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MARCH MEETING

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On March 11, 6:30 pm EST, we will have our first in-person meeting of 2025 at the Sullivan Munce Cultural Center, 225 West Hawthorne Street / Zionsville, IN.

We are excited to welcome Joe and Carrie Bergs down from Wisconsin! Carrie is the current VP of the American Rose Society and Joe is her partner in crime in all things rose. They grow an amazing garden and are major competitors at rose shows – winning high honors both at the local and national level!

HE SAYS / SHE SAYS
A Pair of Perspectives on Rose Gardening

Every year, since 2012, Joe and Carrie have cultivated, mulched, fertilized, winter protected, deadheaded, and pruned over 400 roses on their historic 15-acre farmstead in Union Grove, Wisconsin. Joe, an easy-going child psychiatrist by profession is an energetic, task-oriented gardener in his free time. A glass half-full optimist, he definitely views life and their garden through rose-colored glasses. Always on the lookout for half-empty glasses, Carrie is a detail driven gardening perfectionist who leaves no stone unturned.

Together, (they just celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary) they are an almost perfect gardening match! In their lighthearted presentation “He Says, She Says” A Pair of Perspectives on Rose Gardening they reveal their shared strategies and individual approaches to caring for their roses and other gardens.

MEETING OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!

Our meetings are open to the public, so grab a friend or group of friends and join us. Spring is just around the corner and having so many garden lovers in one place sure ramps up the excitement!

2025 ANNUAL ROSE SALE

There are so many wonderful roses on our rose sale list this year and for a great price – especially if you get the “member discount (see below)! Take a look at them here.

MEMBERSHIP

Membership is open to anyone interested in roses. 

⭐️ Once you are a member… you will receive regular updates that include.

  • 🌹Society news
  • 🌹Upcoming programs
  • 🌹Invitations to private garden tours
  • 🌹Access to past recorded programs via our “Members Only” Section
  • 🌹Info on how to purchase our very popular fertilizer
  • 🌹Discounts on roses through our annual rose sale
  • 🌹Automatic inclusion in the IL IN Rose District events
  • 🌹And, you will learn ways you can jump in and get involved!

MEMBERSHIP $25

See membership form here…

JANUARY MEETING

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Tuesday, January 9, 2024 / 6:30 pm.

Join Zoom Meeting…
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81255812087?pwd=eUFKUkNkWGRSSlVJVmdYYTBqTHNPdz09
Meeting ID: 812 5581 2087
Passcode: 292308

PROGRAM: Year-Round Paradise: A Walk in My Garden
SPEAKER: Jean Hardginski

🎉What an exciting way to kickoff 2024! 🎉

ABOUT JEAN’S GARDEN…

Since 1981 she and her husband, Paul, have owned this property. The current landscape plan was designed and implemented by Jean with physical labor provided by Paul! There is not one blade of grass on this 1-1/3-acre property!

There are 4 major garden areas surrounding the house. The bones of the garden include mature trees, shrubs, boulders, and stone and mulch paths. The gardens are designed to have color and texture all year round.

Jean’s love of roses and gardening comes from her mother and father who were both rose show ribbon awardees. For over 40 years she has elevated her gardening passion that’s best highlighted by her passion for roses. In July 2022, Jean’s gardens were selected by the University of Minnesota’s Landscape Arboretum as 1 of 4 gardens for the Arboretum’s annual private garden tour. 650 garden enthusiasts toured her gardens over the 3-day event.

Since 1981 she and her husband, Paul, have owned this property. The current landscape plan was designed and implemented by Jean with physical labor provided by Paul! There is not one blade of grass on this 1-1/3-acre property!

There are 4 major garden areas surrounding the house. The bones of the garden include mature trees, shrubs, boulders, and stone and mulch paths. The gardens are designed to have color and texture all year round.

One of the gardens started with the removal of a 25,000 gallon in-ground concrete swimming pool. 15 truckloads of fill were brought in and then the area was covered by a 1-foot-deep garden mix of leaf compost, black dirt, and sand. Golden Valley, MN has its fair share of clay soil therefore, Jean also amends her garden soils with pea gravel … an old soil amendment trick she learned from gardening friends in England. Her gardens are packed with mass groupings of flowering plants (e.g., the density heightens the colors and helps to keep the weeding down). Most of the major gardens were planted over the past 8-10 years. Each year brings new additions and lots of changes to locations of bulbs, perennials, and ground covers to optimize the happiness of the plants. Annuals are planted to enhance and extend the color in the gardens.

When in peak bloom (July), there are over 1,000 lily blooms in the gardens – Day Lilies, Asiatic Lilies, Oriental Lilies, and Martagon Lilies. There are 22-varieties of Hostas, the largest being ‘Empress Wu’ and the most colorful being ‘St. Elmo’s Fire’ with emerging yellow leaves and maroon stems. There are well over 500 Hosta plants in the mass planted areas of the gardens. There are 15 Peony varieties. She’s planted many ornamental grasses in order to have Summer, Fall and Winter interest throughout the landscape along with Daffodils, Tulips and Allium Giganteum planted for Spring interest.

Last, but not the least, there are 175 roses of various varieties integrated into her
perennial gardens.

2024 ANNUAL ROSE SALE

Here is a PDF of the roses for sale. Enjoy!


2024-irs-rose-sale-selectionsDownload

TO PLACE ORDERS OR ASK QUESTIONS? Contact us here.

ROSE PRICES…

IRS MEMBERS:
David Austin: $38
All Other Roses: $30

NON MEMBERS:
David Austin: $43
All Other Roses: $35

🌹 PAYMENT: Roses must be pre-paid. Contact us to make payment arrangements HERE.

🌹 PICKUP: Pickup will be sometime in April. Exact day/time/location to be determined at a later date.

⭐️ MEMBERSHIP = Rose Discounts!

Prices on roses are just one of the many benefits of annual $20 membership.
If you’d like to become a member, here is the information (LINK).

NOTE TO CURRENT MEMBERS: IT IS TIME TO RENEW!

Happy Garden Planning!