Pictures from our June 2010 Picnic

Our picnic was held at the beautiful home of Steve and Hannah Franklin. As we arrived we were greeted by one of Steve's beautiful rose gardens (top left). Inside the food preparation was carried out while others looked over the items to be auctioned. Some found their way to the area around the swimming pool, while others enjoyed watching arrival of food for the tables. Bertie Slagle was treated to a cake celebrating her 90th birthday. Everyone enjoyed singing "Happy Birthday." The food was delicious and we ate inside due to the hot day. Fortuately, the Franlin's had several rooms set for eating. Bottom left, the Steve and Hannah graciously accepted our thanks for providing a great place for our picnic. Finally, the annual auction of rose related items was enjoyed by all due to the excellent "auctioneering" by Al Robinson. If you missed this picnic, you missed a great meal and loads of fun.

GROWING BEAUTIFUL ROSES
MADE EASY SEMINAR

Saturday, March 13, 2010
8:30 AM to 1:15 PM

Big Success: The "Growing Beautiful Roses Made Easy Seminar," held March 13 at the University of Tennessee was a great success. Approximately 120 persons attended. Our society added 19 new members. We look forward to getting to know these new members better in the coming months.

Seminar goers enjoy food and shop for rose items. At right Mike Thompson speaks about pruning to large seminar group (not shown). Below, Rhonda Spruiell talks to a potential new member of the Tennessee Rose Society.

 
 

Open Rose Gardens (Part of the Knoxville Dogwood Arts Festival)

Below is a list of the gardens that will be open on May 8 and 9 and May 15 and 16, 2010. The gardens will be open from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm each day. We sincerely hope you will come and enjoy the beauty of the roses in these gardens.

Jane Witherspoon
7330 Manderly Way

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Jane currently serves as Parliamentarian for the Tennessee Rose Society and is a strong advocate of the American Rose Society. Her garden has over 100 roses including hybrid teas, floribundas, miniatures, and old garden roses including many that have been in her family for decades.

Joe and Rhonda Spruiell
9705 Tunbridge

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Joe is past President of the Tennessee Rose Society and Rhonda currently serves as Social Chairman. Their garden contains over 200 roses in a formal design accented by a water feature and stone paths. Roses are hybrid teas, floribundas and miniatures. Joe and Rhonda are ARS Master Rosarians and Horticulture Judges.

Tom and Mary Frances Carlson
917 Hayslope Drive

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Tom is Past President of the Tennessee Rose Society and Mary Frances currently serves on Social Committee. Tom and Mary Frances' garden, which is twelve years old, features mainly a variety of hybrid tea roses with some grandiflora and floribunda roses. A small miniature garden is in the front, and there is a beautiful display of knockout roses. There are about 130 roses in all.

Steve and Hannah Franklin
8334 Rudder Falls Way

Steve is currently serving as Secretary of the Tennessee Rose Society. The Franklin’s rose garden features a formal boxwood edged parterre filled with hybrid tea roses. Miniature roses and miniature climbing roses accent the pool area.

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Kathy and Jim Brennan
525 Altamira Drive

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"Bren-rose Garden" features approx. 200 roses, hybrid teas, floribundas, hybrid perpetuals, English roses, Old Garden Roses, climbing and rambler roses on arches and an arbor planted all around the house with a garden pathway. There are three perennial gardens accented with "garden art" scattered through out the plantings. This garden also features numerous container plantings. Kathy is an ARS Consulting Rosarian and current president of the Tennessee Rose Society.

Mary and Michael Bates
513 Altamira Drive

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Mary and Michael Bates garden is a eighteen year old spring woodland and perennial garden with a sunny side and front yard where they enjoy growing climbers and shrubs including David Austin English roses and over one hundred hybrid teas and floribundas. There are selections of easy-care roses including selections from Dr. Griffith Buck. Mary is an ARS Consulting Rosarian.

 

Pictures of April Meeting at Our New Meeting Place

We had good attendance for a Good Friday.

Here are nine of our new members that resulted from the "growing good roses seminar."

Pictures from the East Tennessee Festival of Roses

We had very good attendance and a quality show.

The show was enjoyed by young and old.

The judges and clerks did their job.

The awards table held some beautiful entries.

Back row left to right: Princess (Let Freedom Ring), Queen (Hot Princess), King (Cajun Sunrise). Front row contains other members of the court.

Close-up of the Queen

 

Pictures from the June Picnic and Auction

The food was great!

The location and scenery was wonderful-- thank you Martha and Grace.

The rain moved us indoors! But Suzie Epperson had everything under control.

Our auctioneer Al Robinson did a great job with the auction.