The Rose Society of Greater St. Louis activities
For 2024, unless indicated otherwise below, our regular meetings will be held from 2-4 pm on Sundays at the Commerce Bank Center for Science Education (CBEC) building at 4651 Shaw Blvd (only 3 blocks west of the MO Botanical Garden main campus on the North side of Shaw at South Kingshighway Blvd - click link below) in classrooms 126-127. There is ample parking directly in the lot with close/easy access to the building. Location is directly north and across Shaw from O'Connell's Pub.
Visitors and new members are always welcome.
2024 Calendar of Events
| January 21 | CBEC | New Roses for 2024 (Diane Brueckman) |
| February 18 | CBEC | ARS Program on Soils (Kevin Rogers) |
| March 17 | CBEC | ARS Program on Fertilizer (Kevin Rogers) |
| April 21- Tentative date | Campbell House Museum in downtown St Louis | Hands-on Rose Pruning at the Campbell House Rose Garden |
| May 19 | Gordon F. Moore Park, Alton, IL |
Tour of the Nan Elliot Memorial Rose Garden Tent: picnic to follow (2-5pm) |
| June 16 | Cancelled - no meeting | |
| July 21 - moved to August | Meeting moved to August !!! Summer rose care and Rose Arrangements Class/demo by Ed Yesan | |
| August 18 | CBEC - Rm 119 | Arrangement Class Demo by Ed Yesan -Preparing your roses for the rose show (local ARS judges Mike & Lisa McDonald) |
| September 15 | CBEC | What Rose Judges look for in show roses (Mike & Lisa McDonald) |
| September 28 | MO Botanical Garden - Combined Meeting Room | St Louis 1 day Rose Show Saturday - open for Public viewing about 11 am or as soon as Rose Judging ends |
| October 20 | CEBC | preparing/winterizing your rose beds |
| November | None | No meeting scheduled |
| December 9 - tentative date | Meeting at Campbell House 9 am-11am | Winterize the Campbell House Roses - all welcome to learn and help out! |
| December | None scheduled | No meeting. Happy Holidays! Plan any changes to your garden - order roses for next year |