Sustainable Roses for New England Gardens
Roses for New England: A Guide to Sustainable
Rose Gardening
A companion Power Point program to our book - Also available as a 2-hour workshop
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We enjoy sharing our knowledge and experience about growing great roses and offer unique programs for your group, organization, or fund raiser. We give programs at garden clubs, flower shows, conventions, symposiums, garden centers, nurseries and private businesses as well as seminars for Master Gardeners, classes for adult education and workshops to the general public. No matter how large or small your group, you’ll learn everything you need to know about growing and caring for roses through our informative and entertaining programs. All programs are 50-minutes long unless otherwise noted and include time for questions and answers. Hands-on workshops on planting, pruning, and rose propagation are also available.  (Picture at left is Mike at the Chet Clayton Sustainable Rose Garden at the University of RI instructing Master Gardeners on pruning climbers.).

Contact mike@rosesolutions.net for more information and fees

Choose from one of our entertaining and educational PowerPoint programs listed below. (Most of our programs can also be presented as a lecture only without PowerPoint.)

Sustainable Roses for New England Gardens

Roses for New England: A Guide to Sustainable Rose Gardening

Rosology 101

Planting and Pruning

The Secret to Selecting Garden Roses

Beyond the Basics

Sustainable roses are winter hardy varieties that possess above-average disease resistance and require little or no chemical pesticides to remain healthy and attractive. Sustainability has become a primary hybridizing objective with all major rose growers who are introducing eye catching, resilient, free blooming roses each season. This lecture and PowerPoint presentation identifies sustainable varieties in many colors and growth habits that can be implemented into any home garden. You’ll be amazed at the choices of sustainable rose varieties that exist and our program includes photographs of many of these roses. (Available as a 50-minute lecture or a two-hour seminar.)

Roses for New England is a special lecture and PowerPoint presentation based on our book, Roses for New England: A Guide to Sustainable Rose Gardening (Forbes River Publishing). If you are a rose-lover who yearns to learn how to grow hardy, healthy and disease resistant roses in your home garden, this program is for you. It specifically addresses the merits and challenges of rose gardening in New England. Novice rose gardeners will find everything they need to know to successfully grow roses and experienced gardeners will utilize this program as a ready reference to enable them to grow better roses. Our book is the companion reference to this program and will be available to purchase.

It’s easy to grow beautiful roses in your home garden once you know how. Rosology 101 explains everything you need to know including six easy-to-follow steps that take the mystery out of rose gardening. Included are plenty of tips from a master rosarian that demonstrate how easy it is to grow great roses. (Available as a 50-minute lecture and a two-hour seminar)

This in-depth program focuses on planting and pruning, two of the frequently misunderstood aspects of rose horticulture. It provides an easy to understand, step-by-step approach on the right way to plant roses in New England and the proper pruning techniques for different rose classes.

Learn the important first step in planting a rose garden. This PowerPoint presentation explains the different grades and types of roses, their growth habits and how to choose the best varieties for New England gardens. The program includes recommendations of hardy, sustainable roses as well as loads of rose gardening tips that show how easy it is to grow healthy and attractive roses.

This comprehensive seminar goes beyond basic rose gardening and explores both the science and the art of growing healthy, robust roses. It concentrates on rose horticulture including the importance of soil, water and nutrients. Learn advance methods of insect and disease control, guidelines for plant selection, pruning techniques to build plants and increase blooms, proper planting practices plus loads of rose gardening tips. (This can be a two or three hour seminar.)

We provide the lap top and digital projector for all PowerPoint programs.
You provide the screen and a table for the lap top.