New Event Announcement from Travis County Master Gardeners Association:







Everything's Coming up Roses



Saturday, February 27, 2010

9:30-11:30am

Demonstration Garden at AgriLife Extension Office of Travis County

1600 B Smith Rd, Austin TX 78721



Roses aren't just for Valentine's Day - they can bring color and sweet
smells to your garden year round! Come attend this free seminar on
selecting, planting and caring for roses in your garden. Following the
presentation portion of the seminar, a hands-on demonstration of pruning
roses in the Extension Demonstration Garden will take place. We will
discuss site selection, soil amendments, and bed preparations plus showcase
a number of Earth Kind Roses worthy of consideration in your garden. Earth
Kind is a designation given to select roses by the Texas A&M Agriculture
program, indicating the variety has been through rigorous testing and found
to possess a high level of landscape performance and outstanding disease and
insect tolerance/resistance. If you would like to participate in pruning,
please bring pruning shears and garden gloves.



This seminar is free and open to the public. Space is limited so please
call the Travis County Master Gardener's desk at (512) 854-9600 to reserve a
spot. It is presented by the Travis County Master Gardeners Association, a
volunteer arm of the Texas AgriLife Extension Service in Travis County.
http://www.tcmastergardeners.org.