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June
2009
Th e Ro s e Bed
Journal of the
Vancouver Rose Society
Vancouver Rose Society
Established 1949
Since 1949
www.vancouverrosesociety.org
60th anniversary
COMMeMOrative issUe
Proud host of the World Rose Convention June 18-24, 2009
www.worldrose-vancouver2009.com
Volume 61,
Number 6

President’s Message
By Dale Akerstrom
It’s nearly the end of the third week in May as
I write this, and my roses are still mostly just
starting to bud out. A couple of them (Don
Juan, Deep Secret) look like they are just about
ready to open, however, so that’s hopeful.
I had a look at my last year’s message, and
apparently things were about the same last
year. We can take that as a reassuring sign,
as we did have lots of blooms in time for our
Rose Show last year. Hopefully we will get
three weeks of nice warm weather from now
until the Convention and Festival.
Of course, this is “d-day” month for us – ready or
not, the Convention and Festival will be all over
by the time I write another of these messages.
Those of us on the Committee and others who
are involved in the planning and execution of
these two events will wonder what we will do
with our lives come July! It has been an allconsuming
effort for the past year or so, and it
is soon coming to fruition. We’ll be welcoming
Rosarians from around the world, hearing from
noted international speakers on Rose-growing
developments in their countries, taking tours,
participating in social events, putting on the
biggest Rose Show in VRS history, and meeting
the public at our store and speaker’s events at
the Festival. Certainly a notable way for us to
celebrate the VRS’s 60 th Anniversary.
Sixty years ago, a group of people in Vancouver
decided to form a Society to encourage and
educate people in the Vancouver area on the
growing of roses. That small group eventually
became an incorporated society and grew to be
one of the largest gardening societies in North
America, a distinction that remains today. The
VRS has a long history of civic involvement in
Vancouver, and these two events will hopefully
be a crowning achievement for the VRS in that
vein.
I’m gratified with the willingness of our members
to donate to this cause, to volunteer their time
and talents, and to help out with this worthwhile
challenge. Thank you! Hopefully we will pull
it off beautifully, give the world a wonderful
Rosarian experience, and remain financially
solvent!
Please note that this month’s general meeting is
a week earlier than usual, as our usual Tuesday
was too close to the Convention for comfort.
We’ll have a number of demonstrations on how
to present your blooms in the various classes of
the Rose Show at our June meeting. So come
and see how it’s done – hopefully you’ll have
some blooms to bring in – if not, bring artificial
ones, just to practice! You can use the real
ones at the Rose Show …
In this issue:
VRS Bulletin ..................................................... 3
Rose Tasks ......................................................... 3
Rose Show Exhibiting — June 9 Meeting ........ 3
Countdown to World Rose 2009 ....................... 4
World Rose Farewell Dinner & Auction ........... 5
Interview with 'Queenie' Morton ...................... 6
Royal City Rose ................................................ 8
Gleanings from the Past ...................................11
Open Gardens 2009 ..........................................14
Hot off the Press! .............................................15
Friends & Patrons of World Rose 2009 ...........16
World Rose Show.............................................17
Transporting Roses to a Rose Show ................19
New Books — VRS Collection .......................21
Rose Mentors ...................................................22
VRS Contacts ...................................................23
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Upcoming VRS Meetings,
Events & Announcements
JUNE 9 2009 MEETING *Note date change*
• World Rose Federation Conference &
Festival and Rose Show preparations
• Rose Demo by Christina Cheng,
Sharon Logan & Brenda Viney
• Alec Globe, Alister Browne & Bob Price
speaking on exhibiting roses
JUNE 11 2009 — Dr Don McLean speaking
at VanDusen Garden “Cedar Series”
JUNE 18 - 24 2009 World Rose Convention
JUNE 19 - 21 2009 World Rose Festival
JULY 21 2009 MEETING
• Louise Clement of Heirloom Roses,
Portland, Oregon, speaking on "Starting
Clean with Roses"
AUG 23 2009 — Annual VRS Garden Party at
Robert and Sanda Simic's
Rose Show Exhibiting
Meeting – June 9 th
By Lesley Finlay
Please attend the June 9th meeting
where we will run a refresher course
on getting your roses prepared for the
Exhibiting Table. We will have Bob Price,
Alec Globe, Alister Browne, Sharon Logan,
Brenda Viney and Christina Cheng to
advise you on such things as:
• Cutting and preparing your roses,
• How to get them to the Convention
Centre in one piece,
• How to stage the bloom,
• How to make a Bouquet,
•
How to make a Bowl of Roses, and
a Posy. We may also show you how
to make a Cinderella Slipper if time
permits.
See you at the meeting!
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ROSE TASKS…
for June
By Donald M McLean, Vancouver Rose Society
Good steady growth of roses during
the sunny days of late April should
provide colorful floral displays by mid-
June, in time to create favorable impressions
for international visitors to the World Rose
Convention.
To encourage fresh blooms after initial
flowering, remember to dead-head all fading
blooms. Maintain upright growth of long canes
with loops of jute string attached to stakes.
Keep soil moist by soaker hoses.
We are all encouraged to attend the Convention
and Festival; many of us will be involved as
volunteers or exhibitors. Afterwards we hope
many members will open their gardens for visits
by fellow rosarians, both local and international.
This is a magnificent way of seeing how newly
introduced roses perform in "real life" conditions
in Greater Vancouver. This may guide your own
rose purchasing decisions next year. It also
provides an opportunity for mutual help which is
the spirit of endeavor of our Rose Society.
Cover photo:
Yet to be named rose — Hybridized by
Brad Jalbert, it is a stunning peach blend
with excellent show form. The flowers come
single stem and in clusters. It's a true miniflora
in plant style, foliage and flower. Grows
to about 20 or more inches depending on
soil type. The colour blend changes with
time of year and weather. It will make a top
exhibition rose for its colour class.
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World Rose
Convention & Festival
Vancouver • Canada
Convention:
June 18-24, 2009
Festival:
June 19-21, 2009
World Rose Convention
and Festival Update –
Zero months and counting!
By Dale Akerstrom, Vancouver Rose Society
I
was thinking this morning about what the
experience of working towards the 2009
World Rose Convention and Festival has
been like. The image that came to mind was
of going tobogganing as a kid in Alberta (yes,
that is completely unrelated to roses, but I will
explain!) After six years of hoping, planning,
brainstorming, organizing, scheduling, working,
meeting, deciding, managing, and executing
this project, we are nearly at the point of “liftoff.”
After planning our best route and trudging up to
the top, it’s just about time to point our toboggan
down the hill, push off, hang on, and go for the
ride of our lives!
