May8, 2008:
The monthly meeting of the Houston Rose Society this month is on Thursday, May 8, 2008. The meeting begins at 7:30 pm at the Houston Garden Center in Hermann Park. Admission is free. The public is welcome.
Baxter Williams has been a member of the Houston Rose Society for 36 years, having served on the Board of Directors for most of that time. He currently serves as Director of the HRS, and as the Director of the South Central District of the ARS, which encompasses rose societies in Texas and Oklahoma, and all but one of the local societies in Arkansas. He and Patsy are American Rose Society Master Rosarians, and Horticulture Judges. Their rose garden has almost 600 bushes of all types.
Baxter is a retired Professional Engineer whose specialty is measurements and remote control, so it is natural to imagine him creating an automated watering system for his and Patsy’s rose garden. Having 28 rose beds, he has automated 21 of them. But what about the other seven beds? And did those beds start out as automated in the beginning? Follow his discussion of how their watering began as a simple one-hose system, and grew into a multi-zone automated system.
He will show you how to “grow” a system in stages. Beginning with simple inexpensive equipment, and modifying it over the years, it is possible to save yourself a lot of work by judicious planning. He will show you many of the pieces necessary to build do-it-yourself watering pipe.
Consulting Rosarian for May is Robin Hough. Come prepared to ask questions.
Grand Prix continues. Bring your best blooms. James and Debbie Laperouse need some competition. Novices - Bring your best blooms.
Feature of the Month: Matched Pair: Two Hybrid Teas, Grandifloras, or Floribunda, same variety, one bloom per stem, no side buds, shown in separate containers.
To read about past programs of the Houston Rose Society, click here.
For directions to the Houston Garden Center, click here.
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