Rooting new plants from cuttings has been the traditional method of passing along plants for hundreds of years. Gaye Hammond, Past President of the Houston Rose Society and Master Rosarian along with Elisabeth Castro, Chairman for the Texas Rose Rustlers and a Master Gardener will present a root-a-rose workshop showing participants how they can successfully root cuttings in, among other things, a ziploc bag!

The technique is one that works with most plants that will root from cuttings and, in Gaye’s words, “Improved my success rate in getting viable seedlings by 100%!” Not only will you learn the “how to’s” of propagation, more importantly they will share how to tell when things are going wrong and what to do about it.

In addition to the program, there will be a rose cutting exchange. Members are encouraged to bring a bag of cuttings from their garden to share. Please review our September 2026 newsletter for instructions on how to take cuttings. If you wish to participate in the cutting exchange, there are some things you need to bring to the meeting for your own personal use: a box of gallon-size ziploc bags and a black sharpie marker.

ARS Consulting Rosarians (CRs) who attend this meeting will receive one hour of continuing education credit. CRs are required to email president@houstonrose.org by October 8th with their name, email address, and name of their rose society if a member outside HRS in order to receive credit.

We hope to see you on Saturday, October 10th at 2 pm at St. Andrews Episcopal Church located at 1819 Heights Blvd, Houston, TX or on our HRS Facebook Livestream.

To read about past programs of the Houston Rose Society, click here.

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