To recap: the World Rose Convention is
happening at the Westin Bayshore Hotel in
Vancouver from June 18-24 th , 2009. The
Convention features international speakers on
rose topics, daily tours, and social events. You
can register for the week or for 3 days. Even
if you are not registered for the Convention,
you can still take in many of the social events,
e.g. the Dinner at the Museum of Anthropology,
the Farewell Dinner, the daily tours, and the
pre-and post-Convention tours. Register
for these events on the Convention website,
www. worldrose-vancouver2009.com or by
phone.
And the second fabulous event in the middle
of the Convention, the World Rose Festival, is
happening at the new Vancouver Convention
Centre, from June 19-21 st , 2009. It’s open
to the public, and will have wonderful display
gardens, the Rose Show, floral art exhibits,
gardening merchandise booths, speakers,
demonstrations, a café, a bookstore, and a
Kid’s Garden area. The VRS will be selling
roses from Select Roses, and other rosethemed
articles, at our Festival “store.” Tickets
for the Festival are $18 in advance, and $22 at
the door. There are also discounts for seniors,
students, children, groups, and a special
3-day pass – check out the Festival website,
www. worldrosefestival.com for details. You
can get tickets online, or at various garden
centres, or from Brenda Viney.
So, we’re celebrating the VRS’s 60 th
anniversary in style by having these two
once-in-a-lifetime events. It promises to be a
wild, hectic, memorable, exciting, exhausting,
and exhilarating time! We have our two
indefatigable Co-Chairs, Brenda Viney and
Darlene Sanders, to thank for their tireless
dedication to these events. From winning the
bid for the Convention in 2003 at the World Rose
Convention in Scotland, they have shepherded
this project to its near-fruition. They have made
countless decisions along the way, gathered
a group of people around them to help with
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the innumerable tasks, and hired a peerless
partner in Sarah Lowis’s Sea to Sky Meeting
Management. They deserve our thanks and
support.
And speaking of support, thank you to all of you
who have supported these events by donating
money, volunteering, offering your expertise,
working on the Committee, publicizing the
events, etc. These two events are a huge
undertaking for the VRS, and they will only be
successful if everyone helps out in any way
they can. So, hang on for our “wild ride,” come
join us at the Convention and Festival, and be a
part of “the Ultimate Rose Experience!”
World Rose
Convention 2009
Farewell Dinner and Auction
Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 7pm to 11pm,
Grand Ballroom, Westin Bayshore Hotel
Have you ever wanted to have a rose
named after you or a loved one? Join
Rosarians from around the world at the
World Rose Convention Farewell Dinner and
Auction and you may be the lucky recipient of
this opportunity!
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Brad Jalbert of Select Roses has donated
a beautiful mini flora rose in a lovely warm
peach color, that is yet un-named. If yours is
the highest bid, this could be your once-in-alifetime
opportunity to name a rose as you
please. Hugh Bulmer of Maynards Auctioneers
will be the Auctioneer for the Live Auction. In
addition to naming rights, he will also give you
a chance to win a two-day Executive Education
Seminar led by a top-ranking faculty member
of the Sauder School of Business, University of
BC. With Hugh’s highly acclaimed auctioneer
skills, you will not want to miss this lively auction
during the farewell dinner.
The Silent Auction will have gardening, theatre,
musical, wine, jewellery and rose-related
items for you to view and bid on starting on
Saturday, June 20 th (Cypress Room, 2 nd Floor),
and leading right up to the Farewell Dinner on
Wednesday, June 24 th .
Come and participate in some friendly bidding
that ultimately will lead to bragging rights and
enjoy a memorable evening complete with
traditional West Coast fare, local wines and
the World Federation of Rose Societies awards
presentations.
To buy tickets:
• If you are a convention registrant, email
Glenda@seatoskymeetings.com,
• If you are not registered for the convention,
log onto www.worldrosefestival.com, Tour
and Social Event section, to buy tickets, or
• Visit the Registration Desk at the Westin
Bayshore Hotel lobby from June 18th to
23rd , 2009 during registration hours.
Price per person: $125 and includes a
three course Westcoast dinner, reception
entertainment, glass of wine, gratuities and 5%
Goods and Services Tax.
5

Interview with Lifetime
Member “Queenie” Morton
By Dale Akerstrom
On a sunny afternoon in March, I went
out to Langley to have a visit with one of
the VRS’s Lifetime members, “Queenie”
Morton. The VRS has about 10 Lifetime
Members, a designation which recognizes an
elite group of members who have had at least
15 years of continuous membership in the
VRS, have held at least 2 positions on the VRS
Executive, and have demonstrated ongoing
dedication to the VRS. It is the highest honour
the VRS bestows upon its members, and only
one Lifetime Member can be appointed in any
one year.
Queenie Morton is certainly special in that she
joined the VRS in (drum roll, please!) 1950, i.e.
the year after the VRS was formed! She has
been a member continuously since then, and
is the only person who has been a member of
the VRS almost since its inception. She was
inducted into the ranks of Lifetime Members in
the 1970’s.
I asked her what made her decide to join the
VRS. She said that she grew up in Winnipeg,
where her father got her interested in gardening.
Winnipeg gardening in the 1920’s and 1930’s,
of course, was more about food and flowers
than roses, but Queenie was ”very fond of”
roses. She moved with her family to Vancouver
in 1935, when she was 21 years old, and she
realized that in Vancouver’s mild climate,
she could grow many varieties of roses. She
married her husband, C.W. Morton, in 1937, and
in their long life of over 70 years together, they
always had a garden, with roses prominently
featured. Some of her favourites are Chicago
Peace, Miss Canada, and Grandpa Dickson.
She noted that many popular varieties of roses
have changed over the years, so that the ones
she reads about in the Rose Bed these days
are often new to her, and some she remembers
as favourites are unknown to most members.
She also had a lot of dahlias and calla lilies,
and added to her gardening knowledge through
her memberships in the West Van (where she
and her husband lived for most of their life
together) Garden Club, the Richmond Garden
Club when they lived there, and the Natural
History Society. Of course, the VRS is the only
gardening organization that she has remained
a member of throughout her long gardening
life.
At 95 years old this year, she attributes, among
other things, her lifetime interest in gardening
-- “fresh air, exercise, and doing something you
love” -- to her good health and longevity. An
excellent recipe! Although she no longer has
a garden to care for at the senior’s complex
she moved into a year ago, she still keeps
up on gardening techniques and information
through reading. A current issue of “Canadian
Gardening” magazine was on her coffee table
when I visited her, as well as numerous books
on Roses and Gardening in her library. She
avidly reads every issue of the Rose Bed, and
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commented that she looks forward to its “very
welcome” arrival. She also mentioned that staff
who work in the complex have commented to
her about Rose Bed, and some have even
asked to borrow it for information in some
of the articles. She said that has lent it out
occasionally, as she sees it as a useful tool to
interest “young people” in growing roses, “but
they have to give it back!”
