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Annual Harvest Dinner

Tuesday, November 12

6:00pm

750 Lindaro Street

San Rafael

Inside Highlights

Janet’s Secret Garden 1 President’s Message 2 New Board Member 3 Program Notes 4 Living with Mother Nature 5 Livin’Easy 6 Monthly Rose show 7-8 Harvest Dinner 9 If you want to stay healthy 10 2014 Slate of Officers 11

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Volume 39, No. 11/12 November/December 2013

Janet’s Secret Garden By Maureen Groper, Consulting Rosarian

When you make the turn onto Se-quoia Glen in Novato you know im-mediately the house where Janet Tighe lives with her six year old Shih Tzu, Max. The roses are literally spilling into the street. She grew up in New Jersey moving to the Bay Area in 1960 where she settled in Novato in 1988. Janet read Ray Red-dell’s “The Rose Bible” and his pam-phlet "A Gourmet Diet for Bay Area Roses." This reading material, along with a visit to Garden Valley Ranch, re-awakened her love of roses and provided the inspiration to have a

rose garden. For years she followed his methods but now admits that since she has joined the Marin Rose Society she has been more influenced by input from its rosari-ans and other members. The showcase roses in the front are about equally divided between pots and the ground. The roses in the back are all in pots because of hard clay soil. Janet spends about one and one half hours a day working on her garden. When asked what her favorite roses are she said, "I wish I could embrace them all." A current favorite is ‘Honore de Balzac’ because it is new and unusual. In fact Tom Bonfigli took home her entry last year at the May Rose Show. Another she chose is ‘Gold Medal’ because it is huge, reliable and easy to care for but hard to prune as the bush reaches the roof of the garage.

Every day, preferably just before sunset, Janet and Max take a three-mile walk, when they get to admire other gardens along the way. Besides participating in our monthly rose shows and earning lots of ribbons, naturally with her splendid rose bushes, Janet has worked on Susan Pearson’s rose pruning team for the last two years. One hint she gave me to preserve cut flowers is add 1 teaspoon of sugar and a few drops of household bleach to one quart of water. We are lucky Janet has agreed to join the Marin Rose Society Board and share First VP with Lenore Ruckman. Welcome Janet!!!!

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President’s Message

I want to personally invite all our members to attend our annual Harvest Dinner and to the Installation of your Board for 2014. The Marin Rose Society will provide the main entre and the side dishes, salads, and desserts will be “Pot Luck.” It is a relaxed social evening with friends and lots of talk about your roses and the pleas-ures of gardening. Please celebrate with us on November 12th at 6:00 PM in our usual meeting place at 750 Lin-daro, San Rafael. Paula Jaffe is coordinating this event and please call her to let her know how many are in your party and what side dish you plan on bringing. Paula’s number is 435.4804 and her email is [email protected].

Many thanks are due to the Officers and Directors for their great work in 2013! We accomplished what we set out to do. We found a new location for our meetings in that MAGC became too expensive for us to rent space. We enjoyed decades of good times there and are sorry to see MAGC have so many financial and management problems that distract from their original mission. Our Marin Rose Society Rose Garden is still in bloom at MAGC and it is a focal point for weddings and the visitors to MAGC. Thanks to our members who devote time and knowledge to keeping this rose garden so beautiful.

We carefully formulated and reviewed a Strategic Plan for our Society. Financially we are sound and prepared to host the Northern California Nevada Hawaii District Fall Conference and Rose Show, October 10, 11, 12 2014. Our Committees are working diligently to set up the venue at the 4Points Sheraton Hotel in San Rafael. We will have a spectacular rose show, many excellent speakers, and a banquet with awards presented by the District and the American Rose Society to distinguished members of the rose community. Three days of time to share the love of growing and sharing roses with members who have many decades of experience will give you an opportunity to broaden your rose education. Put these dates on your calendar for next year!

Our membership is strong and our meetings well attended. This is not the case in many parts of the country where rose societies and garden clubs are struggling to maintain their vigor. Economic times are gradually im-proving and so we will see people return to their favorite hobbies and interests which include growing flowers and vegetables. Marin County is blessed with sunshine and excellent conditions for being out of doors in the garden. This is very evident in our Annual Rose Show at Northgate each May. Next year is our 40th Ruby Ju-bilee and we will have two big celebrations with the 40th Annual Rose Show in the spring and also in the fall our NCNH District Conference which will be themed for our 40th Ruby Jubilee.

