July 17 2005 Hi Rose Lovers July 19 meeting at Government House ------------------------------------ Our July 19th meeting is a Garden meeting 6:30 PM at the Victorian Rose Garden at Government House, 1401 Rockland Ave. in Victoria There will not be a formal meeting and there will be no coffee or snacks. There is little seating available in the garden, we suggest you bring sunscreen and a hat, and something to drink. Park on Rockland Ave, and walk in the second driveway (the exit), the Victorian Rose Garden is on the left as you face the House. We need to be out again by dusk, when the gates are closed. If it is seriously raining at 5:00 PM, go to the Elk Lake Church Hall instead for 7:30 PM meeting Peter Beales seminar --------------------- Thank you to all of the members who helped with the successful Beales seminar. We had 170 paying guests, and filled the David Lam auditorium satisfactorily. Mr. Beales and the C.R.S. were well pleased with the showing, which was the best in Canada. We sold 34 books for Peter Beales, who graciously signed them for everyone who lined up, and the C.R.S. and the Peninsular Rose club will split approximately $1,150 in profit from the event. At the Peter Beales seminar, we welcomed 6 new members to the Peninsular Rose Club. Hello to those of you who are receiving email for the first time. Upcoming events ================= Victoria International Flower and Garden Festival --------------------------------------------------- July 27 - August 1, 2005 Topaz Park, Victoria Blanshard St. between Topaz and Hillside, & S.J. Willis School http://www.flowerandgarden.ca/ We are encouraged to enter roses and other plants in the judged competition. HORTICULTURE COMPETITION - Rose Section Only one container to be used unless otherwise specified, and ALL roses must be named. Division A: Specimen Bloom (disbudded) Rosette awarded for Best Entry 1. One Hybrid Tea, red 2. One Hybrid Tea, white or near white 3. One Hybrid Tea, yellow or yellow-blend ('Peace' should be exhibited in this class) 4. One Hybrid Tea, pink or pink-blend 5. One Hybrid Tea, orange, apricot, or blends of these colours 6. One Hybrid Tea, any other colour (i.e. mauve, russet or red blend) 7. One Floribunda, any colour (one stem, one bloom) 8. One Grandiflora, any colour (one stem, one bloom) Division B: Sprays, at least two blooms open, any colour Rosette awarded for Best Entry 9. One spray, Hybrid Tea 10. One spray, Floribunda or Polyantha 11. One spray, Grandiflora 12. One spray, Miniature 13. One spray, David Austin English Rose 14. One spray, Shrub (other than David Austin) 15. One spray, Climber or rambler, or climbing versions of Hybrid Tea or Floribunda 16. One spray, Old Garden Rose (permissible to show OGR sprays with just one bloom open and buds) 17. One spray, any other modern shrub rose except David Austin Division C: Miscellaneous Roses Rosette awarded for Best Entry 18. Cycle of Bloom, 3 stems of one cultivar, one bud showing colour, one bloom at exhibition state, one full bloom (stamens may show,) in one container 19. Any bloom, in brandy snifter (judged for fragrance; use your own container) 20. Miniature, 1 bloom, afloat in a wine glass (use own container) 21. Bowl of Miniatures or miniflora (use own container) 22. Bowl of Roses, any type or types (use own container) Submit entries, by telephone only, to the Show Secretary, Jean Williams (477-5848) - on Sunday, July 24, and Monday, July 25, between 9:00 a.m. and 10 p.m., and on Tuesday, July 26, between 8:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon. Please provide Section and Division name and Class number for each entry, as well as exhibitor's name and telephone number. No late entries are permitted. PRIZE MONEY: General section: First-place, $5; second-place, $3; third-place, $2. Decorative section: First-place, $10; second-place, $7; third-place, $5. Points awarded toward aggregate. General section: first-place, 3 points; second-place, 2 points; third-place, 1 point; and honourable mention ½ point. Decorative section: first-place, 5 points; second-place, 3 points; third-place, 2 points; and honourable mention, 1 point. Prize money will be paid out at 5:00 p.m., Monday, August 1. Prize money not claimed will be donated to The Land Conservancy. Victoria Dahlia Society ------------------------ Annual Flower and Exhibition Show on Saturday and Sunday, August 13th. & 14th., from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Hillside Mall. We will be attracting exhibitors from all over the Pacific North West. There will be an international team of judges to decide the awards. If you have any questions or need more information please feel free to e-mail me or call me at 652-8390. Graham Rendall, Publicity co-ordinator, VDS. Peninsular Rose Club August 16 Meeting -------------------------------------- Tentatively scheduled for 6:30 PM at Emily Carr House, 207 Government St., Victoria. The Emily Carr house has some unidentified roses in the gardens that we can see if we can identify, and the historical house will be open to us. Peninsular Web Site -------------------- Our web address is http://www.victoriaroses.org and we have some new photos online: Abundance of Bloom, showing off some of the mass of bloom we had this spring and early summer, View Royal 05, a pictorial of the View Royal Garden Club Rose Show for 2005.