Joining the VRS in its second year of its
existence, she knew the founding members
of the VRS, and the first president, Archie
Selwood. She was an active member for
over twenty-five years, holding positions on
the Executive, acting as a Rose Mentor for
newer members, organizing Parlour Shows,
and contributing articles to the Rose Bed. She
showed me a rose reference book that was
presented to her by the VRS for her “dedicated
service as Secretary of the VRS for seven
years from 1955 to 1962.” The Secretary in
those early days was responsible for keeping
minutes of Executive meetings, keeping track
of Memberships, typing out the monthly Rose
Bed newsletter, and mailing them out.
She also exhibited roses in the Parlour and
Rose Shows, as well as at the PNE, which
used to include a Rose Exhibit as part of the
fair. A note in the December 1967 Rose Bed
noted, “Our members Mrs. C.W. Morton and Pat
Murdoch proved to be worthy representatives
of our Society at the PNE shows and made a
clean sweep of the Rose classes.”
Queenie said that the VRS was a “very friendly
group,” and one in which she made many
longterm friends. Although most of them have
since passed on, she has many good memories
of friendships and activities she shared with her
VRS colleagues. She related a story about a
neighbour of hers, “Miss K. Milroy,” who she
invited to come along with her to one of the VRS
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meetings. Miss Milroy felt so welcomed by the
members that she too joined, and succeeded
Queenie as Secretary, for over 15 years! She
also mentioned a trip that she took with five
other VRS members, including Archie Selwood,
George Harvey, Preston Sharp, Burt Falkner,
and Hilrood McLaughlin, to the Portland Rose
Show one year, and what an enjoyable event
that was.
I asked her if her husband shared her interest
in rose growing. She said that his hobby was
fishing, not gardening, although it was clear in
our conversation that Mr. Morton was a willing
and able helper to her in the garden, especially
when heavy work was required. One of their
homes in West Vancouver was right on the
waterfront, on a steep rise above the beach. An
avid reader all her life, Queenie had read about
the benefits of using seaweed as a fertilizer
and compost for the garden, so when the tides
deposited it on the beach at the bottom of their
property, she was keen to bring up wheelbarrelfuls
of it to the garden before the tides
took it away again. Mr. Morton was her trusty
helper in this fairly exhausting effort.
In an article Queenie wrote for the October
1970 issue of the Rose Bed, she described
how she had used seaweed for 41 years as
a soil amender, and her technique of letting it
“ferment” in 40-gallon barrels until it became a
“soft jelly-like substance.” This was added to
the soil directly, or mixed in with other compost,
and applied to the roses three times during the
growing season. She noted that, “Although I
never did realize my ambition to have my name
engraved on the coveted ‘Best Rose in Show’
trophy, I am sure I have seaweed to thank for
Second- and Third-best awards.”
I asked Queenie if she would be able to attend
the Convention or Festival this June. She said
that she would like to, but getting around is
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somewhat difficult for her now that “they took my
driver’s licence away” two years ago! She used
to drive herself everywhere in her Buick, the
only car her husband thought was safe enough
for her to drive. She also walks with the aid
of a walker. So, coming to the Convention or
Festival may depend on how she feels in June,
and on whether or not someone can provide
her with a ride.
As I got ready to leave at the end of our
visit, Queenie, (whose real given name is
“Parthenah,” after her paternal grandmother),
gave me a cheque to contribute to the VRS
Convention expenses. While she may not have
ever won the “Best Rose in Show” trophy, I think
you would have to agree with me that Queenie
Morton has certainly won the “Best in Class”
award for her dedicated, life-long support of the
Vancouver Rose Society. We are honoured to
have you as a Lifetime Member, Queenie.
ROYAL CITY ROSE
A hardy rose for a most
special occasion
By Brad Jalbert
Reprinted from www.gardenwiseonline.ca
During the summer of 1998, I went about
making my usual rose crosses and
wanted to mate two of my top favourite
floribundas together.
'Pretty Lady', a floribunda from England, was
known to be an outstanding garden rose, with
foliage highly resistant to black spot and other
fungal diseases. She was extremely winter
hardy, free flowering and produced an
abundance of vigorous shoots, all driven by one
of the strongest root systems I had ever seen
on an “own-root” rose. Her colour was a pretty
soft pink but lacked the impact that people often
want in a landscape shrub.
Enter 'Living Easy', a rose I consider to be the
finest floribunda ever introduced and easily the
best overall garden rose I have ever grown.
'Living Easy' has outstanding foliage, flower
power and resistance to disease, and again
produces a massive “own-root” system capable
of supporting all this growth. Living Easy has
large double flowers in brilliant shades of
apricot, peach and salmon with hints of yellow
The over-all effect is simply stunning.
'Pretty Lady' proved to be a rather reluctant
mother with only a handful of seeds germinating
from the dozens of flowers pollinated. As they
say, it “only takes one”—and what a beautiful
baby she was!
From its birth date, 'Jalapri' grew with amazing
vigour and remained free of any rose diseases
in my maternity ward greenhouse. Back then, I
was still spaying my seedlings so I truly didn’t
realize just how resistant or how good this baby
was going to be.
Her initial flowers were pretty, a nice solid
clean apricot with amazing petal substance
and pretty hybrid tea-style pointed buds. I had
many seedlings to select from that spring and
she was just one of dozens of pretty babies!
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Not fully realizing her potential at the time, she
was just left to grow on with other seedlings
for further consideration. A full 99 percent of
the seedlings are composted by their second
season, so this baby had to impress me if she
was to remain in the race.
New Westminster seeks rose for birthday
celebration
Claude Ledoux, horticulture manager for the
City of New Westminster, approached me that
summer asking about the possibility of having a
rose named for their fair city. I explained to him
the high cost of “purchasing” a rose-naming
and the difficulty in breeding a truly good one.
He was not in a rush but wanted me to keep my
eyes out for a healthy rose that would be fitting
for his city’s up coming 150th birthday.
He said that the chosen rose had to be trouble
free, winter hardy and one that an average
gardener could enjoy with minimal fuss. A tall
order, I thought! He also said he wanted a
pretty colour, nice classic rose shape bud, and
he wanted it scented! I almost chased the guy
out of my greenhouse, geeesh, what was he
asking for, some miracle rose? (I wonder if
'Jalapri' was listening to our greenhouse banter
that day.)
