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.

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.

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.

Please join us at the RI Rose Society’s 25^th 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.

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

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
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.