The Rose Society of Greater St. Louis activities
For 2024, unless indicated otherwise below, our regular meetings will be held from 2-4 pm on Sundays at the Commerce Bank Center for Science Education (CBEC) building at 4651 Shaw Blvd (only 3 blocks west of the MO Botanical Garden main campus on the North side of Shaw at South Kingshighway Blvd - click link below) in classrooms 126-127. There is ample parking directly in the lot with close/easy access to the building. Location is directly north and across Shaw from O'Connell's Pub.
Visitors and new members are always welcome.
2024 Calendar of Events
January 21 | CBEC | New Roses for 2024 (Diane Brueckman) |
February 18 | CBEC | ARS Program on Soils (Kevin Rogers) |
March 17 | CBEC | ARS Program on Fertilizer (Kevin Rogers) |
April 21- Tentative date | Campbell House Museum in downtown St Louis | Hands-on Rose Pruning at the Campbell House Rose Garden |
May 19 | Gordon F. Moore Park, Alton, IL |
Tour of the Nan Elliot Memorial Rose Garden Tent: picnic to follow (2-5pm) |
June 16 | CBEC | Rose Arrangement class (Ed Yesan) |
July 21 | CBEC - Rm 119 | Tent: Summer rose care and members bring in Rose Arrangements for critique (Ed Yesan) |
August 18 | CBEC - Rm 119 | Preparing your roses for the rose show (local ARS judges Mike & Lisa McDonald) |
September 15 | CBEC | What Rose Judges look for in show roses (Mike & Lisa McDonald) |
September 28 | MO Bot Garden | St Louis 1 day Rose Show on Saturday |
October 20 | CBEC | Enjoying the blooms but preparing your roses for winter |
Novemeber | None scheduled | No meeting: prepare/winterize your rose beds orTent: Companion plants for Rose Gardens |
December 7 - tentative | Meeting at Campbell House 9 am-11am | Winterize the Campbell House Roses |
December | None scheduled | No meeting. Happy Holidays! Consider placing orders for next spring |