'Jalapri' shows her stuff
The following spring, I was selecting rose
seedlings to be potted up or field planted for
further testing. 'Jalapri' had outgrown her pot
but was looking rather awkward and gangly
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with all her shoots so I was about to compost
her. When I yanked this pot-bound rose out of
her tiny home I noticed her incredible clean
and healthy root system. She was beyond
pot bound yet not a sign of root rot or stress
to the overgrown top portion of the plant.
Interesting…
'Jalapri' was reprieved and sent to our small
growing field for a second chance. I’ve never
ever seen a rose hit the ground and take off
growing in every direction like this rose. She
quickly grew from a gangly seedling to a
beautiful, mature, rounded shrub with loads
of attractive flowers that seemed to defy the
elements. She was evaluated for a few years
before more cuttings were taken for a larger
field test. During this time, my friend from
the New Westminster Parks and Recreation
Department kept hounding me for his wonder
rose! But I hadn’t mentioned Jalapri yet since
she was just in the early testing stages.
Putting 'Jalapri' to the test
During the spring of 2005, I rooted another 20
'Jalapri' for further field test. I was amazed how
quickly she formed roots and was just thrilled
with the vigour she was showing. The young
plants were planted in a row at the end of one
rose field with orders that no pesticide of any
kind was to touch her foliage. I then planted
some very disease-prone roses next to her in
the same row. I wanted to know how well she
would withstand poor neighbours! My baby
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grew with the most amazing vigour I’ve ever
seen in the rose field, completely outgrowing
and out-flowering any other rose in the field.
The disease-prone indicator plants next to her
quickly became infected with black spot and
other rose diseases, but Jalapri didn’t show a
spot on her foliage from spring until hard frost.
She had thrown down the gauntlet and was
ready to do battle with the very best roses on
the market. My findings and photos of her were
sent to Claude from New West Parks with all
our findings left just between us.
The following season, more cuttings were
taken, and in the spring of 2008, Jalapri was
planted in a field next to another rose in her
same colour class—a multi-award winning,
world-famous AARS rose that’s considered
to be the best apricot garden Ht rose you can
buy. During that summer, my baby showed her
stuff, she out-flowered, outgrew and all-around
outperformed her world-class competition.
Little did we know, the final completion would
come down to -17° C temperatures with heavy
wind chill blowing on these roses during B.C.’s
record-cold December/January of 2009. Most
of our roses were killed to the ground and had
to be cut back hard and left another year to re
grow. Thank goodness for own-root roses, as
they can bounce back from this type of hard
pruning.
Jalapri suffered some winter dieback but had
plenty of nice live canes above ground to make
her ready for spring 2009 harvest. A few of the
winter worn plants were potted as mother plants
and placed in a warmer greenhouse. True to
her nature, Jalapri broke dormancy with a bang
and started to send out vigorous new shoots in
every direction.
She simply can’t and won’t be held back.
A special rose for a special occasion
Early in 2009, Jalapri became ‘Royal City
Rose’ and was chosen to celebrate the 150th
anniversary of Western Canada’s oldest city
and British Columbia’s first capital. Plants of
the ‘Royal City Rose’ will be on sale at Select
Roses for the fall digging of 2009, with a select
number of plants available from the City of New
Westminster in June.
A large bed of ‘Royal City Roses’ was donated
by myself and planted around New Westminster
all spring.
Her Lineage
Rose seedling ‘Jalapri-007’ was conceived
during the warm summer of 1998 and born on a
cold spring day March 1999. Parentage Pretty
Lady (seed parent, mother) by Living Easy
(pollen parent, father).
‘Royal City Rose’
Royal City Rose grows to about 3 feet rounded
and flowers late spring until frost. She is highly
resistant to disease, extremely winter hardy,
grows with incredible vigour on her own roots
and will tolerate some shade better than most
roses. Three hours of direct morning sun or
better is all you need to enjoy her glorious roses.
This rose can be pruned with hedge clippers if
needed or in typical rose fashion each spring.
‘Royal City Rose’ produces masses of new
shoots each season, which will help to make
her a very long lived shrub rose.
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Gleanings from the Past
By Dale Akerstrom
I
spent some time this spring going through
a bunch of old Rose Beds, dating from
July 1964 to December 1970, that Darlene
Sanders had found in some “dusty old boxes”
in her house. The Rose Bed, in those days,
was one sheet of legal-sized paper, folded in
half with text on the four resulting pages. It
was printed every month of the year, and was
typed on a stencil and mimeographed. It was
fascinating reading to step back in time to the
early days of the Vancouver Rose Society.
Some gleanings from these old issues:
- Meetings were held at the YWCA in downtown
Vancouver, on Dunsmuir Street, in 1964 and
1965. In 1966, meetings moved to the hall of
St. John’s Shaughnessy Anglican Church on
Granville Street. In 1970, meetings moved to
the Cambie YMCA.
- There was an annual Banquet, held in
November. It was catered and usually held at a
hall on Fraser Street (“Hallmark Caterers”). In
1964, the Banquet was held on board the Lady
Alexandra, which was moored at the foot of
Cardero Street near the Bayshore Hotel. The
October 1964 Rose Bed indicated, “Tickets will
be $1.50 each for adults, children 12 or under,
$1.00. The Society will absorb the difference
between the $1.50 paid for tickets, and the
considerably higher cost to the Society.” In the
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November 1964 Rose Bed, the “considerably
higher cost” was revealed, in that “Guests may
be invited, but will be charged $2.50 per ticket,
the actual charge made by the caterers.”
- The Officers of the VRS elected in November
1964 were:
Honorary President – incoming Vancouver Mayor
Past President – Mr. Preston Sharpe
President – Mr. Stanley McDonald
Treasurer – Mr. D. B. Hardie
Secretary – Miss Katherine Milroy
Rose Bed Editor – Mr. A. Selwood
Programme Chairman – Mr. James Fowler
Librarian – Mrs. R. O. Henry
Rose Show Chairman and Vice-President – Mr.
Alexander McGregor
BC Council of Garden Clubs rep – Mrs. G. C.
Faulkner
Educational Committee Chairman – Mr. J. H.
McGhie
Publicity – Mr. Norman Curran
Social Committee Convener – Mrs. C. D. Freeman
Inter-Society – Mrs. John McLachlan
Trophies – Mr. B. J. Thomas
P.N.E. Chairman – Mrs. W. H. Walkinshaw
Pruning Demonstration Chairman – Mr. G. W.
