The monthly meeting of the Houston Rose Society this month is Live and Virtual. This is a free program. The public is welcome.
This is a Virtual Only Meeting
Speaker: Elisabeth Castro
If you are interested in growing antique and old garden roses, our program in May is not one that you will want to miss. Elisabeth Castro, is an Old Garden Rose devotee, ARS Consulting Rosarian and serves on the HRS Board as Secretary. She will provide an overview of the history of the Texas Rose Rustlers and share with us the best old garden roses to grow in Houston.
Elisabeth serves as the 2024 President of The Texas Master Gardener Association and has volunteered on their Executive Committee in various positions over the past seven years. Elisabeth is also the current Chairman for the Texas Rose Rustlers organization and has been an active member for the past ten years.
She inherited her passion for plants from her mother. But it wasn’t until she moved to Dallas, TX that she fell in love with a packaged rose bush from a grocery store. From then she was hooked. She loves roses and began her rose journey by growing mainly Old Garden Roses. She currently has over 100 rose bushes. Her passion for plants did not stop there. Her second love is bulbs. Over the years she has planted hundreds of bulbs and although Texas weather does not always comply with having all her schoolhouse and red and yellow spider lilies bloom, she is happy when a clump decides to shoot up a few naked flower scapes. She is hoping her clump of Hardy Amaryllis (Hippeastrum x Johnsonii) will soon be large enough to share with others. Then, there is that obsession with succulents. Her collection is growing to the point where there is no more room in her greenhouse. If you ask her, there isn’t a plant she does not like, except those pesky weeds that seem to love her garden.
Consulting Rosarians who attend this meeting will receive one hour of continuing education credit. CRs will be required to email president@houstonrose.org prior to the meeting with their name, email address, and name of your rose society if outside HRS in order to receive credit.
Please join us virtually on Thursday, May 9thth at 7 pm from the comfort of your home or office using Zoom by clicking on the web link below on your computer, tablet or smartphone:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84372499703?pwd=abhQyD5cxCCgLVp8YNQosn2HB5dQ7q.1
or you can go to the website www.zoom.us and enter the meeting information below:
Meeting ID: 843 7249 9703
Passcode: 896440
To read about past programs of the Houston Rose Society, click here.
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