Katnips Winter-Spring 2012
Tenarky Winter Workshop
2012 TENARKY
Winter Workshop
Speakers Include
Hybridizers Keith Zary, Robbie Tucker, Whit Wells;
Rosarians Carol Shockley, Richard Anthony, Kristine Vance;
Garden Writer-Designer Cindy Shapton
IMPORTANT INFORMATION and REMINDER: THE
CUT-OFF DATE FOR RECEIVING THE GUARANTEED WORKSHOP RATE OF $94
HAS NOW BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL FEBRUARY 6, 2012.
After February 6, the $94 rate will be subject to availability.
When no workshop-rate rooms remain, normal hotel rates would
apply.
Please call 615-261-6100 for reservations at the Franklin Cool
Springs Marriott Hotel. Mention TENARKY
Rose Society to receive the Workshop rate of $94.
The 2012 TENARKY Winter Workshop on Roses will be
held at the Cool Springs Marriott in Franklin, Tennessee, the weekend of
February 17th - 19th, beginning on Friday evening
and concluding at noon on Sunday.
Speakers during the three-day event include:
Keith Zary,
acclaimed rose hybridizer, formerly of Jackson & Perkins, will talk
at the Saturday evening Awards Banquet concerning “The Ever-Changing
(And Shrinking!) World of Roses.” Richard Anthony and
Kristine Vance, dedicated rosarians from the ARS Buckeye District in
Ohio, will share their extensive experience, enthusiasm, and knowledge
of growing and showing roses in the sometimes difficult northern Ohio
locale.
Carol Shockley, noted rosarian and speaker from
Conway, Arkansas, will discuss and show slides of new roses available
from amateur and professional hybridizers.
Whit Wells,
a widely successful breeder of roses from Brighten, Tennessee, will
speak about his creations, prominent among which are named for Nashville
celebrities such as Brenda Lee and the Barbara Mandrell Family, and are
planted in the Nashville Music Garden.
Robbie Tucker,
Nashville’s award-winning hybridizer of miniflora and miniature
roses (mid-size and smaller blooms) will share the latest innovations,
products, and roses available on his popular rosemania.com
website.
Cindy Shapton,
garden designer and writer from Franklin, Tennessee will present an
informative and entertaining talk about roses as one of many “useful and
tasty garden plants.” From her wide gardening experience, she will
describe how “A Rose Isn’t Just a Rose,” but also is “an herb that is
often overlooked for its medicinal, aromatic and culinary properties.”
Bareroot Rose Sale:
During the workshop, 200 time-honored rose bushes (20 varieties of
10 plants each) will be auctioned in a fundraiser sale, donated by
Certified Roses, Inc. of Tyler, Texas. The company is one of the
nation’s largest distributors of classic varieties that are widely grown
by the American public.
Beginning on Friday evening
with Shapton’s gardening presentation, workshop activities include
seminars and lectures during the day Saturday, Zary’s speech Saturday
evening, and a Consulting Rosarian School on Sunday morning, in addition
to the on-going classic-rose sale.
The public is welcomed
to attend this annual weekend event, which includes members of
American Rose Society affiliates in Tennessee, Arkansas, and Kentucky.
The registration form and schedule may be downloaded from the
tenarky.org
website.
Schedule
Registration