Harvey
Hospitality and Welcoming Committee Chairman –
Mr. Norman Curran
Hon. Vice-President – Miss Florence Fyfe-Smith
Hon. Vice-President – Mr. William Livingstone
- Pruning demonstrations were held at the
Rose Garden in Stanley Park, through the
cooperation of the Vancouver Parks Board. In
August 1964, the annual picnic was held at the
Rose Gardens in Stanley Park.
- The January 1966 Rose Bed had an article on
the ARS National Convention to be held in June
1966, in Portland, Oregon. It noted that members
“should secure hotel or motel accommodation
early as there are other conventions on at the
same time. The new Hilton Hotel where the
Convention headquarters will be is already
booking reservations for June. These deluxe
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hotels are expensive and those of us who plan
to attend the Convention would be well-advised
to make a few enquiries. There are other
hotels and motels within a reasonable distance
of Convention Headquarters, where prices
of rooms are not as expensive as the Hilton
and other swank places. At the Consulting
Rosarian’s Meeting last December in Portland,
the Editor had to disgorge $13.50 a day for a
single room at the Sheraton.”
- At the June 1966 meeting, the VRS hosted
“some hundred or more visitors from New
Zealand, who are attending the American
Rose Society National Convention at Portland,
Oregon. … Our New Zealand visitors will show
some slides of New Zealand roses and other
scenes of interest. New Zealand roses are
second to none for quality and Mr. Douglas
Butcher, who is speaking at the Convention …
on ‘Roses in New Zealand’ … will doubtless be
given an opportunity to tell us of rose growing
conditions in his country.”
- In the “best example of 60’s sexism category,”
Editor (and first VRS President) Archie Selwood
had this to say in the July 1966 Rose Bed, in
an article looking for someone to take on the
task of Chairman for the 1967 Rose Show: “A
good Show Chairman is not always necessarily
a man. This year the Chairman of the great
Portland Rose Show, combining the ARS
National and District Shows was a lady, Mrs.
Bernard J. (Peggy) Leonard. A few years ago
our own Mrs. G. C. (Bert) Faulkner took on the
job of Show Chairman of our Show. Both were
very successful, having the faculty of securing
the cooperation of their fellow members, many
of whom were experienced.”
- In 1967, the Rose Show was held at the
Kerrisdale Arena, which was a much larger
venue than the usual Sunset Memorial Hall. A
“Centennial” theme was “used to advantage,”
and the Show was a great success, earning
$335 over expenses – August 1967 Rose Bed.
- Regarding the 1967 Garden Party, this from
the July 1967 Rose Bed: “One of the most
enjoyable events in our rose season is our
Annual Garden Party. This year we will once
again visit the scene of several of our previous
parties, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Preston
Sharpe, … With Mabel and Preston as hosts
we are assured of a pleasant afternoon with
refreshments. The menu will include corn on
the cob, hot dogs and such like delicacies.
Rosarians, like roses, are partial to nourishment
in liquid form and punch will be provided as well
as tea and coffee.”
- In the “some things never change” department,
this from the August 1964 Rose Bed: “One of the
greatest enemies a rose grower has to contend
with is his or her own soft heart. Varieties
which are no longer worthy of a place in the
garden are coddled and pampered because,
for sentimental reasons, the grower is reluctant
to discard them. It takes just as much fertilizer,
spray and precious time to look after an inferior
rose plant as it does to care for a good plant
which is pulling its full weight in the garden.
With so many fine varieties being introduced
each year it is difficult to justify our retaining,
as we do, varieties which have long since been
superseded by similar or better varieties. “
- In the “how things have changed” department,
this from the July 1967 Rose Bed: “This has
been rather an extraordinary season in respect
to fungi – blackspot and mildew – which
appeared in many gardens the earliest I have
ever known, so continue your spraying with
‘Phaltan’ as this is the most effective product I
know; it has certainly proved so in my garden.
As a protective measure I still spray at least
every week. As I have previously mentioned
in the the Rose Bed ‘Isotox Systemic,’ which is
compatible with ‘Phaltan,’ is the answer to all
types of insect pests. Should you not be able
to obtain ‘Isotox Systemic,’ ‘Diazinon’ is very
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good, but above all be sure to use all these
products according to the directions as given
on all containers.”
- There were Rose competitions associated
with the PNE in the 60’s. In the December
1967 Rose Bed, a retrospective on the year
proudly recounted that “Our members Mrs.
C. W. Morton and Pat Murdoch proved to be
worthy representatives of our Society at the
PNE shows and made a clean sweep of the
Rose classes.”
- The VRS has a long history of civic involvement:
A notice in the April 1968 Rose Bed stated:
“Eaton’s, Woodward’s, and Hudson’s Bay
Department stores will place our Show trophies
in their display windows before our June show,
so members who are holding trophies won by
them last year, but not won outright, are asked
to bring the trophies to the May meeting … so
that they may be checked over and repaired
if necessary. Needless to mention, trophies
should be spick and span when placed in the
Department store windows, so please polish
them up.” And in the January 1968 Rose
Bed, this triumphant announcement: “At long
last persistency has paid off and the City of
Vancouver has adopted the Rose as the Floral
Emblem of the City. I am told that word to this
effect appeared in Monday’s evening paper but
so far I have failed to find it. Our Past-President,
Alex McGregor worked persistently, aided by
his committee, including Alma McIntyre who
must have typed reams of letters, briefs, etc.,
for presentation to our City Council. We hope
to work our Floral Emblem into the theme for
our 1968 Rose Show.”
- Regarding meeting attendance, the October
1970 Rose Bed noted: “The Vancouver Rose
Society broke an attendance record at our
September meeting by a wide margin; close to
120. This unexpected but encouraging surprise
resulted in a lack of seating for a goodly number
of members.”
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- The VRS has long been a supportive, social
organization, as indicated in the December
1970 Rose Bed: “Anyone knowing of illness
among our Members is asked to contact our
Sunshine Committee – Mrs. R. G. (Dolly)
Cobbold, … for the North Shore – or Mrs. G. C.
(Bertie) Faulkner, … for the city – and they will
keep in touch with any of our ‘shut-ins’.”
- Although this isn’t from the 60’s Rose Beds,
Linda-Marie Bruce found this note in the
September 1995 Rose Bed, which seems like
an apt way to end this article on reminiscences:
Erskine MacPherson said to those who signed
his 80 th birthday card, and particularly to the
member who compared him to a valuable old
garden rose, “Although my growth in recent
years has been branching rather than upright,
I am still vigorous and disease resistant and
intend to adorn the garden of life for many more
years.”
