Event in Central Florida -- Y'all Come!

13 years ago

The Central Florida Heritage Rose Society will be hosting Anita Clevenger for a weekend of roses, April 9 and 10. Anita manages the Sacramento [California] Historic Rose Garden, where she has volunteered for the past eight years. Anita is a Sacramento County Lifetime Master Gardener, and serves on the boards of the Old City Cemetery Committee and the Heritage Rose Foundation. She writes a monthly garden column for three local newspapers published by Inside Publications, and has had photographs and articles published widely, including the Indian Rose Annual, the Heritage Rose Group's Rose Letter, the Heritage Rose Foundation's "Rosa Mundi," and the Cemetery Rose newsletter.

On Saturday April 9, 1:00 pm, Anita will be talking about the Sacramento Historic Rose Garden. That talk will be in the Athletics Conference Room of the Jenkins Field House (gym), on the campus of Florida Southern College, 111 Lake Hollingsworth Drive, Lakeland Florida. That room has its own entrance at the southwest corner of the building, just up the hill from the main college rose garden. After the talk, we'll have refreshments in the college rose garden, which should (fingers crossed...) be in perfect bloom that weekend!

On Sunday April 10, 2:30 pm, Anita will be speaking at the regular monthly meeting of the Central Florida Heritage Rose Society, room 304 of the Jack M. Berry Citrus Building, located at the south edge of that same rose garden. This talk will be about rose rustling in California's gold country. Again, refreshment time will be in the rose garden.

The public is invited at no charge. Campus maps are available at http://www.flsouthern.edu/map/index.htm

You can park anywhere not specifically marked otherwise. Faculty/staff spaces are not enforced on weekends, so they're ok as well. If it's too far to walk, you can call Campus Safety (863-680-4305) and they will send a golf cart for you.

We hope you'll join us! It should be a great weekend of roses and rose fellowship.

For more information, you could contact Malcolm Manners (mmanners@flsouthern.edu).

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sherryocala
13 years ago
Oh, Malcolm, I hope I get up the nerve to make the drive. I would love to meet and listen to Anita. And, of course, you, too, finally!

Sherry

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malcolm_manners
Original Author
13 years ago
Sherry I hope you can make it.
Malcolm
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cemeteryrose
13 years ago
Sherry, I'd love to meet you! When else will we ever have a chance? If I can fly across the country, maybe you can make the drive (how's that for laying on the guilt).
Anita
sherryocala
13 years ago
You couldn't be more right, Anita. I will be there - one day or the other. What a treat!!

Sherry

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cemeteryrose
13 years ago
Hi -
I'm getting excited about coming to speak in Lakeland, and hope to meet a few of you - Sherry, please come!
Anita
sherryocala
13 years ago
I'm coming, Anita, just deciding which day. Our rose society newsletter editor sent out a mass email, so you may have quite a crowd - except that there are also rose shows going on. I'm getting excited, too.

See ya!

Sherry

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malcolm_manners
Original Author
13 years ago
Quick Update: The roses are on schedule to be perfect for this weekend! Flowers are opening right now, with kajillions (and kajillions!) of buds not yet opening. After some hot days, we're back to being cool for a couple days, which I think will help the roses not to be stressed. But the weekend is to be back in the high 80s.

Hope some of you can make it! Should be a great event.

Malcolm
malcolm_manners
Original Author
13 years ago
Remember that the event is THIS weekend! Hope many of you can attend.
Malcolm
jon_in_wessex
13 years ago
Did you mention it's THIS weekend, Malcolm?

Have a great time!

Best wishes,
Jon
malcolm_manners
Original Author
13 years ago
Yes, Jon, it is THIS weekend, not NEXT weekend! But thanks for the reminder!
Malcolm

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