Annual Calendar Photo Contest
October 10, 2024
Weaver Library
41 Grove Ave, East Providence
CALENDAR PHOTO CONTEST
The grand prize winner gets a free calendar, their photo featured on the month of their choice
and their photo on the home page of the RIRS for the year
2023 Grand Prize Winner
“Rose Arches at Rosarie de L’Hay”
by Angelina & Mike Chute
Time to look through your phone and computer for photos you have taken of roses, rose gardens and rose events. All styles of photos are welcome including macros and abstracted. Six photo entries are allowed per membership. Remember that the 12 highest winners will be featured on the months of our calendar so horizontal photos are preferred but not required. The only limitation is that you cannot send one you have entered in RIRS before. You can however, use photos that have been entered elsewhere
The photos can be emailed as full size high resolution attachments to patsygc@gmail.com, or they can be easily uploaded to dropbox (see our Google listserv for link). All photos are due by October 9. Please name your files with rose name and your name/initials like Peace PC.jpg.
Everyone who enters will have photos in the calendar!
Check your mailing label for your membership expiration date
ARS National Convention – website: https://seaofroses.org
Crowne Plaza
Warwick, RI
September 9-13
Annual Potluck and Awards Meeting
Aspray Boat House
2 East View St., Pawtuxet Village, Warwick, RI 02888
Saturday, August 10, 2024
12:00pm – 4:00pm
MEMBERS ONLY
Our Annual Members Potluck Luncheon by Narragansett Bay ! Please join us as we share food and stories about our favorite roses ! Lynne will read a couple of selections from “A Rose by Any Name” by Stephen Scanniello. A recap of our 2024 RIRS Rose Show will be offered and Class winners noted. Nancy will circulate an e-mail to the listserv to garner food contributions. Check your e-mail and the RIRS.org web site for up-to-date meeting detail.
If you have extra plants of any sort, bring them to give away or trade
Contact Patsy at patsygc@gmail.com if you’re not yet on the RIRS e-mail listserv. Please check your mailing label on the reverse for your membership expiration date.
Saturday, July 13, 2024
Shepherd of the Valley Church
604 Seven Mile Rd., Hope (western Cranston) RI
10:00 – 12:30 pm
Roses are especially thirsty in the heat of summer and require lots of water. If you live in RI, your water may come from the Scituate Reservoir, but at what cost to this rural town? Did you know 5 villages were condemned and dismantled to build this needed water source and watershed? Local historian Ray Wolf will present a fascinating program on “The Lost Villages of Scituate and Building the Scituate Reservoir.” Prior to Ray’s presentation, there will be a recap of our 25th Rose Show and a brief business meeting. Snacks are always welcome.
Keep an eye on the RIRS listserv and RIRS.org website for updates. Please check your mailing label for your membership expiration date. To renew, send $20 to RIRS ℅ Linda Joslin, 1 Gilcrest Dr., West Warwick, RI 02933
JUNE 8 2024
25TH ANNUAL ROSE SHOW
Shepherd of the Valley Church
604 Seven Mile Rd., Hope (western Cranston) RI
RHODE ISLAND ROSE SOCIETY
Saturday, May 11th , 2024
10:00am – 12:30pm
It’s almost here ! Please join us as we review our 25 th RIRS Rose
Show schedule and give you some tips to win that Queen of Show
at next month’s 25 th Silver Celebration ! We will offer grooming tips
for your rose blooms and some advice for creating fabulous
Arrangements. We’ll show you how to flll out the entry forms and
answer whatever questions you have. Think you can’t win ? As
Nancy says, if you grow ‘em, you can show ‘em ! Please bring a
food item to share, last month’s buffet was astounding !
Keep an eye on the RIRS listserv and RIRS.org web site for the
most up-to-date information about this meeting. Contact Patsy
at patsygc@gmail.com to be added to the listserv. Please check
your mailing label for your membership expiration date.
RHODE ISLAND ROSE SOCIETY
Saturday, April 13th , 2024
Shepherd of the Valley Church
604 Seven Mile Rd., Hope (western Cranston) RI
10:00am – 12:30pm
Spring is finally here ! We’ll be sharing tips for Opening your Rose
Garden. Mike will be sharing the best way to plant your new roses
in-ground or in a pot, Lynne will be providing some Fertilizer
possibilities, Patsy will be discussing Raised Beds, and Baldo from
Sacramento will be telling us about some insects found in your
garden.
Please consider bringing a food item to share, gluten-free
items are most welcome – we’ll have some liquids. And if you have
any “Door Prize” roses that you’re recycling, bring them to share.
Keep an eye on the RIRS listserv and RIRS.org web site for the
most up-to-date information about this meeting. Contact Patsy
at patsygc@gmail.com to be added to the listserv.
