Sierra Foothills Rose Society hosts popular winter workshop
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During the hands-on part of a pre-pandemic Winter Rose Care Workshop, Baldo Villegas, right, demonstrates pruning techniques. This year's free workshop will be Saturday at the Orangevale Grange. Masks are required. (Photo: Kathy Morrison)
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Can you prune a full-size rose bush in three minutes – or less? Baldo Villegas can – and he’ll show you how.
Baldo’s super-fast pruning method is one of the highlights of Saturday’s annual Winter Rose Care Workshop, presented by the Sierra Foothills Rose Society. This year’s workshop will be held in a new location: Orangevale Grange Auditorium, 5807 Walnut Ave., Orangevale. Admission is free; no advanced registration necessary.
The new site will allow for more social distancing. To comply with pandemic precautions, participants will be required to wear face masks.
Set for 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 15, the workshop is designed for both new and experienced rose lovers. Learn the basics or refresh your skills.
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Baldo Villegas knows roses -- and their
pests. (Photo courtesy
Sierra Foothills Rose Society)
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At 10 a.m., participants will get a chance at hands-on experience with groups devoted to pruning: hybrid teas and floribundas; old garden roses and polyanthas; shrubs and climbers; and miniatures and mini-floras.
At 10:45 a.m., get ideas on how to incorporate more roses into your landscape. At 11:45 a.m., Baldo – a retired state entomologist and Sacramento’s Bug Man – leads a discussion on controlling pests and disease in the rose garden with time for answering questions. Got a mystery pest? Bring a photo or, better yet, a sample inside a Ziplock-type bag.
Rose questions of all sorts will be welcomed to round out this very full workshop.
Questions? Email Linda Knowles at pathfinderrose@comcast.net.
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