September is a great month to stop and smell the roses! We are fortunate to have Carolyn Elgar present information about the history and science of fragrance in roses, roses that are noted for their fragrance, factors that influence the release of rose fragrance, and the human factor in detecting it. Carolyn has written at least eight articles on this topic and her presentation will include many photographs.

Carolyn Elgar is a Master Consulting Rosarian and the editor of the Orange County Rose Society newsletter, the Rose Gazette. In the 23 years of her editorship the Gazette has won a number of Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medals in the American Rose Society newsletter competitions. Carolyn's articles in the Gazette have earned more than 100 Awards of Merit from the ARS. Her work has been published in the ARS American Rose magazine several times.

Carolyn edited the American Rose Society Annual in 2020 and won Outstanding Consulting Rosarian for the Pacific Southwest District the same year. She was a member of the ARS committee that reviewed and rewrote parts of the Consulting Rosarian Manual that was reissued in 2021.

Consulting Rosarians who attend this meeting will receive one hour of continuing education credit. CRs are required to email president@houstonrose.org by September 10th with their name, email address, and name of their rose society if they are a member outside HRS in order to receive credit.

This is a Zoom Only Meeting. Please join us on Saturday, September 12th at 2 pm on Zoom Webinar. Registration is required by September 10th for Zoom Webinar and you will need a free personal Zoom account to register at HRS September 2026 Meeting Zoom Registration.

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4LpSpCAXRemLvXzubfatAw#/registration

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