Welcome to our new members, Officers and Directors, and all the people who volunteer their energies to mak-ing this a fine Society. We move ahead into the 40th year with excitement and a deep sense of community as the Marin Rose Society. Congratulate yourselves on this extraordinary membership and remember to renew your affiliation with us!

Frank Treadway, President


The Second of Our Three New Board Members—Vicki Crase

By Maureen Groper, Consulting Rosarian Vicki Crase is a busy lady so we are very fortunate she has agreed to take on the job of secretary for 2014. After being a dental hygienist for 25 years, she decided to get her masters de-gree at St Mary’s College in Health Service Administration. This landed her a job at UCSF as manager of cardiothoracic sur-gery and microbiology for a fifteen year tenure. When she re-tired in 2006, afraid of being bored, she joined both the Master Gardeners and Marin Rose Society. Not only did she do the Master Gardener training, she became a trainer for the next class and then took on the job of Advanced Training for ongoing members. For MRS she has been in Florence Taylor’s team of pruners for several years. In her spare time, what spare time?, she plays tennis three times a week.

In her home high on the hills in San Rafael where she and her husband have lived for 26 years, she tends her garden. She feels the rose bush her husband gave her many years ago inspired her love of roses. She has many of her plants in pots on her deck as well as in the ground in the front and back of her home. She is diligent about feeding all with alfalfa pellets annually and fertilizes with Maxsea for Roses. Her current favorite roses are Fame and Easy Does It because “they just keep blooming!” Coming in third is Julia Child. Vicki admits that she is becoming more selective in her rose choices and is buying more floribunda roses than hybrid teas.

Welcome to the Marin Rose Society Board, Vicki!

Editor’s note: We also welcome our third new board member, Andy Smith! We will high-light him in our next newsletter!

Annual Fund Rising! January is beginning of our Pruning Fund Raiser. It is a wonderful activity and you learn a lot about pruning roses. We need help! Please come and be part of this event. Please, contact Dorothy Arnold at 415.453.4036 and join the happy teams!


Program Notes

PROGRAM NOTES October 8th, 2013 Joan Goff spoke to us about a variety of roses that grow well in our Marin climate. Her power point pro-gram was inspirational in that she showed many roses that grow well for us and included many that toler-ate some shade. ‘Reve d'Or’, ‘Alchymist’, ‘Royal Sunset’, ‘Falling In Love’, ‘Sweet Revenge’, ‘Alain Blanchard’, ‘Buff Beauty’, ‘Dortmund’, ‘Erfurt’, ‘Grandmother's Hat’, ‘Jude the Obscure’, ‘Flower Girl’, and ‘Belle Poitevine’ to name a few. Most of these are listed in the ARS Handbook for selecting roses. Thank you Joan for such a nice program.

Northern California-Nevada-Hawaii Fall Conference and Rose Show "A Rose A Fair" October 4-6, 2013

Hosted by the San Joaquin Valley Rose Society Lydia Truce and I attended the Conference and here is a short summery. The San Joaquin Rose Society had help from the floricultural department of the Big Fresno Fair to hold the Rose show at the Fairgrounds. This was an opportunity to expose the rose show and arrangements to a very large group of spectators. Re-sults of the show are on the District website.

The first speaker on Saturday was Bob Boro, a Landscape Architect. He had some very good design ideas using roses for color and form, combining companion plants and ground covers for continual color in the blooming season. Boarders using day lilies, low shrubs, and California natives paying attention to the wa-ter needs of companion plants. He had many pictures of his design projects and also a real treat of his many trips to France and beautiful Gardens there.

Saturday afternoon Bill De Vor of Greenheart Farms, who spoke about how roses are doing in commerce and what he thinks we will be seeing in our nurseries in the future with roses. Dr. Jim Sproul talked about his hybridizing program and what the future brings.

At the Saturday night banquet, Jolene Adams gave a summary of her many travels this year as our new American Rose Society President.

NCNH District Awards were presented: OUTSTANDING CONSULTING ROSARIAN: ROSE GILARDI

OUTSTANDING JUDGE: TED BURG

SILVER HONOR MEDAL: ROSEMARY SAWYER. We congratulate you for your fine service!

