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August 2012 President’s Message Our thanks to Fred Spicer, Executive Director of the Birmingham Botanical Gardens for speaking to our group at the July meeting. It was exciting to hear some insights into the plans that are underway at the gardens. A great time was had by all at the Helena Market Days event this past month. We had an opportunity to meet a lot of people who had an interest in roses. So many were amazed that the blooms on display were actually grown in local gardens. We were able to offer growing tips and advice. I hope this will be the beginning of what will become a commitment by this society to engage the public in a discussion about roses and thereby increase interest growing roses as well as our membership.
Chris VanCleave @ Helena Market Days Event
Planning for the coming year well underway. Sharon Bamberg, 1st Vice President of our society has been busy lining up speakers and events for us this fall. Be sure and join us this month for our monthly meeting. We’ll be talking about the coming year and also about some new programs that we might want to consider. Christopher R. VanCleave
President, Birmingham Rose Society
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