Category: Updates

  • April 12th Meeting

    RHODE ISLAND ROSE SOCIETYShepherd of the Valley Church604 Seven Mile Rd, Hope RISaturday, April 12th , 202510:00am – 12:30pm Get excited! Spring is here! We will be having twodemonstrations to put us in the ROSE MOOD! Lynne will be demonstrating on “Pruning” and Mike Chute will be showing us “How to Grow Roses in Containers.”…

  • June 7 Rose Show: That’s What Friends are For

    Shepherd of the Valley Church, Hope . RI Rose Show schedule to be passed out at May meeting

  • March 8 Annual Meeting: Neil Sanders- ‘Gardening is Murder’ at Shepherd of the Valley

    Annual Meeting 10-12:30Shepherd of the ValleyThis meeting includes the installation of our new officers, bronze medal award and annual reports as well as cake to celebrate our 27th(?) anniversary. Presentation:“Gardening Is Murder”Neal Sanders As the spouse of an avid and accomplished gardener with no ‘real’ responsibilities other than to dig holes and move rocks, Neal…

  • February 8 Zoom – Rose Hybridizing by Jim Sproul

     Rhode Island Rose Society Meeting Saturday, February 8, 2025, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM Zoom Presentation – Link to be sent by Google groups Pull up a chair and a cup of coffee and join us for our February Zoom meeting without leaving home. This agenda will include a short business meeting and the election of officers…

  • January 11 – Zoom meeting: CR credit for fertilizer presentation

    Gaye is the Past President of the Houston Rose Society. She is a life member and patron of American Rose Society and serves on the Marketing Committee of the national organization. Gaye is also the study liaison between the Houston Rose Society and the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in connection with EarthKind® Rose Research…

  • December Crafters meeting

    Shepherd of the Valley Church604 Seven Mile Rd., Hope (western Cranston) RISaturday, December 14th, 202410:00 – 12:30 Members and their guests only for this meeting Here’s your chance to support our Society members who create beautiful works of art available for purchase. Please join us as they demonstrate their crafts for us – bring your…

  • Brownell Presentation 11/9/24

    Rhode Island Rose Society Meeting Saturday, November 9, 2024, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM Weaver Library: 41 Grove Avenue, East Providence, RI Join us to celebrate autumn! After a short business meeting Mike and Angelina Chute will present their “The Brownells: American Rose Pioneers” program. This presentation follows the Brownells’ pioneer development of sustainable roses and explains…

  • Library

    RHODE ISLAND ROSE SOCIETY LIBRARY Our librarians, Biing & Jin Lee, have put together a very helpful and complete catalog of the RIRS library that extends to any books received before September 2022. I have attached this main library list in PDF format. RIRS Library – New Books by acquisition or by donation     Items may…