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,

Texas Master Gardeners from Harris County, Galveston County and Smith County will receive

continuing education credit for their attendance at the event.