The Sunday Morning Breakfast, Business meeting and raffle concluded with a surprise Presidential Cita-tion from Jolene Adams to our own Nanette Londeree for her work promoting the rose and rose education in the NCNH District, and for her work as Guest Editor of the 2013 Rose Annual of the American Rose Society. Lenore Ruckman, Program Chair


Living With Mother Nature

By Paul Cullen, Consulting Rosarian Living in Marin County with Mount Tamalpais as a backdrop is one of the prettiest areas in California. We live with nature surrounded with big and smaller creatures. Some wild animals think they own private cafes. I have discovered that awareness and a quick response are two of the best allies in the garden. Keep mind that while protecting our garden we have to be sensitive to nature. When problem do arise, I turn to the most natural and harmless form of pest or disease control: hand-picking pests, setting up barriers or trimming diseased parts of plant. I try to keep a happy balance by following Integrated Pest Management. I have some homemade solutions that I like to use in maintaining my garden. You may have some of your own too. The most important thing is “Be Nice To Mother Nature” Deer Deterrents: - A strong tall fence is the best solution if it is in your budget. - Grow roses in containers on a deck. - Hang bars of soap on wire around the yard and specific plants to surprise them with unpleasant smell and

movement - Dangle strips of Mylar from tree branches to alarm deer. - Make your own deer repellant. Spry the plant foliage with a mixture of hot pepper sauce, liquid dish soap,

garlic powder and water. Reapply the spray after the rain. A mix of 20 eggs and 80%water, 2 tablespoons of liquid dish soap per gallon plus hot red pepper.

Moles and Gophers: - Poke several noisy windmill toys in to the soil. Vibrations will drive them away. - Try dropping some garlic and crushed cloves in the paths where they run. Slugs and Snails: - Thin copper strip wrapped around pots, plants and trees will produce a shock to them. - Put out grapefruit and melon rinds each night and pick up in the morning for a nice catch. - Water a small portion of your yard in the evening and put down a small wood board elevated on a rock.

The slugs and snails will gather under the board. - Put a shallow pie pan filled with beer overnight and pick up “the drunken guests” in the morning. Insects: - You can often dislodge them with a stream of water. - You can pinch or squish a small insect on your plant. - Push insects into bucket of warm soapy water. More tips can be found on the Marin Master Gardner website at http://ucanr.edu/sites/MarinMG/ and also on our website http://www.marinrose.org.


Livin’ Easy

By Lydia Treadway, Master Rosarian and Editor

Radiant, carefree and constant bloomer. This floribunda produces ruffled apricot-to-orange blooms that arise in big clusters in early summer. The flowers are about 22 to 28 petals, each measuring 3 inches across. This vigorous plant reaches up to 4 feet tall and 5 feet wide in my garden with a dense and rounded shape. ‘Livin’ Easy’ fills the garden with color of nature's warmest tones! With a delectable fruity scent, blooms are pro-fusely borne and quite long-lasting. You'll love this adaptable floribunda for its exquisite flower form, great fragrance, and resistance to black spot!

These qualities make this a perfect rose that is easy to grow. If you are new to rose gardening, you can’t go wrong by planting a ‘Livin’ Easy’ rose bush. Better yet, plant 3,4,5….and have a stunning low maintenance hedge.

Bred by the renowned British firm Harkness, this rose is also know as ‘Fellowship’. ‘Livin' Easy’ is the result of a cross between ‘Southampton’ and ‘Remember Me’. It won AARS honors in 1996, and continues to be one of the most stunning, long-blooming, colorful floribundas available today.

Photo by Lydia Treadway

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1. HT or GRANDIFLORA—ONE BLOOM First: Gold Medal, Emily Shibata Second: Apertif, Dora Fleming Elina, Janet Tighe Gold Medal, Janet Tighe Sundance, Dora Fleming Third: Dick Clark, Janet Tighe Royal Amethyst, Dora Fleming Caribbean, Lynne Young Over the Moon, Jim Blakeley 2. HT or GRANDIFLORA SPRAY First: Grananda, Janet Tighe 3. FLORIBUNDA-ONE BLOOM Second: Iceberg, Richard Holtz 4. FLORIBUNDA SPRAY 5. MINIATURE—ONE BLOOM First: Magic Show, Betty Mott Second: Hot Shot, Lynne Young Third: Coffee Bean, Pauline Nacamuli 6. MINIATURE SPRAY 7. MINIATURE- FULLY OPEN First: Diamond Eyes, Betty Mott 8. MINIFLORA-ONE BLOOM First: Show Stopper, Betty Mott Second: Power Point, Lenore Ruckman Louisville lady, Paula Jaffe Third: Memphis Music, Lenore Ruckman

MRS Monthly Rose Show October 8, 2013

Judge: Cher Freshette

BEST IN SHOW: China Doll, Ronette King COURT: Diamond Eyes, Betty Mott Magic Show, Betty Mott Perdita, Richard, Holtz Just Joey, Ronette king

