Dallas Area Historical Rose Society

Aug. 3:

Dr. Steve George to speak to Fort Worth Rosarians
This event has been re-scheduled from July 6

• Event: Regular meeting of the Fort Worth Rose Society
• Time:6:30 p.m. for social. 7 p.m. for meeting.
• Place: Camellia Room, Fort Worth Botanic Gardens, 3220 Botanic Garden Blvd., Fort Worth, Texas 76107.
• Topic: Earth-Kind Roses.
• Speaker: Dr. Steve George, National Coordinator, Earth-Kind Environmental Landscape Management Program, Texas A&M University.

Dr. Steven George - Dr. Steven George is a native of Oklahoma and obtained a Bachelor of Science in Zoology and a Master of Science in Horticulture from Oklahoma State University. He then received a Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from North Carolina State University. 

Since 1988, Dr. George has served as a Landscape Horticulture Specialist for Texas AgriLife Extension, and is headquartered at the Texas A&M Research and Extension Center in North Dallas. Dr. George has created and serves as National Coordinator of the EarthKind® Environmental Landscape Management Program.

Sept. 28:

• Speaker: Steven Scanniello
• Topic: Heritage Rose District of New York City.

Oct. 16-17:

Event: RoseDango 2010

• Details: Events scheduled at the Chambersville Tree Farm and Farmers Branch.
• Website: Keep checking website as details are coming. (click here)

Oct. 22-24:

• Event: SCD Fall Convention and Rose Show.
• Location: Tulsa, OK. Tulsa Doubletree Hotel at Warren Place, 61st St and Yale Ave.( Click to see the website) for more information and updates.

Oct. 26:

• Speaker: Claude Graves.
• Topic: China Roses.

Jan. 26:

• Speaker: Peggy Martin of New Orleans, LA.
• Time: 6:30 p.m.
• Topic: “The ‘Peggy Martin’ Rose, a story of survival.” (more)
• Location: Farmers Branch Recreation Center located at 14050 Heartside Place.

Peggy Martin from New Orleans will be our speaker for the January 26 meeting. Members of the DRS and CCRS are invited to join us to hear her speak.  Her topic will be “The ‘Peggy Martin’ Rose, a story of survival.” 

The ‘Peggy Martin’ rose is a rose that was growing in her (very extensive) garden in Plaquemines Parish (south of New Orleans, almost right at the Gulf) before Hurricane Katrina.  The storm surge left 20 feet of watertrapped by levees around Peggy’s house and the house of her parents, who lived next door.  Sadly, her parents died in the storm.  The garden was underwater for two or three weeks after the storm.  In the first pictures taken, you can see the high-water mark on the roof of the houses, while the water was still very deep, almost up to the roof, in the garden. 

After all the water went away, there was nothing at all alive in the garden, with the exception of this rose.  Miraculously it lived through all of that salt and chemical-infused water!  Dr. Welch at Texas A&M had the idea of naming the rose after Peggy.  (It was previously called the ‘Louisiana Rambler’)  He further proposed that nurseries who sell this rose donate a portion of the proceeds to a fund to restore gardens on the Gulf Coast.  And that is what was done. 

It is a great story, very inspiring, and Peggy tells it well.  It is a great example of the renewal that our gardens bring to us.

March 22:

• Event: Regular meeting
• Topic: Rose Books — The Good, The Bad, the Beautiful, — the educational, the obsessive ...
• Location: 14050 Heartside Place.
• Time: 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 17: 

Wine and Roses
in Chambersville

• Event: Legacy of Legends Garden Dedication
• Place: Chambersville Tree Farms
• Time: Begins at 10 a.m.

Legacy of Legends Agenda

Topic	Speaker
History of Pioneer Roses	Mike Shoup, Owner, Antique Rose Emporium
Introduction	Dean Oswald, Owner, Chambersville Tree Farms
Pledge of Allegiance	Boy Scouts of Collin County
Proclamation	Matt Shaheen, Collin County Commissioner
Benediction	Brother Gerald Johnson, Chambersville Methodist Church
Welcome	Claude Graves, Senior Consulting Rosarian
Wine Tasting	Landon’s Winery

• More Information: Following the ceremony, Landon’s Winery will sample wines and sell by the glass and bottle.
• Food: Chambersville will provide hamburgers while they last. 
• Tours: Tours of both Rose Gardens will be conducted by Master Gardeners and Rosarians throughout the afternoon.
• Web site: Click here.

April 24:

• Event: Fort Worth Rose Society Rose Show
• Place: Fort Worth Botanical Gardens
• Contact: Herschel Foertner (click here for email)
• Website: Click here.

April 24-25:

• Event: Annual Collin County Garden Tour.
• Time: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday; noon to 3 p.m. on Sunday
• More Details: Click here.

April 27 - May 2:

• Event: ARS Spring National Convention.
• Place: Shreveport, LA.

May 29:

• Program: The Tea Ladies from Australia.
• Time: 6:30 p.m.
• Location: Farmers Branch Recreation Center, 14050 Heartside Place.
• Website

The Tea Ladies from Australia will be here in May.  DAHRS and Farmers Branch are sponsoring a visit from three of the six Australian ladies who wrote The Book on Tea Roses, Tea Roses: Old Roses for Warm Gardens.  As the kick-off to their tour of the Southern and Eastern United States, followed by a visit to Bermuda, they will speak at Farmers Branch on Saturday, May 29, as part of the Farmers Branch Memorial Weekend celebration, and will also appear at Chambersville Heritage Rose Garden on Sunday, May 30.  Plans are still being firmed up, so watch this space for more information

May 29:

• Event: Liberty Fest
• Where: Farmers Branch, TX.
• Details: Three of the six ladies who wrote the book on tea roses, Tea Roses: Old Roses for Warm Gardens, will be speaking.
• Location: Farmers Branch Recreation Center, 14050 Heartside Place
• Time: 6:30 p.m.
• Contact: Claude Graves for more information (click here) or Pam Smith (click here).
  

May 29:

• Event: Tulsa, OK Rose Show.
• Contact: Don Johnson (click here) for more information.

May 29:

• Event: Oklahoma City, OK Rose Show.
• Contact: Renee Niklas for more information (click here).

 

May 30:

The Tea Ladies
at Chambersville Tree Farms

• Time: Noon to 4 p.m.
• CTF Flyer.
• Admission: FREE.
• Complimentary lunch served with wine.
• Map.

Our ladies from Australia have written a wonderful book on Tea Roses and are traveling throughout the US on a book tour. They will be speaking on Tea Roses and stories of the 60 varieties they have chosen for warm climates. The Tea Ladies will be available to talk about tea roses and sign books.

Schedule of the Day

• Noon: Complimentary lunch and wine in the rose gardens.
• 1 p.m.: Tea Roses, authors, and book signing
  

Enjoy with your friends and family.

Admission: There is no charge for this event.