Sponsored by the Tennessee Rose Society
ROSE EDUCATION DAY
District Rose Show and Six Rose-Growing Seminars
(Information for both novice and experienced growers)
Saturday, September 24, 2011
University of Tennessee Knoxville -- Agriculture Campus – Ellington Bldg.
1:00 PM to 4:30 PM
Fee:
$10
Registration is limited to the first 100 registrants
Rose Show: This district rose show is only available in Knoxville once every seven years!
Outstanding rosarians from Tennessee and Kentucky will compete and exhibit their best roses with the
show open to the public beginning at 1:00 PM. Attendees will see beautiful garden roses that thrive in our climate zone.
Seminars begin at 1:30 PM -- Seminar Speakers are:
Noah Wilson – “Getting Started with Roses” – With 40 years of experience growing roses,
Noah, Master Rosarian and Accredited Rose Judge, will share rose-care advice for beginners. At one time, he grewover 400 roses. He frequently presents “down-to-earth” rose-growing programs to garden clubs, master gardeners, and at local nurseries.
Noah lives in Morristown, TN and is a member of the Holston Rose Society in Knoxville, TN.
Jimmy Moser – “Growing Knockout Roses and Successfully Winterizing all Types of Roses”
– Jimmy is a Master Rosarian and currently grows over 700 roses including hybrid teas, floribundas, climbing roses, miniatures, minifloras, and knockouts. Recently, he helped design a public park with over 100 knockout roses. Jimmy lives in Bartlett, TN and
is a member of the Memphis-Dixie Rose Society.
Tom Stebbins – “Identifying Rose Diseases and Pests” – Tom
will appear as the detective,
Sherlock Holmes, and will conduct a CSI (Crime Scene Investigation) to help the audience
accurately diagnose problems with their roses. Tom is currently the UT Extension Agent with Hamilton County in Chattanooga, TN and previously worked for eight years as the
Plant Disease Diagnostician for Tennessee.
Connie Baird – “Flower Arranging with Roses” – Connie will appear as a Minnie Pearl-like
character, Wilma Wrongfoot -- a thoroughly entertaining and informative character who will instruct and demonstrate techniques in flower arranging. Conner Baird, herself, is a Master Rosarian, a member of the Nashville Rose Society, and the recipient of numerous
flower arranging awards on both the district and national levels.
Susie Epperson – “Fragrant Garden Roses” -- Susie is an ARS Consulting Rosarian, a TN Master
Gardener, and a member of the TN Rose Society in Knoxville. In her formal rose garden in Maryville, she grows 240 roses (mostly hybrid tea roses and several David Austin English roses). She enjoys sharing roses with family members, friends, and neighbors and
always includes several fragrant roses in each bouquet.
Sara Johnson – “Johnson Nursery and Garden Center” – Located in Cookeville, TN, this family
business has been voted one of the top 100 garden centers in the USA for the last 5 years. They have healthy roses galore – thousands of hybrid tea, floribunda, and Knockout Roses. Sara will describe their growing rose business and rose-care products. Sara
is an active member of the Cookeville Area Rose Society.
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Rose Education Day Registration Form
Name: _______________________________________
Address: _____________________________________
Street
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City
State
Zip
Phone: ______________________________________
E-mail: ______________________________________
Make checks payable to:
Tenarky Rose Show
Fee:
$10 Amount enclosed:_________
Mail registration form and payment to:
Elizabeth Alexander
2723 Jericho Road
Maryville, TN 37803
Horticulture Specialist/Master Gardener Coordinator
UT Extension- Plant Sciences
252 Ellington PSB
2431 Joe Johnson Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996
W 865-974-7324
F 865-974-1947
http://mastergardener.tennessee.edu