So, as we celebrate our 60 th anniversary,
we have quite a history to be proud of – the
Vancouver Rose Society has long been an
active, caring and educational organization
in our community, dedicated to our collective
passion for the Queen of Flowers. Here’s to
many more “vigorous and disease-resistant”
years, full of “branching growth” in the garden
of life!
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Open Gardens 2009
All on one day, all in Vancouver – make an
afternoon of it!
Sunday, July 5 th , 2009, 1 – 5 p.m.
Vancouver East Side:
Ornella Bombino’s – 1209 Nootka Street
(North Renfrew area) – a lovely oldfashioned
garden with roses, perennials,
some stunning specimen plants, and a
touch of whimsy!
Dale Akerstrom’s – 2851 East 10 th Avenue
(just off Renfrew Street) – a six-year old
garden that was ridiculously overplanted
originally so now it is a bit on the crowded
side! Along with pergolas, patios, and a
pond, there are trees, shrubs, perennials
and 40-something roses.
Vancouver West Side:
Sanda Simic’s – 3335 West 37 th (just
off Blenheim Street) – a beautiful newer
garden with some of the most healthy,
fragrant, luscious roses you can imagine.
Sanda has a green thumb and a big heart,
and her roses seem to like it!
Janet Wood’s – 7084 Blenheim Street
(Southlands area) – an award-winning
mature garden with incredible climbing
roses, and oodles of new and rare rose
specimens. The most endearing feature
of the garden is, of course, the inimitable
hostess!
Lesley Finlay’s – 6633 MacDonald Street
(also in Southlands, just south of Marine
Drive) – Lesley’s garden has it all – English
manor elegance, artistic urns, formal
spaces, lilies the size of trees, and two of
every rose ever sold! (OK, that’s a slight
exaggeration, but only just!)
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WELCOME TO NEW MEMBERS!
The Vancouver Rose Society welcomes
the following NEW members to our
Society. We hope you all enjoy your
membership with us and grow beautiful
roses!
April 09 – Bonnie & Mac Christie,
Burnaby; and we welcome back
Elizabeth MacDonald (from 2003),
Vancouver
May 09 – Rayne Graham, Vancouver;
and we welcome back Carmen
& James Roberts (from 2006),
Delta
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Hot off the Press!
The VRS has produced this gorgeous tea
towel to commemorate the 2009 World Rose
Convention & Festival. The image is the muchloved
rose Mutabilis from a watercolour painting
by well-known botanical artist Lyn Noble. Lyn
helped us all the way through the process of
creating this beautiful tea towel, and we are
honoured to have such a classy souvenir
to show the world. It will be the perfect gift
for visitors to take home and a wonderful,
useful memento for all of us to have and to
give to friends. We are selling it for $18.00
including taxes at the VRS stores at the Westin
Bayshore during the Convention, and at the
Festival in the Vancouver Convention Centre.
VRS members will have the opportunity to
purchase their tea towels ahead of time at the
June VRS meeting.
— Darlene Sanders
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FRIENDS & PATRONS OF WORLD ROSE 2009
June Rose Bed
The Vancouver Rose Society would like to sincerely thank those members who have become
Friends of World Rose 2009 through their generous donations – they have exceeded our
expectations!
TOTAL OF DONATIONS BY INDIVIDUALS, TO DATE = $4625.00
Donor (Under $50) Friend ($50-$99) Patron $100 or more
George Lawson Viki Bullock Art & Dorothy Pastro
Paul Frost Retha Gerstmar Moira Colbourne
Amita & Benny Bar-Shlomo Jean Budworth Jane Rush-LeBlanc
Marjorie Kevlahan Cecilia Fraser Caroline Jones
Queenie Morton Kathleen Sato
Dr. Donald McLean Wilkie & Khim Mah
Quadra Island Plant Society George Mander
Sharon Logan Sanda Simic (Rose Show)
Jean T. Hay Sanda Simic (Convention)
Dr. Hilda Stanger (Dutt)
Anonymous (by request)
The McAusland Family
Andrina Butorac
Gail Robertson
Brenda Viney
Terry Martinich
Special thanks to our VRS members who are “corporate” sponsors of our Convention
and Festival:
• Bill McCarthy, W.P.J. McCarthy & Company Ltd.
• Brad Jalbert, Select Roses
16th World Rose Convention
South Africa
12 - 19 October 2012
The 16th World Rose Convention to be held in South Africa promises
to surpass the Rosafari convention held in South Africa in 1979.
Delegates that took part in '79's convention will bear witness that this
was an unforgettable convention filled with fun and adventure, not to
forget roses, roses and more roses...
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World
ROSE SHOW
By Lesley Finlay
June, the month that so many of us have
been working towards for the last six years
of our lives and now, finally, it has arrived!!
All the hard work and planning are to culminate
in the World Rose Festival and Convention.
For me, the World Rose Show will be the final
Rose Show that I will chair. I hope it turns out to
be the best Rose Show we have ever had.
I know our roses are slowly growing. Try feeding
and watering them just that little bit more to get
them to bloom for June 19 th . In retrospect it
would have been better if we had planned this
Convention and Rose Show for early July but
hindsight is not going to help now! June 19 th is
the date and we must try and force our roses
to bloom, as best we can. We are spotlighted
in the World of Roses and it is a far reaching
world. We have Convention delegates coming
from 23 countries and exhibitors from many of
them.
We have purchased 75 prizes for the Rose
Show to be awarded to VRS, WFRS, ARS and
PNW classes.
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Canadian Rose Society Challenge Classes
The CRS awards are lovely crystal trophies
in the shape of Maple Leaves, engraved with
the name of the class, and their description. All
say “World Rose Show, Vancouver 2009” and
would be an honour to win.
Only VRS, Fraser Pacific and CRS members
can enter the CRS classes.
American Rose Society National Challenge
Classes
The ARS Challenge Classes can only be
entered if you are a member of the ARS and
are either registered for the Convention or have
purchased the $49 3 day Festival Pass.
Pacific North West Challenge Classes
To enter the PNWD Challenge classes you must
be a member of the ARS and be registered for
the Convention or have purchased the $49, 3
day Festival Pass.
The PNWD Challenge classes awards have
been paid for by each individual Pacific North
West Society, Family trust and estate.
World Federation of Rose Societies,
Challenge Classes
The WFRS International Challenge Classes
are open to everyone. You can enter these
classes as an individual or as members of a
Rose Society joining together to make up an
entry.
Floral Art
Floral Art classes have 3 different categories:
Open, Amateur, and Novice. Please refer to the
schedule for classification. Floral art winners
receive money as their prize. We have $2100
worth of prize money to be awarded.
Rosettes and Ribbons
This year because it is the World Rose Show I
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have provided all the rosettes and ribbons for
all classes in the show. I hope you will be the
lucky winner of one of those rosettes!
