2010 Yankee District Rose Society Convention
Friday March 26th - Sunday March 28th 2010
The Taunton Holiday Inn
700 Myles Standish Blvd.
Taunton Massachusetts
(508) 823-0430
~~~ Agenda~~~
Friday March 26th
5:00 - 7:00 PM: Registration in the Hospitality Room
5:00 - 11:00: Hospitality Room open. Cheese and cracker board, munchies, BYOB.
Saturday March 27th
8:00 - 9:00: Registration. Coffee & tea available. Raffle ticket sales open.
9:15 - 10:15: "Identifying and Dealing with the Asian Long Horn Beetle," by Jennifer Forman Orth Ph.D., State Survey Coordinator from the Massachusetts Department of Agriculture.
10:15 - 10:30: Break. Raffle ticket sales, vendors open.
10:30 - 11:30: "Integrated Weed Management: Tips and Strategies for Managing Landscape Weeds," by Randy Prostak, The University of Massachusetts.
11:30 - 12:00: Raffle ticket sales, door prize drawings.
12: 00 - 1:30: Luncheon with speaker. "Meet The Rose Diva!" A program by Laura Denktash, author of "The Rose Cookbook, a Treasury of Rose Recipes From Around the World."
1:45 - 2:45: Highlights of the World Rose Federation of Rose Societies Convention in Vancouver; a slide presentation by our own New England Rose Society member Marlene Norton.
2:45- 3:00: Break, final raffle sales, vendors open.
3:00 - 4:00: "What is New in my Rose Garden?" A panel discussion by the Yankee District's most distinguished Master Rosarians. They will tell us what they do differently now, rather than “back in the day...”
4:00: Raffle drawings.
6:00 - 7:00: Cocktail hour, cash bar.
7:00 - 10:00: Awards Banquet Dinner Buffet. Program: "Austin Roses for New England Gardens," by Joanne Rosman, followed by The Rose Auction.
10:00 -11:00: Hospitality room open (til late if we are not too loud!)
Sunday March 28th
10:00 AM: Yankee District meeting.