RHODE ISLAND ROSE SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING
SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 2024, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
RIVERSIDE LIBRARY: 475 BULLOCKS POINT AVE., EAST PROVIDENCE, RI
Join us to celebrate our 26th anniversary! Come enjoy some cake and welcome our new slate of officers. Along with the annual President’s and Treasurer’s reports, the 2023 RIRS Bronze Honor Medal will be awarded and there will be a Rose Show update.
Mike and Angelina Chute will present their “French Gardens & More” program based on their recent trip to France. Visit rose gardens in peak bloom as well as the Normandy beaches, the American Cemetery and Point Du Hoc. See famous sites in Paris as we explore France without leaving home.
RHODE ISLAND ROSE SOCIETY
Saturday, February 10 th , 2024
Zoom – your location
10:00am – 12:30pm
Erin Achenbach, Farmer-Florist at What Cheer Flower Farm in
Olneyville, Providence, will be discussing their exciting new plans for revitalizing this former factory land into new gardens !
Immediately following will be Elissa Della Piana’s enchanting
“Beauty of the Winter Garden” presentation. We will be electing Officers for 2024-2025. we will also be ordering RIRS themed clothing and Rose Show Sponsor lists will also be offered, please support ! Contact Patsy at patsygc@gmail.com to be added to the listserv.
RHODE ISLAND ROSE SOCIETY
Saturday, December 9 th , 2023
Shepherd of the Valley Church
604 Seven Mile Rd
Hope (western Cranston line), RI
10:00am – 12:30pm
Can you believe it’s our last meeting of the year ? Please join us as we celebrate another one gone, along with member’s recollections about this year’s roses. This is also the chance to show off your best cookie with a tasting and swap and we hope, your recipe !
We’ll have some Door Prizes and the 2024 Rose calendars will be
on-site for payment and pick-up.
Keep an eye on the RIRS listserv for the most up-to-date information about this meeting. Contact Patsy at patsygc@gmail.com to be added to the listserv.
RHODE ISLAND ROSE SOCIETY
Saturday, November 11 th , 2023
Shepherd of the Valley Church
604 Seven Mile Rd Hope (western Cranston line), RI
10:00am – 12:30pm
Our Veteran’s Day meeting will feature Frank’s Tool Time Special, so bring your favorite tool to share for Show and Tell and Frank will tell you how to keep it in tip top shape ! Mike will be giving us tips about how to close our gardens for the winter – to prune or not to prune – ask those thorny questions ! And bring your best Chili or side dish to our annual Chili Cook-off ! All options and styles and desserts are welcome, we’ll have power for crockpots. Please mind the RIRS listserv and our RIRS.org web site for the most up-to-date information about this meeting. Contact Patsy at patsygc@gmail.com to be added to the listserv. Please check your mailing label for your membership expiration date.
ANNUAL CALENDAR PHOTO CONTEST
Saturday, October 14
10 AM – 12:30 PM
Riverside Library
475 Bullocks Point Ave, Riverside, RI 02915
Time to look through your phone and computer for photos you have taken of roses, rose gardens and rose events. All styles of photos are welcome including macros and abstracted. Six photo entries are allowed per membership. Remember that the 12 highest winners will be featured on the months of our calendar so horizontal photos are preferred but not required. The photos can be emailed as full size high resolution attachments to patsygc@gmail.com, or they can be easily uploaded to dropbox (see our Google listserv for link). You can also send me a thumbdrive if you prefer. All photos are due by October 7. Please name your files with rose name and your name/initials like Peace PC.jpg.
Everyone who enters will have photos in the calendar!
The photos will be presented in a Powerpoint. You need to be present at the meeting to vote
Six pack rose show meeting
september 9: 10-12:30
shepherd of the valley church
604 seven mile road, hope, ri
ENTER our Annual “SIX-PACK” event….Bring no more than 6 ROSES, each separated into simple cans or bottles, to be evaluated by our Judges, Lynne Harrington and Mike Chute, for Ribbons! This is a great way to learn first-hand how ROSES are awarded. Also, bring a potted plant to Swap during Snacks from Members with last names, A to K.
RHODE ISLAND ROSE SOCIETY
Annual Potluck/Awards of Merit Meeting
Aspray Boat House
2 East View St., Pawtuxet Village, Warwick, RI 02888
Saturday, August 12, 2023
12:00pm – 4:00pm
MEMBERS ONLY
Our Annual Members Potluck Luncheon by the Bay ! Please join us
as we share food and stories about bugs ! Elissa will be presenting
original insect illustrations for us to view and share stories about.