9. MINIFLORA SPRAY 10. MINIFLORA- FULLY OPEN Second: Power Point, Lenore Ruckman 11. OLD GARDEN ROSE 12. MODERN SHRUBS First: Molineux, Ronette King Flower Girl, Betty Mott Second: Heritage, Dora Fleming LD Braithwaite, Paula Jaffe 13. CLASSIC SHRUBS 14. CLIMBERS-One Bloom

15. FRAGRANCE/ ONE BLOOM Second: Double Delight, Paula Jaffe 16. FULLY OPEN ROSE First: Brown Velvet, Pauline Nacamuli Joyfulness, Lenore Ruckman Just Joey, Ronette king Second: Voodoo, Ronette King Francis Meilland, Janet Tighe 17. POLYANTHA SPRAY First: China Doll, Ronette King 18. HYBRID TEA OR GRANDIFLORA Third: Francis Meilland, Dora Fleming Fourth: Black Baccara, Dora Fleming November/December 2013


Thank you for bringing your beautiful roses to share with Marin Rose Society

Rose show chairs: Ronette King & Sandy Simon

19. MINIATURE IN A CLEAR GLASS BOWL 20. ANY OTHER ROSE IN A CLEAR GLASS BOWL First: Power Point, Lenore Ruckman 21. MULTIPLE BLOOMS IN A BOWL First: Julia Child, Lynne Young Prospero, Richard Holtz Second: Julia Child, Lynne Young Crown Princess Margareta, Pauline Nacamuli 22. MULTIPLE BLOOMS IN A BOWL 23. HI-LO CHALLENGE 24. NOVICE 25. BOUQUET First: Julia Child, Lynne Young 26. ARRANGEMENT

Happy Halloween!


Marin Rose Society Invites you to our

Annual Harvest Dinner November 12, 2013 At 6:00 pm

750 Lindaro Street At 2nd and Andersen Streets

San Rafael

Easy entrance, well lit and ample parking spaces for you. Watch for the Marin Rose Society sign

Please contact Paula Jaffe for Pot Luck side dishes 415-435-4804

Email: [email protected]

If You Want To Stay Healthy!

Study of almost 4,000 people shows regular gardening or DIY can prolong life by as much as 30% in 60-plus age group. As any committed gardener will confirm, seeing the first shoots of life emerge after the winter months can provide a deep sense of satisfaction. But gardeners now have another reason to feel rather smug – regular gardening or DIY can cut the risk of a heart attack or stroke, and prolong life by as much as 30% among the 60-plus age group, according to a study of almost 4,000 60-year-olds in Stockholm. The research found that even those who spent their retirement training for marathons were not at less risk than the green-fingered group. Gardening – voted pensioners' favourite pastime in a recent study by Age UK – provided as many health benefits as regular exercise. The 60-year-olds who were most active on a daily basis had a 27% lower risk of a heart attack or stroke and a 30% reduced risk of death from all causes, irrespective of how much regular formal exercise was taken. "Our findings are particularly important for older adults, because individuals in this age group tend, compared with other age groups, to spend a relatively greater proportion of their active day performing [routine activi-ties] as they often find it difficult to achieve recommended exercise intensity levels," the scientists wrote in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Over a 12-year period the team, led by Dr Elin Ekblom-Bak at Karolinska University hospital's department of medicine, asked 60-year-olds for information on diet, smoking and alcohol intake in addition to information on whether they did regular activities such as gardening, DIY, car maintenance and blackberry picking. The researchers also carried out lab tests and physical examinations. At the start of the study, those who had an active daily life were at much less risk of heart attacks – even if they did not exercise – than those with low levels of daily activity. They also had smaller waists, lower levels of potentially harmful blood fats, and lower glucose, insulin and clotting factor levels in men, high levels of which are linked to a raised heart attack and stroke risk. The benefits of regular activity continued through the course of the study. During the 12.5-year follow-up pe-riod, 476 of the participants had their first heart attack and 383 died from various causes. Those who exer-cised regularly, but were not routinely physically active, were also at less risk of cardiovascular problems, and those who exercised regularly and were active on a daily basis were at the least risk of all. The study suggests gardening and DIY can be as good as exercise for the over-60s because they increase overall energy expenditure – prolonged sitting drives down metabolic rate to the bare minimum, while stand-ing up and physical activity increase it. The study went on to explain that sitting down can disrupt the skeletal muscle's normal hormone production, with potential negative impacts on other body organs and tissues. Dr Gavin Sandercock, reader in sport and exercise science at the University of Essex, said: "'This study is ex-cellent news for large swaths of the population who might not want to run, swim or go to the gym because it clearly shows that even moderate, non-exercise activity like gardening benefits the health of older adults." But he warned that younger people and children still had to be encouraged to do vigorous exercise like fast walking, running, swimming and cycling. "While the amounts reported here are OK for older people, children still need to do an hour of activity every day to be healthy and that needs to be hard enough to make them breathe hard and preferably feel hot." Dr Tim Chico, senior clinical lecturer and honorary consultant cardiologist at the University of Sheffield/Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, said the more active a person was throughout their lives, the lower their risk of suffering from cardiovascular disease. "The message I take from this study is simple," he said. "If you want to reduce your risk of heart disease, be more active. Don't sit down for long periods; get up on your feet and do something you enjoy that involves moving around”.



