Mark your calendars: There will be free “How to Grow Roses” seminars on April 30th at the Lowe’s home improvement stores around the United States.
The seminars are sponsored by Lowe’s, Bayer Advanced, Jackson & Perkins Roses, and the American Rose Society. The seminars will run from 9AM to 1PM except in Tampa and Southern California.
The expert rosarians running these seminars will offer useful tips on which selecting and growing roses in your area. They will also answer any questions you have about growing roses. Check the Rose Day America 2005 webpage for more details. If you attend a seminar, pick up an application to join a rose society.
Lowe’s Garden Club
Lowe’s has a wonderful online gardening site called the Lowe’s Garden Club that’s worth visiting. Be sure to bookmark this page when you visit the website because you may have trouble finding it again.
One of the best features of the Lowe’s Garden Club is the monthly gardening advice that is customized by region. Just click your location on a hardiness zone map to get information tailored to your area.
The online interactive Landscape and Garden Planner is fun to use and generates a layout of your dream garden that you can print for future reference. Start with the easy to understand tutorial and then launch the garden planner.
Some of the features of the Garden Club require free registration. While you are on the Lowe’s website subscribe to the free Garden Club News.
I noticed that the local Lowe’s (Coon Rapids, MN) will be offering a “Select and Care for Container Roses” workshop each Saturday in May at 11AM. The same workshop may be available in your area.