Nancy will circulate an e-mail to the listserv to corral food
contributions. Angie will be presenting Awards of Merit to our fine
RIRS writers whose work has received recognition by ARS !
Check your e-mail and the RIRS.org web site for up-to-date meeting
detail. Contact Patsy at patsygc@gmail.com if you’re not yet on the
RIRS e-mail listserv. Please check your mailing label on the reverse
for your membership expiration date.
RHODE ISLAND ROSE SOCIETY
Saturday, July 8 th , 2023
Shepherd of the Valley Church
604 Seven Mile Rd
Hope (western Cranston line), RI
10:00am – 12:30pm
Take Great Photos with Your Phone! This will be a hands-on workshop so bring your phone with you. Jacqui will also share photography tips for those who don’t have a cellphone or use Big Box Cameras to take photos.
Come enjoy a relaxed time with friends! Members whose last name begin with A-K are invited to bring snacks to share and our new RIRS Note Cards ($12/20) will be for sale too.
Please mind the RIRS listserv and our RIRS.org web site for the most up-to-date information about this meeting. Contact Patsy at patsygc@gmail.com to be added to the listserv. Please check your mailing label for your membership expiration date.
Zoom meetings are restricted to members. Go to the membership page for a membership form and more info
2023 RIRS ROSE SHOW
SALUTE OF ROSES FOR OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS
Shepherd of the Valley United Methodist Church
604 Seven Mile Road, Hope, Rhode Island
Entries: 7:00 am – 10:15 am
Judging: 10:30 am – 1:00 pm
Public Viewing: 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Awards Presentation: 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Rose Show Chairs: Nancy Gaiewski & Linda Joslin
Directions to Shepherd of the Valley U.M. Church (Corner of Seven Mile Road and Scituate Ave. (Route 12) on Scituate/ Cranston line) From Rte. 295 S: Take Exit 6 for Plainfield Pike/ Rte. 14.
Turn right onto Rte. 14-W Travel .7miles. Continue with the
directions *below.
From Rte. 295N: Take Exit 6 Rte.14/Plainfield Pike.
Turn left onto Rte. 14W. Travel .4 miles. Continue with the
directions *below.
*Turn left at the light onto Comstock Parkway. Travel .6 miles.
Turn right at the light onto Scituate Ave. (Rte. 12). Travel 2.3 miles. Turn right at the blinking light onto Seven Mile Road, take the second driveway on the left into Shepherd of the Valley U. M. Church’s parking lot. The Church is on the corner of Scituate Ave. and Seven Mile Road.
COMPLETE SCHEDULE IN BOOKLET FORMAT
BEST PRINTED DOUBLESIDED
SCHEDULE IN FULL PAGE FORMAT
SOME LOSS OF FORMATTING
SHEPHERD OF THE VALLEY CHURCH
604 SEVEN MILE RD, HOPE, RI
MAY 13, 2023 – 10 AM TO 12:30 PM
IT’S THE DAY BEFORE MOTHER’S DAY, AND, Elissa Della-Piana will give away lots of Creative Floral Arrangements (and her secrets) for making the MOST from ordinary, Market bouquets of blooms. You will have the rest of the day to use making Wonderful Arrangements for your Mom. Don’t miss this!!
Nancy Gaiewski & Linda Joslin will prep us on details to know for the June 10 Rose Show. Show Schedules will be available for pickup.
SPECIAL NOTE: RIRS 2023 ROSE FEST will be held May 6th at Hattoy’s Nursery, 315 Blackrock Rd, Coventry, RI for 10 AM to 3 PM. There will be talks on Basic Rose Care, and CRs available to answer your questions. RIRS members will receive a 10% discount on roses. Come out – enjoy – and support your Society.
Members initialed Q through Z are invited to bring snacks to share.
RHODE ISLAND ROSE SOCIETY AT SHEPHERD OF THE VALLEY CHURCH
604 SEVEN MILE RD, HOPE, RI
APRIL 8, 2023 – 10 AM TO 12:30 PM
WELCOME TO SPRING – SOON THE FORSYTHIAS WILL BE IN BLOOM AND WE WILL BE WORKING ON OUR ROSES. Come to this meeting and learn all you need to know on SPRING ROSE CARE. We will have talks (workshops) on: fertilization, watering, sun requirements, pruning, and dealing with bugs and disease. Come bring a friend (plus your questions) and get ready for Spring in the garden. Always sure to learn something new at these meetings. June is not that far away and you want to have beautiful roses for the Rose Show. There will be updates on the June Rose Show given also. Don’t miss this informative meeting.
Members whose last names begin with M to Z are invited to bring snacks to share.
