LAUREN ENGLISH Consulting Rosarian

Soloists will perform rose-inspired pieces from classical and contemporary composers starting at 3 p.m. View award-winning roses and photography in the Garden Center Rose Show and cast your vote for the Most Fragrant Rose Contest. Enjoy free family activities (1:30 to 4:00) in the Rose Garden, including food, a children’s art exhibition, balloon art, face painting, and 3,000 roses in the Laura Conyers

Smith Municipal Rose Garden!

If you are a backyard rose grower or amateur photographer of roses, please consider showing your roses and photos! You do not need to be a member of the KCRS to enter, but you must be a member to win a trophy. Entries are accepted for judging on Saturday, June 3, from 8:00 a.m. to noon at the Garden Center. The schedule and rules for the show are posted at www. kansascityrosesociety.org.

I look forward to seeing many of you in the Rose Garden this month. The Laura Conyers Smith Municipal Rose Garden remains the Crown Jewel of our city!