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| For those of you who live in or near the SF Bay Area in CA, just wanted to share that there will be an ARS NCNH (no idea what that means) District Conference Oct 10-12 in San Rafael! I guess they didn't do much publicity, as I live in that town, and only heard about it because it was in our local newspaper today. Good news - they do have "a la carte" pricing - by day, with or without the dinner, etc. I am interested because both Greg Lowery and Burling Leong will be speakers (along with a bunch of others) on Saturday. I am really looking forward to going to the talks on Sat (they are also, of course, having a cut flower competition, but that is not my cup of tea). If you don't live near here, my personal advice is NOT to stay at the hotel where the conference is, and not to eat the food there. It is run down, to say the very least. Can't believe they are having the conference there. However, there are lots of great places to stay and to eat nearby. Jackie |
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| Jackie: "ARS NCNH" = American Rose Society Northern-California-Nevada-Hawaii District :-) Gregg is ALWAYS a great speaker. Go. Take photos. REPORT BACK! Jeri |
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- Posted by jacqueline3 9CA (My Page) on Sat, Oct 4, 14 at 13:41
| Thanks, Jeri. Burlong is speaking on something like preserving historic gardens (a la Hearst Castle, I presume). I am still an ARS member, because I like getting the magazine, but I am no longer a member of the local chapter in Marin (they have a lovely rose garden, but rip out a majority of the roses every year to put in "new varieties", sigh), but they don't seem to care - no discount for the conference, or lack thereof. I will report back on the talks I go to. Jackie |
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| Oh, then Burling will speak on the Hearst Castle project. That should be great! |
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| I live 20 minutes from san rafael, do you know the price of a ticket to just the conference? I can eat and sleep at home. Must one be an A.R.S. member to attend? I've heard Gregg speak a number of times and I would love to listen to whatever Burling Leong has to say about any rose. Lux |
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| I live 20 minutes from san rafael, do you know the price of a ticket to just the conference? I can eat and sleep at home. Must one be an A.R.S. member to attend? I've heard Gregg speak a number of times and I would love to listen to whatever Burling Leong has to say about any rose. Lux |
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- Posted by jacqueline3 9CA (My Page) on Sat, Oct 4, 14 at 20:44
| Lux, it is being hosted by the Marin Rose Society. If you go to their web site "www.marinrose.org", you will find all of the details, prices, registration forms, etc.etc. I must say they did a good job presenting all of the info in a format that makes it easy to locate the information you are looking for. Jackie |
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- Posted by jacqueline3 9CA (My Page) on Sat, Oct 4, 14 at 20:58
| Additional info - as I said, you can sign up for each day separately, each meal (or not), etc. On Sunday for $20 they offer "garden tours". I inquired which gardens will be on the tour, and just got a reply: 1) The Marin Rose Society Garden at the Art and Garden Center in Ross - this is a very small but pretty rose garden on the property of what used to be a large estate - there is a great antique shop on the property also!, 2) A private garden in Ross belonging to the Scales family, which is said to be amazing - the garden of a Master Gardener (if you have never been to a home or garden tour in Ross, most of the properties are amazing), and 3) the private garden of a garden writer and rosarian in Novato which I am also sure is lovely. Jackie |
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- Posted by mendocino_rose z8 N CA. (My Page) on Sun, Oct 5, 14 at 9:50
| We'll be on our annual anniversary trip tp the Gold Country that weekend. With Gregg and Burling speaking it should be a good conference. Going to private gardens is always a highlight. |
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- Posted by jacqueline3 9CA (My Page) on Sun, Oct 5, 14 at 20:05
| Yes, it is. I thought it was too hot to stand around in gardens, so I did not include the garden tours in my registration. However, I got feedback that I could make that decision on Sat morning when I register for the seminars, so I am hoping that the weather will be a bit more reasonable, in which case I will definitely do the garden tours. Jackie |
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- Posted by jacqueline3 9CA (My Page) on Sun, Oct 12, 14 at 14:45
| Yesterday I went to the all day seminars at this conference. The talks were all great, as I expected. The Marin Rose Society had someone taping all of them, so if you are interested I'm sure you can see them on their web site soon. Interestingly, there were no speakers on topics like "why and how you should spray your roses", or "how to prepare roses for exhibition", or "how to grow roses for exhibition". All of the speakers talked mainly about old roses, but were also interested in modern roses. Very refreshing for an ARS conference! This afternoon I am off to the three gardens which are open as a part of this conference - really looking forward to it. Jackie |
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