Donations
A big thank you to all the people who donated
money to the Rose Show. It has been gratefully
received and put to good use. We hope that all
members will take the opportunity to visit the
World Rose Show running June 19 th to June
21 st .
Photography
A lot of overseas people are interested in the
photography section and I have received a
number of questions about the Rules and
Regulations.
Just to clarify:
All photographs are to be 8” by 10” with a matte
around them. This matte can be purchased at
any photography shop or you can make one if
you wish. The size of the entry can not exceed
11” by 14” including the matte, but it can be
smaller as long as the photo is 8” by 10”. No
glass or frames please.
“Mounted” means you can put a piece of paper
or cardboard on the back of the photo.
Each photo must have the following:
1. An entry tag with each photo – attached
to the back of the photos using cellotape.
2. Every photo must have the exhibitors
name and exhibitor number written on
the back of the photo.
3. Roses in the photo should be named
on the entry tag – if possible. The name
of the garden, park or landscape scene
should be named if known.
4. Maximum of 3 photos per class per
exhibitor.
Photos will be displayed on black display
booths. The will be velcroed to the surface of
the display booth by the Show Committee.
Judging takes place at 10:00 am, Friday June
19th, and there will be 2 judges.
If there are any questions please contact me at
(604) 261-6417. Photos can be dropped off at
the Bayshore Hotel between 10 am and 10 pm
on Thursday June 18 th or brought to the VCEC
between 4 am and 9:30 am on Friday June 19 th
– Show day.
Registering to Receive an Exhibitor
Number
Please contact me if you do not wish to complete
an online registration form to receive an exhibitor
number. The exhibitor book will be at the June
9 th meeting. You can receive an exhibitor
number after this date by contacting Sea to Sky
and completing the online registration form.
You can also get one at the Bayshore Hotel on
Thursday between 10 am to 10 pm or at the
VCEC Friday morning June 19 th between 4:00
am and 9:30 am.
Exhibitors
Now it is over to you! If you have any questions
about exhibiting please call me, Lesley Finlay
at (604) 261-6417.
See you Friday June 19 th between 4:00 am and
9:30 am with your roses at the staging area,
Vancouver Convention Centre, Hall C.
Novices
We will have helpers for you, starting at 7:00
am Friday morning. Could you please let me
know if you are a Novice so that I can provide
assistance for you.
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Transporting Roses
to a Rose Show
By Kathy Noble from her article
'A Rose Transportation System,'
Canadian Rose Annual 1990
If you are planning to attend a rose show,
the challenge will be to have your roses
arrive at the show in good condition. This
will require keeping the blooms cool to slow the
aging process, maintaining bloom substance
(moisture content), and preventing physical
damage to the bloom, stem and foliage.
To ensure that their roses are protected against
damage and are kept cool, rosarians use
many techniques to transport roses to a rose
show. Generally, the farther one has to travel
to a show, the more protection and cooling the
roses need.
To bring roses to a local show, it may only be
necessary to carefully place the roses in a
bucket or two. To minimize the tangling of leaves
and stems, carefully put the roses, one at a
time, into a bucket. Be systematic about this,
placing them clockwise starting at 12 o'clock,
and removing them moving counterclockwise
from 11 o'clock. Remove them only once - at
the show. A better method is to wrap each rose
in a cone made of freezer paper with the waxed
surface of the paper on the inside of the cone,
and then place the wrapped roses in a bucket.
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For longer trips to rose shows, rosarians use
insulated boxes that have ice packs to cool the
roses during transit. In one type of homemade
box, roses are stored vertically in cylinders
made of a plastic litre soda bottle and freezer
paper. An inch of water is placed in the cylinder
before each stem is carefully stuffed into it. This
method works well for travel by automobile.
The same cutting, storage, and transportation
techniques work for all types of roses. Of course,
the containers are selected in proportion to the
size of the roses.
You will need:
• A 12 oz. Styrofoam cup to cover each
bloom. The cup should be 4 inches in
diameter at the top, tapering to 2½ inches
at the bottom, and 3 inches deep.
• A clear polyvinyl tube to encase each stem
and its foliage. The tube should be 3½
inches in diameter at the top, tapering to 1
inch at the bottom, and 12 inches long.
• Enough water tubes for the number of
roses that are being taken to the show. Use
tubes that are 3 inches long and ½ inch in
diameter.
• Plastic wrap, rubber bands and mending
tape.
Take each Styrofoam cup
and cut a slot from the centre
to one edge of the bottom,
and then up the side to the
top (Figure 1).
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Twist open the cup and slide it around the
bloom so that the peduncle rests on the centre
of the slot (Figure 2).
Cut the foliage tube
so that when the tube
is seated against
the Styrofoam cup 3
to 4 inches of stem
protrudes from the
bottom of the tube (see
Figure 4). The cup can
be angled inside the
foliage tube so that the
petals will not touch the
bottom or sides of the
tube (Figure 4).
To keep the cup from
sliding up and down on
the peduncle, place a
piece of mending tape
on the outside of the cup,
against the peduncle and
across the slot on the
bottom (Figure 3).
Finally, cover the cup with plastic wrap and
secured with a rubber band (Figure 5).
Store the roses in the refrigerator, six to a 10
inch floral bucket, until transportation time
(Figure 5). The roses can be taken to a local
show directly in the bucket.
To transport the roses longer distances, the
roses can be place in a cooler in which some
"blue ice" has been mounted on the lid. First
re-cut each stem under water and place into a
3 inch water tube (Figure 5).
Pack the longest stems first. The combination
of Styrofoam cup taped to the foliage tube had
a little give, making the roses easy to stack, and
providing plenty of protection from crushing.
The taper of the foliage tubes allows the stems
to be packed in quite compactly, and the
packing pattern leaves a hollow in the middle of
the cooler (see Figure 6).
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The photo above shows the world's first "blue
rose," jointly developed by Japan's beverage
conglomerate Suntory Ltd., and Australia's biogenetics
company Florigene Ltd. The rose, which
was first exhibited to the public at the Osaka World
Rose Convention in 2006, is genetically-modified
with "delphinidin," the blue compound that does
not naturally occur in roses.
Thanks to our Members
who brought sweets and
savouries to the
May Meeting:
Val McCaskill,
Evelyn Scheffelaar,
Nola Frost,
Gail Robertson,
Shirley Russell.
June ‘09 Bakers
Linda Marie Bruce,
Noelle Baxter,
Bob Meighen,
Shirley Russell.
