ENGLISH COTTAGE GARDENS Teresa Byington’s Bloom Thyme Cottage Gardens weaves together her love of roses from heirlooms to the most modern shrubs and their garden companions. She has planted 120 roses alongside annuals, herbs, shrubs, trees, perennials and a few veggies. Teresa’s garden was recently featured in Garden Gate Magazine’s January 2022 edition, The American Rose Society Nov/Dec edition, and Midwest Living in June of 2023.

Teresa's program will include tips and tricks for creating a cottage garden or adding cottage garden elements to your garden and a tour of her garden. She will also make recommendations on plants that work well in a cottage garden setting. She is an active member of the American Rose Society and the Indianapolis Rose Society. She is a Consulting Rosarian, Master Gardener, Former President of the Indianapolis Rose Society and winner of the Bronze Medal. Teresa serves currently on the Board of the Indianapolis Rose Society as their Website and Social Media Chairman. Her blog, TheGardenDiary.com tells of her adventures in the garden and in life, as well as promotes roses as an integral part of her cottage garden. She is also the host of the Rose Chat podcast, dedicated to all aspects of growing roses and you can find her on the Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/@TeresaByington.

Teresa is now the proud owner of the beautiful mini-shrub Petite Peach. A sport of Petite Pink was found in her garden in 2019. Since then, Petite Peach has been on a wild ride that has resulted in a Patent (2023) and recipient of the 2024 ARS Award of Excellence in the no spray division.

Consulting Rosarians who attend this meeting will receive one hour of continuing education credit. CRs will be required to sign a registration form at the meeting or email president@houstonrose.org prior to the meeting with their name, email address, and name of your rose society if outside HRS in order to receive credit.

This is one program that you will not want to miss. Please join us from the comfort of your home and office with Zoom by clicking on the link below: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84255031373?pwd=gqlKcpXDP8nExRxCVM685cvWZIhegt.1

Also, you can open the web page for zoom.us and manually enter the meeting id and password listed below:

Meeting ID: 842 5503 1373
Passcode: 882464

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