind Roses and Oso Easy Roses. 

With or without problems, roses are very forgiving plant.  They always come back to life.  They have the same basic needs as human.  They need food, water and sunlight.  If you supply them with these things, they will reward you with the most beautiful blooms.  

People claim roses take lots of work.  So does your lawn.  Your lawn probably has higher maintenance than a rose garden.  You feed your lawn constantly, spread weed and pest control substance, water them and mow them every week.  Think about it.  Would you rather have a bouquet of roses than a bouquet of grasses?  There is no comparison. 

Join Charleston Lowcountry Rose Society and learn how to grow roses.   

Thursday, January 9, 2014

Mail Order Rose Suppliers


Now is the time to plan our rose garden. The box stores and local nurseries do not carry roses that we enjoy. They are just selling Knock Out roses. If you are looking where to buy good roses, I recommend you use the mail order rose suppliers. They are the best sources of roses. In my years of rose gardening which started in 1971, I have always bought my roses through mail order suppliers and I have been very happy with them. The following is a list of rose suppliers that I have used over the years and they have excellent roses and their services are outstanding.  

 

Antique Rose Emporium

9300 Lueckemeyer Road

Brenham, TX 77833-6453

PH: 800-441-0002

FX: 409-836-0928



 

Chamblee’s Rose Nursery

10926 US Hwy 69 N

Tyler, TX 75706-5933

PH: 800-256-7673

FX: 903-882-3597


Website:www.chambleeroses.com

 

David Austin Roses Limited

15059 State Highway, 64 West

Tyler, TX 75704

PH: 800-328-8893

FX: 903-526-1900



10% discount to ARS members

 

Edmunds’ Roses

6235 S.W. Kahle Road

Wilsonville, OR 97070

PH: 888-481-7673

FX: 503-682-1275



 

Heirloom Roses

24062 Riverside Drive NE

St. Paul, OR 97137

PH: 503-538-1576

FX: 503-538-5902


10% discount to ARS members

 

J.W. Jung Seed Co.

335 S. High St.

Randolph, WI 53957-0001

PH: 800-247-5864

FX: 800-692-5864


 

K&M Roses

1260 Chicora River Rd.

Buckatunna, MS 39322

PH: 601-648-2908



 

Regan Nursery

4286 Decoto Road

Fremont, CA 94555

PH: 510-797-3222

FX: 510-793-5408



 

Rosemania

4020 Trail Ridge Dr.

Franklin, TN 37067

PH: 888-600-9665

Website – www.rosemania.com

 

Roses Unlimited

363 N. Deerwood Dr.

Laurens, SC 29360

PH: 864-682-7673


 

Roses of Yesterday & Today Rose Garden

803 Brown’s Valley Road

Watsonville, CA 95076

PH: 831-728-1901


 

Spring Hill Nurseries

110 West Elm St.

Tipp City, OH 45371-1699

PH: 812-537-2177

FX: 812-537-9059


 

 

Wayside Gardens

1 Garden Lane

Hodges, SC 29695-0001

PH: 800-845-1124

FX: 800-817-1124


 

White Flower Farm

P.O. Box 50

Litchfield, CT 06759-0050

Ph: 800-503-9624

FX: 860-496-1418


 

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

2014 Charleston Lowcountry Rose Society Officers


Congratulations to the new set of officers, board of directors and committee chairs of the Charleston Lowcountry Rose Society. Their term of office starts in Jan. 2014 and ends in Dec. 2015.
Rosalinda Morgan who is leading the Charleston Lowcountry Rose Society this time is a Past President of the Long Island Rose Society of the New York District of the American Rose Society. Vice President Mary Lee Kirkland, Treasurer Dr. William Prioleau and Secretary Christina Hogarth are continuing their offices from the last term of the Charleston Lowcountry Rose Society. Past President Dr. Mike Denson had served as President of the Charleston Lowcountry Rose Society before his last term. Mary Beth Petrovick has been a member of CLRS for numbers of years and Robert Priest and Bill Lamson-Scribner can be considered as new talents because they have only been a member for less than ten years.
Claude Thomas is a past president and so are Priscilla Fletcher and Sandy Lundberg. Bob Lundberg is a great rosarian who has been working hard along with Sandy Lundberg. Matthew Morgan was a membership chair at the Long Island Rose Society and has been Rosalinda Morgan’s super assistant at all rose functions. With such a superb group of officers and committee members and with the support and help from the membership, the Charleston Lowcountry Rose Society is poised to meet the challenging times the Charleston Lowcountry Rose Society is facing today.


CLRS Officers:

President: Rosalinda Morgan                           

Vice-President: Mary Lee Kirkland, Ed.D.       

Treasurer: William Prioleau, M.D.                   

Secretary: Christina Hogarth                            

Past President: Michael Denson, Ph. D.          

Board of Directors:

Bill Lamson-Scribner                                          

Mary Beth Martin- Petrovick                            

Robert Priest                                                       

Committees:

Annual Rose Show – Mary Lee Kirkland         

Auction – Claude Thomas, Ph.D.                      

