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HOLIDAY DINNER

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Tuesday, November 11, 6:30 pm
Sullivan Munce / Zionsville

ABOUT THE EVENING:

Join for a casual evening to end our year with good food and rose friends. We will celebrate and reminisce about all we accomplished in 2025. We will introduce our 2026 board, discuss future plans and honor those who have served above and beyond. Dinner will be provided.

RSVP

RSVP isn’t necessary but it sure is helpful in planning. If you are coming please let us know by sending a quick email HERE. Thank you!

WHAT YOU CAN BRING:

Please bring a dessert or drink of your choice, your comments on meetings and events of 2025 and your creative ideas for 2026. And, as always bring your questions and comments about growing roses, our “round table” is always open to share tips and tricks.

🌹NOTE: Those who have won medals from the American Rose Society and our society should wear them. We want to see your bling!

We look forward to a fun evening together.

OCTOBER MEETING RECAP…

Our October meeting was a fun filled evening talking about rose hips and rose hybridization. Thank you to John Hefner for the interesting program.

IN OTHER NEWS…

Two of our members were awarded the American Rose Society’s Silver Medal at the IL IN District meeting in October.

ABOUT THE AWARD (FROM ARS WEBSITE)

Each District of the American Rose Society may annually award the American Rose Society Silver Honor Medal to any ARS member who is an official member of that District who, in the opinion of the District Awards Committee, has provided meritorious service to the rose and its culture, for efforts expended in support of the American Rose Society and its objectives within the District.

2024 WINNER: TERESA BYINGTON

  • Current District Social Media Chairman, Website Administrator and Past District Director
  • Member of Indianapolis Rose Society – Current Social Media Chair, Website Administrator and Past President
, Bronze Award Recipient

2025 WINNER: TERESA DOWNHAM

  • Current District Treasurer 
  • Member of Indianapolis Rose Society – Current Present, Bronze Award Recipient

IRS OCTOBER MEETING…

ILLINOIS INDIANA DISTRICT MEETING …

Sonja’s Presentation on Rose Companions
Potpourri Making
Potpourri Making
David Austin Presentation

🌹See you on November 11…

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…