Organic Rose Care; Pruning, Planting & Maintaining
**Events may have been canceled or postponed. Please contact the venue to confirm the event.
Date & Time
Sat, Jan 24 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Address (map)
165 S. Patterson Avenue, Santa Barbara, CA 93111
Venue (website)
La Sumida Nursery
“Rose care is a whole different world with REAL Organic Gardening. You can forget about everything you’ve learned about growing roses in terms of fertilizers, pesticides, epsom salts and soil.” From REAL Organic Gardening by Randy Ritchie, Page 131.
Please join Randy and Norma for their annual class THIS SATURDAY morning at 10am at the wonderful La Sumida Nursery. Norma is an amazing rosarian who tends some of the most beautiful rose gardens in Southern, CA. She will be covering her favorite part of rose care – pruning! You will not want to miss her fantastic HOW TO on rose pruning. It is a one-of-a-kind experience.
Randy brings his years of experience as the composter behind Malibu Compost to discuss creating the optimal soil health for roses and HOW TO use compost teas to control fungal diseases like powdery mildew in the rose garden. Healthy soil creates healthy plants which create healthy gardens and healthy ecosystems that are less likely to suffer from pests and disease.
Together Norma and Randy will share their tips on the optimal protocols for maintaining your beautiful roses. They haven’t used a pesticide, herbicide or fungicide in over 20 years… find out how they’ve been able to accomplish this amazing feat and more in the best hour you will ever spend in upgrading and updating how you care for your roses.