Auditing – Rosalinda Morgan                            

Blog – Rosalinda Morgan                                   

Consulting Rosarian – Bob Lundberg              

District Nomination – Sandy Lundberg           

Hospitality – Matthew Morgan                         

Membership – Matthew Morgan                     

Newsletter Editor – Rosalinda Morgan           

Nominating Committee – Priscilla Fletcher    

Oyster Roast – Mike Denson, Ph.D.                 

Program – Bob Lundberg                                  

Roses in Review – Bob Lundberg                     

Website – Mary Beth Martin-Petrovick          




 
 

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Charleston Lowcountry Rose Society Meeting Location and Time Change

Starting in January, 2014, the Charleston Lowcountry Rose Society will have their regular meeting on the first Sunday of the month with the exception of June, July, August and December at Berkeley Electric Cooperative’s office at 3351 Maybank Highway between River Rd. and Main Rd. in Johns Island at 3 PM. From Rte 17, you can either go to Main Rd to Maybank Highway or Folly Rd. to Maybank Highway. Berkeley Electric Cooperative Office is next door to the St. Johns Fire Dept.

 The Charleston Lowcountry Rose Society do not meet in July and August. In June, they have the garden tour and summer picnic and in December, they have their Christmas Party.

Here are the dates for 2014:

Sunday, Jan. 5 – 3 PM

Sunday, Feb. 2 – 3 PM

Sunday, Mar. 2 – 3 PM

Sunday, Apr. 6 – 3 PM

Sunday, May 4 – 3 PM

Sunday, Sept. 7 – 3 PM

Sunday, Oct. 5 – 3 PM

Sunday, Nov. 2 – 3 PM

 

Monday, January 6, 2014

About Charleston Lowcountry Rose Society


The Charleston Lowcountry Rose Society (CLRS) is a nonprofit organization affiliated with the American Rose Society and was founded in 1985 by a small group of rose enthusiasts, whose mission was to foster the love of roses in the Charleston Lowcountry area with membership open to anyone interested in roses.

The Charleston Lowcountry Society has continued to prosper and now has 70 members.  Some of our talented American Rose Society rosarians have gained fame at state, district, and national levels as exhibitors, authors, and editors.   Many have held state and national offices.

The Charleston Lowcountry Rose Society's monthly newsletter, The Charleston Rose, serves as a major educational tool, as well as the voice of the Society.

The Charleston Lowcountry Rose Society sponsors a Charleston Lowcountry Rose Show every year.  Rosarians from neighboring states gather to showcase their best roses.  The various classes compete for prizes.  This is an annual event not to be missed.

The Charleston Lowcountry Rose Society’s social functions include horticulture and rose arrangement school, pruning clinics, garden tours, a summertime picnic, hosting conventions and District meetings, an Oyster Roast/BBQ, and a December banquet.  Our members participate in other Lowcountry functions: garden club shows, the State Fair, and the Coastal Carolina Fair Flower Shows. There are district and national ARS Rose Shows, as well as National Miniature and Mini-Flora Rose Shows across the states to enjoy and to meet new friends.

The Charleston Lowcountry Rose Society's meetings are held at the Berkeley Electric Cooperative Office at 3351 Maybank Highway, Johns Island, SC 29455, at 3:00 P.M. on the first Sunday of the month except June, July, August and December. June is our annual picnic. We do not meet in July and August and December is our Christmas Party. Membership is open to anyone interested in roses.  Dues are $15.00 single, or $20.00 dual membership.
Come and join the Charleston Lowcountry Rose Society and learn how to grow roses.

Sunday, January 5, 2014

Charleston Lowcountry Rose Society January 2014 Meeting

The Charleston Lowcountry Rose Society will hold their first meeting for 2014 on Sunday, January 5 at 3 PM at Berkeley Electric Cooperative Office, 3351 Maybank Highway, Johns Island, SC 29455.

The program will be "Your 2014 Master Plan in the Rose Garden" to be presented by Bob Lundberg. Bob is an American Rose Society Master Rosarian and is also the Charleston Lowcountry Rose Society Consulting Rosarian Chair. He and his wife, Sandy Lundberg, maintain a rose garden of about 400 roses in Blufton, SC. They are top exhibitors, having won numerous awards from rose shows at the local, district and national level. Bob will go through each month and give an overview of what you should be doing in the garden. He will have a flip chart for each month and will also put the same information on a hand out.

Membership in the Charleston Lowcountry Rose Society is open to anyone with interest in roses. Dues are $15 for single membership and $20 for family membership annually, January - December and includes information-packed newsletter, The Charleston Rose and participation in all society activities. For more info, email Rosalinda Morgan at RosalindaRM@comcast.net.

To join, send dues to Matthew Morgan, Membership Chair, 3056 Sugarberry Ln., Johns Island, SC 29455.