The Marin Rose November/December, 2013

Volume 39, No. 11/12

Lydia Treadway Editor

Gail Trimble, Publisher Barbara Picarelli, Distributor

MRS Officers, Directors & Committee Chairs

President Frank Treadway 456-2640 [email protected]

1st VP / Program Chair Lenore Ruckman 457-4424 [email protected]

2d VP / Show Co-Chairs Ronette King 479-4039 [email protected] Sandy Simon, 388-4589 [email protected]

Secretary Kitty O’Donnell 883-6943 [email protected]

Treasurer Lydia Truce, 485-1758 [email protected]

Director & Website Chair Gail Trimble 472-6228

Directors At Large Vivien Bronshvag 461-4066 Paul Cullen 454-1385 Paula Jaffe 435-4804

Rose Garden Co-Coordinators Dorothy Arnold 453-4036 Lenore Ruckman 457-4424

Membership Chair Maureen Groper 457-6045

Hospitality Chair Paula Jaffe

Raffle Chair Paul Cullen

Communications Chair Maureen Groper 457-6045

Parliamentarian Richard Holtz 383-9068

©Marin Rose Society

While the advice and information in this newsletter is believed to be true and accurate at the time of publication, neither the authors nor the editors can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The Marin Rose Society makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein.

Slate of Officers and Directors At Large for 2014

At the General Business Meeting on October 8, the following officers and Directors were elected President: Frank Treadway

1st Vice–President Lenore Ruckman Janet Tighe 2nd Vice-President: Ronette King Sandy Simon Secretary: Vicki Crase Treasurer: Lydia Truce Directors at Large: Richard Holtz

Paula Jaffe Andy Smith

Gail Trimble

Nominating Committee: Don Chapman, Paul Cullen, Maureen Groper, Sandra Simon and Vivien Bronshvag, Chair

Dorothy Arnold**, Fairfax 453-4036 [email protected] Vivien Bronshvag, Kentfield 461-4066 [email protected] Paul Cullen, San Anselmo 454-1385 [email protected] Cheryl Frechette**, Healdsburg (707) 395-0654 [email protected] Joan Goff**, Sonoma (707) 343-1580 [email protected] John Goldsmith, Turlock 830-1799 [email protected] Maureen Groper, San Anselmo 457-6045 [email protected] Paula Jaffe, Tiburon 435-4804 [email protected] Ronette King, San Rafael 479-4039 [email protected] Nanette Londeree**, Novato 899-1023 [email protected] Betty Mott**, Mill Valley 383-0466 [email protected]

Kitty O’Donnell, Novato 883-6943 [email protected] Barbara Lanoy Picarelli**, Novato 892-9096 [email protected] Mary Polizzi, San Rafael 479-8056 [email protected] Lenore Ruckman**, San Rafael 457-4424 [email protected] Emily Shibata, San Rafael 479-4865 [email protected] Sandy Simon, Mill Valley 388-4589 [email protected] Florence Taylor**, San Rafael 454-3870 [email protected] Frank Treadway, San Rafael 456-2640 [email protected] Lydia Treadway**, San Rafael 456-2640 [email protected] Gail Trimble**, San Rafael 472-6228 [email protected] Lydia Truce, San Rafael 485-1758 [email protected]

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March 8, 2014 NCNH District Spring Business Meeting

Hosted by Mount Diablo Rose Society Resurrection Greek Orthodox Church

Community Center, 20104 Center Street, Castro Valley, CA

May 8-12, 2014 ARS Spring National Convention and Rose Show

Hosted by San Diego Rose Society

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Hosted by Marin Rose Society San Rafael, CA

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Annual Harvest Dinner

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