— Alison Boyd & Shirley Russell
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New Books
in the VRS Collection
- reviews by Ornella Bombino
Otherwise Normal People by Aurelia C. Scott
Twice a year, tens of thousands of otherwise normal
people cut the prettiest blooms off their best roses
and head into battle at the National Rose Show.
Their goal? To win “Queen of Show!” Doctors,
teachers, mechanics, lawyers put aside their day
jobs and become “type A” gardeners – for whom the
National Rose Show is a blood sport. Otherwise
Normal People takes a behind-the-scenes look at
their singular obsession of winning the ultimate prize.
Check this out! A rare inside look as we head into
the World Rose Show.
Impressionist Roses by Derek Fell
This lavishly-illustrated volume combines the
gardener’s passion for roses and the world of
Impressionist-style gardens. The book contains
beautiful photographs of contemporary gardens that
have been restored in the Impressionist style, and the
famous images captured on canvas by the French
Impressionist painters. Impressionist Roses offers
ideas for modern gardeners and is sure to inspire
rose lovers to bring the romance of the Impressionist
masters to their personal outdoor spaces.
Visit our website at www.Selectroses.ca
Amazing selection of #1 grade garden roses
22771 - 38th AVENUE, RR#9, LANGLEY, B.C. V3A 6H5
TELEPHONE 604-530-5786
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Your Year-Round
Gi & Gardening Shop
VRS members enjoy
10% discounts at:
Art Knapps:
8697 Granville Street, Vancouver
#4 Road & Steveston, Richmond
1300 Dominion Ave., Port Coquitlam
Art’s Nursery:
8940-192 St., Surrey
The Avant Gardener:
1460 Marine Drive West Vancouver
David Hunter Garden Centres:
2084 West Broadway, Vancouver &
15175 - 72nd Avenue, Surrey.
Gardenworks:
9 Lower Mainland locations
KJM Country Gardens:
7226 Blenheim Street, Vancouver
Select Roses:
22771 - 38th Avenue, Langley
Are there other Garden Centres that offer
garden clubs a 10% Discount?
If you know of any, please advise our
Editor so we can add it to the list!
Note from the Editor:
As the Editor of the Rose Bed, I would be happy
to receive any info or articles you feel would be of
interest to our members.
Please forward your submissions for the Rose
Bed to diazah@gmail.com by the 15th of each
month. — Alex Diaz
All Proceeds
Help the Garden Grow
Shop in the Garden as a year round destination for
gardening gis, tools, books and seasonal
arrivals in the Plant Centre
UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research
6804 SW Marine Drive, Vancouver, B.C.
Open daily 9:30 am to 5:00 pm Phone (604) 822-4529
HAVE YOU HAD YOUR
TETANUS SHOT YET?
All gardeners should have
a tetanus shot every 10
years. Ask your Doctor for
one today.
Rose Mentors
The following VRS members have
offered to act as ‘rose mentors’ -
please feel free to call any of them
at any time with questions, concerns,
etc.
Burnaby-Coquitlam:
Brenda Viney 604-936-1514
Delta:
Monica Semsch 604-943-5426
Langley:
Bob Meighen 778-298-5349
Richmond:
Bob Price 604-277-2845
Surrey/White Rock:
Sandy Tordiffe 604-536-4223
Vancouver:
Janet Wood 604-263-8700
Dr. Donald McLean 604-263-9076
Alister Browne 604-263-9225
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2009 Vancouver Rose Society
Executive Committee and Appointed Positions
Executive Committee = 4 (elected) Officers + Past Pres + 8 (elected) Members + 4 (appointed) Members
Officers
Name Address City PC Home E-mail
President Dale Akerstrom 2851 E 10 Ave Vancouver V5M 2B2 604-688-3383 adalea@shaw.ca
Vice Pres Linda Marie
Bruce
1969 Province Rd Point Roberts WA 98281 360 945 0773 thelittlegoldenharp@gmail.com
Treasurer Karin Schön 45 Fernway Dr Port Moody V3H 5H9 604 949 1662 kschon@shaw.ca
Secretary Arlene Arnold 4723 Albert St Burnaby V5C 2H1 604-299-6184 galliearnold@shaw.ca
Executive Member - Term Ends December 2009
Member Bob Meighen 9406 Casamir St Langley V1M 4G4 778-298-5349 rmeighen@shaw.ca
Member Paulette Orchard 1920 London St New
Westminster
V3M 3E5 604 521 4455 porchard@shaw.ca
Member Alec Globe 1041 Lee St White Rock V4B 4P2 604-536-8753 globe@interchange.ubc.ca
Member JR Rendon #401, 1650 W 13
Ave
Vancouver V6J 2G7 604-222-3584 jr_rendon@telus.net
Executive Member – term ends December 2010
Member Bill McCarthy 6384 Buckingham
Drive
Burnaby V5E 3Y6 604-522-4656 wpjm@wpjmccarthy.com
Member Darlene Sanders 2229 Jefferson Ave West
V7V 2A9 604 926 2114 avantgardener@telus.net
Vancouver
Member Wilkie Mah 2767 E 16 Ave Vancouver V5M 2L7 604-876-6458 meowham@yahoo.ca
Member Gail Robertson P.O. Box 75301 White Rock V4B 5L5 604-542-3067 gnrobertson@live.ca
Appointed Exec Members
Membership
Mailing
Brenda Viney 880 Kinsac St Coquitlam V3J 4T9 604 936 1514 brendaviney@telus.net
Librarian Ornella Bombino 1209 Nootka St Vancouver V5K 4E6 604 253-1912 gbombino@vsb.bc.ca
Rose Show
Chair
Lesley Finlay 6633 Macdonald St Vancouver V6N 4G6 604 261 6417 kfinlay@telus.net
Rose Bed Alex Diaz 2851 E 10 Ave Vancouver V5M 2B2 604-688-3383 diaza@shaw.ca
Editor
diazah@gmail.com
Other Appointed Positions
Tea/Coffee Alison Boyd 5070 Manor St Burnaby V5G 1B5 604-291-0144 aboyd@unisource.ca
Baking Shirley Russell 2136 E 30 Av Vancouver V5N 2A6 604-437-6255
Website Cy Tordiffe 15466 N Bluff Rd White Rock V5B 3G1 604 536 4223 cytordiffe@shaw.ca
Khim Mah 2767 E 16 Ave Vancouver V5M 2L7 604-876-6458 meowham@yahoo.ca
Greeters Nola Frost 3869 W 38 th Vancouver V6N 2Y5 604-263-9046
Fundraising Brenda Viney Speakers Linda Marie Publicity Linda Marie Rose Bed
Raffles Paulette Orchard Paulette Brenda Viney
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