SOUTH CENTRAL DISTRICT
WINTER WORKSHOP
& ARS CONSULTING
ROSARIAN SCHOOL*
Sponsored by the Houston
Rose Society
Friday/Saturday, January 18 - 19, 2002
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Friday evening, January 18, 2002
Doubletree Club Hotel, 2828 Southwest Freeway
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Orientation
/ Cocktail & Dessert Reception
Saturday, January 19, 2002
Houston Garden Center, 1500 Hermann
Drive
8:00 - 8:45 Registration
8:55 - 9:00 SCD News & Update (Eddie Garcia. ARS SCD
District Director)
9:00 - 9:15 About the Consulting Rosarian Program/Mission
(Baxter Williams, SCD Consulting
Rosarian
Chair; President Houston Rose Society)
9:15 - 10:15 Soil & Their Modification (David Reed,
Ph.D., Texas A&M University)
10:15 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 11:15 Insects - Good/Bad; Common Rose
Diseases & Their Control (Mary Fulgham, ARS
Environmental
Committee & Chair of Houston's Consulting Rosarian Program)
11:15 - 12:00 Common Irrigation Systems & Their
Construction (Bert Wheeler, ARS Regional Director)
12:00 - 12:30 Lunch
12:30 - 1:15 Chemicals and Their
Safe Application (Howard Walters, ARS President Emeritus)
1:15 - 2:00 Soil
Amendments - A Natural Approach (Peter Cangelosi, San Jacinto Environmentals)
2:00 - 2:15 Break
2:15 - 3:00 Horizon Roses: New Varieties Coming onto the
Market (Tom Carruth, Weeks Roses)
3:00 -
3:30 Questions & Answers
(Baxter Williams, SCD Consulting Rosarian Chair)
For those
wishing to take the Consulting Rosarian exam, the exam will be administered at
the conclusion
of the
program.
$20.00 per person if registered prior to December 29, 2001
$25.00 per person after December 29, 2001
Workshop fee includes appetizer/dessert reception, lunch, beverages
& information packet
Seating is Limited to First 150 Registrants
For information call: Gaye Hammond 713-236-2600 or visit our website
www.houstonrose.org
(*) This program qualifies as
an official American Rose Society Consulting Rosarian School. Additionally,
continuing education
credit for their attendance at the event.