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EXPERIENCE THE JOY OF GROWING ROSES!
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Interesting & informative programs and events
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The Manhattan Rose Society holds meetings and events featuring informative programs with world renowned Rose Experts, Garden Tours, Dinners and more!
Our March, April, May and June meetings are held at Queens Botanical Garden. Our Annual Dinner meeting is held at a fine restaurant in Manhattan. We also host private garden tours, a Wine & Roses event in the summer and our Annual Holiday Open House in December. Since the onset of the pandemic all in person events have been cancelled and the society meets virtually via GoToMeeting. We publish 7 issues of our e-newsletter, Skyscrapers & Roses. New members receive a FREE 4-Month Trial Membership to the American Rose Society! Joining or renewing is easy! Visit our "Storefront" page. Scroll Down for details of our Next Event! |
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Founded in April 2000!
Become a MemberManhattan Rose Society Annual Membership
Single Membership: $30.00 (1 Year); $55 (2 Years) Additional Household Member: $10.00 (1 Year); $20 (2 Years) Visit our "Storefront" page to join or renew online! Or send a check payable to: Manhattan Rose Society email pshanley@aol.com for mailing address |
'Mother of Pearl'
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MANHATTAN ROSE SOCIETY EVENTS
Presenting via GoToMeeting!
Dr. Mark Windham
SATURDAY, October 24, 2020
2:00pm EDT
A Discussion on Rose Rosette Disease
This month we bring you Dr. Mark Windham, live, presenting Paul Zimmerman’s wonderful video on Rose Rosette Research which aired on August 22nd. He will take questions after the video. This video is a fundraiser for Rose Rosette Disease Research and was organized by American Garden Rose Selections™.
Please check out our fundraising campaign on GoFundMe Charity and make a donation today! https://charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/raising-funds-for-rrd-research
Dr. Mark Windham is a Professor and Distinguished Chair in Ornamental Pathology at the University of Tennessee. He is a member of the American Rose Society and past president of the Holston Rose Society. Mark has been conducting research on roses for more than 25 years and is part of a team of scientists that has received funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Specialty Crops Initiative (SCRI) to combat Rose Rosette Disease (RRD). Mark’s rose rosette field site encompasses nearly 4 acres and includes more than 1500 rose bushes.
In addition, Mark has rose research sites throughout Tennessee and several neighboring states.
In conjunction with the rose industry, he has also screened hybrid tea and floribunda roses for resistance to black spot and powdery mildew with the goal of generating a list of roses that homeowners can grow successfully without reliance on chemical control tactics.
Having earned a Ph.D. from North Carolina State, he has responsibility for research on diseases of ornamental plants at the Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station. His research career has involved mildew resistant dogwoods and serving as chair of the Dogwood Research Team. At UT Knoxville, he teaches classes on plant pathology, diseases and insets of ornamental plants, and plant pathogenic fungi.
Mark received the 2020 Cavender Outstanding Award for Best Publication from the University of Tennessee for Rose Disease: Identification and Management which he co-authored with Dr. Alan Windham.
Rose Disease: Identification and Management (W833)
MANHATTAN ROSE SOCIETY COVID–19 UPDATE
President’s Message
October 16, 2020
I hope you will plan to join us on October 24th for Dr. Mark Windham. Mark is a fantastic speaker with a wealth of knowledge on all aspects of Roses.
We still have a way to go in raising the necessary funding to keep Rose Rosette Disease research going. If you can’t join us for this program and have not already donated via the GoFundMe page, please help us and donate whatever you can today. Every donation is so important and please be sure to join us for this special program! https://charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/raising-funds-for-rrd-research
Next month we will bring you Chris VanCleave who will present a program on the 2021 AGRS™ Winners. He will also talk to us about selecting roses for next year and how you can have a beautiful blooming rose garden! Chris is the Co-host of Rose Chat Podcast and is known as the Redneck Rosarian. He is also AGRS™ Marketing Director. Chris is an outstanding speaker and I know you will enjoy his program. In addition, this is a great time to start planning new additions to your garden and this program will give you the valuable information you need to make the right choices.
We are well into Fall, although Summer seems like it was both just yesterday and a million years ago! My roses are still blooming and will continue until the first frost, which traditionally has been around Thanksgiving. The colors are richer and deeper, and my no-spray garden fared well. For the most part, they are well foliated and happy.
This year I will try pruning in the Fall. I have not done this before, so I am hoping they will benefit from this change. I will not prune drastically, and this doesn’t mean there will be no pruning in March. In addition, I plan to remove some of the older bushes that are not producing well and replace them with newer varieties, such as the 2021 AGRSä winners. Gaye Hammond was our speaker last month and I found her comment on own root vs budded plants interesting. She said that she found in her own garden, after about 7-8 years, budded roses didn’t do as well as own root. I am seeing the same thing in my garden.
The October issue of Skyscrapers & Roses, our newsletter, focuses on Growing Roses Sustainably. It is included with MRS membership. If you are not a member yet, you can join from "Storefront" page on this website.
Be well, stay safe and know that we value your membership more than I can say. Protect others and yourself - Wear a Mask!!
See you on October 24th!
Pat Shanley
- WE WILL CONTINUE TO HOLD VIRTUAL MEETINGS: Via GoToMeeting for the foreseeable future. Invitations will be emailed to all current members a few days before the event.
- SKYSCRAPERS & ROSES WILL CONTINUE TO BE PUBLISHED!!
President’s Message
October 16, 2020
I hope you will plan to join us on October 24th for Dr. Mark Windham. Mark is a fantastic speaker with a wealth of knowledge on all aspects of Roses.
We still have a way to go in raising the necessary funding to keep Rose Rosette Disease research going. If you can’t join us for this program and have not already donated via the GoFundMe page, please help us and donate whatever you can today. Every donation is so important and please be sure to join us for this special program! https://charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/raising-funds-for-rrd-research
Next month we will bring you Chris VanCleave who will present a program on the 2021 AGRS™ Winners. He will also talk to us about selecting roses for next year and how you can have a beautiful blooming rose garden! Chris is the Co-host of Rose Chat Podcast and is known as the Redneck Rosarian. He is also AGRS™ Marketing Director. Chris is an outstanding speaker and I know you will enjoy his program. In addition, this is a great time to start planning new additions to your garden and this program will give you the valuable information you need to make the right choices.
We are well into Fall, although Summer seems like it was both just yesterday and a million years ago! My roses are still blooming and will continue until the first frost, which traditionally has been around Thanksgiving. The colors are richer and deeper, and my no-spray garden fared well. For the most part, they are well foliated and happy.
This year I will try pruning in the Fall. I have not done this before, so I am hoping they will benefit from this change. I will not prune drastically, and this doesn’t mean there will be no pruning in March. In addition, I plan to remove some of the older bushes that are not producing well and replace them with newer varieties, such as the 2021 AGRSä winners. Gaye Hammond was our speaker last month and I found her comment on own root vs budded plants interesting. She said that she found in her own garden, after about 7-8 years, budded roses didn’t do as well as own root. I am seeing the same thing in my garden.
The October issue of Skyscrapers & Roses, our newsletter, focuses on Growing Roses Sustainably. It is included with MRS membership. If you are not a member yet, you can join from "Storefront" page on this website.
Be well, stay safe and know that we value your membership more than I can say. Protect others and yourself - Wear a Mask!!
See you on October 24th!
Pat Shanley
For our mailing address please email Pat Shanley pshanley@aol.com
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