2023 Rose Show link – june 10
25th Anniversary Potluck Luncheon
Saturday, March 11, 2023: 12 Noon-4:00 PM
Shepherd of the Valley Church, 604 Seven Mile Rd. Hope, RI
MEMBERS ONLY
Please join us at the RI Rose Society’s 25th Anniversary Pot Luck Luncheon and Annual Meeting. Bring your pot luck specialty – an appetizer, hot/cold main dish or a dessert to share — and enjoy the company of fellow members. Please, no alcohol. A brief PowerPoint program looking back at the highlights of the society will be presented by Mike & Angelina Chute.
The meeting includes the installation of the 2023-24 officers, the President’s and Treasurer’s Annual Reports and the awarding of the RIRS Bronze Honor Medal. Information about the Rose Show will be shared and there are still a few classes available to sponsor.
RHODE ISLAND ROSE SOCIETY
MONTHLY MEETING – FEBRUARY 11 TH , 2023
10:AM – TO 12:30
SCAN YOUR EMAIL FOR ZOOM INVITE, Wherever you are!
Look! Up in the sky! It’s a BIRD – actually a RAPTOR, high atop the Providence
“Superman” building…! JOIN US on ZOOM, February 11, promptly at 10 for a
Presentation by designer/photographer, PETER GREEN, chronicler of the City’s
Birds of Prey and their fascinating hidden lives among us. Leaving lots of room
for questions and comments.
Rose Society business to follow: the
Election of 2023/2024 Officers, and Updates and Announcements by Nancy & Linda, our Rose Show ’23 co-chairs. If you do not get an invite,
please email… rirsrose@gmail.com
RHODE ISLAND ROSE SOCIETY
MONTHLY MEETING – JANUARY 14, 2023
10 AM TO 12:30 PM
VIRTUALLY – WHERE EVER YOU ARE
START THE YEAR WITH A VIRTUAL MEETING – NO SNOW WORRIES. To help start the year we will be presenting an ARS video of a “WALKING TOUR OF THE CLINTON LODGE PERENNIAL GARDEN” in Fletching, East Sussex, England. Get everyone thinking about the start of the Spring growing season. Following this presentation, we will invite members to recommend garden tours in our country – not just New England but across the country. Time permitting, we will have a CR session to answer any of your winter gardening questions. Snacks and beverages are up to you – join us for this interesting meeting – a brief interlude from winter.
Saturday, December 10th, 2022
Shepherd of the Valley Church
604 Seven Mile Rd , Hope (western Cranston line), RI
10:00am – 12:30
HOLIDAY Meeting “Gleaning the Garden for Holiday Décor” – Elissa will show us how to create wonderful winter decorations with end-of-season flora from our gardens. Lucky Door Prize winners may take home some of her creations ! We invite all members to bring a dish or dessert of their choice and hopefully, you will include the recipe too ! We will also be picking up our gorgeous 2023 calendars so please bring payment with you.
Please mind the RIRS listserv and our RIRS.org web site for the most up-to-date information about this meeting. Contact Patsy at patsygc@gmail.com to be added to the listserv.
Rhode Island Rose Society Zoom Meeting
Saturday, November 12, 2022: 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM
Join us as we return to a VIRTUAL MEETING this month with special guest speaker Dr. Mark Windham from the University of Tennessee who will give a program on Rose Rosette Disease. Don’t miss this ZOOM meeting where you will learn all about RRD, including its symptoms and what to do if you find it in your garden. Dr. Windham will also discuss the ongoing research into this disease and its progress.
A business meeting will follow the program, including a report on upcoming schedule of RIRS 2023 programs and events. Also, final orders will be taken for our 2023 RI Rose Society calendars which will be distributed at the December meeting. The price remains at $10 each. The Zoom link to this meeting will be posted on our RIRS email list.
Rhode Island Rose Society
Saturday, October 8, 2022, 10 AM – 12:30 PM
Weaver Library
41 Grove Ave, East Providence, RI 02914
CALENDAR PHOTO CONTEST
Time to look through your phone and computer for photos you have taken of roses, rose gardens and rose events. All styles of photos are welcome including macros and abstracted. Six photo entries are allowed per membership. Remember that the 12 highest winners will be featured on the months of our calendar so horizontal photos that would print as 8×10 or 8.5×11 are preferred. The photos can be emailed as full size attachments to patsygc@gmail.com, or they can be easily uploaded to dropbox (see our Google listserv for link). You can also send me a thumbdrive if you prefer. All photos are due by October 4 at 11PM. Please name your files with rose name and your name/initials like Peace PC.jpg.
Everyone who enters will have photos in the calendar!
The photos will be presented in a Powerpoint. You need to be present at the meeting to vote
Orders will be taken for RIRS embroidered clothing
Members whose last names start with A-L, please bring a snack to share.