The 2020 Executive Committee of the Nashville Rose Society was announced at the December 8, 2019, meeting and Christmas dinner.
The next term of the Society president position will be co-lead by Ron Daniels and John Wendler. By sharing the responsibility of president, Ron and John will be able to bring even more leadership to the Society and to the rose community in Nashville.
Danielle Hahn, founder and owner of Rose Story Farm, and honored in 2014 with the Great Rosarian of the World Award
Note new time!! The February 2, 2020, meeting of the Nashville Rose Society will be held in Massey Hall at Cheekwood at 1:00. Danielle Hahn, founder and owner of Rose Story Farm in Carpinteria, CA, will be our speaker.
Danielle will discuss the evolution of Rose Story Farm from its beginning in 1998 with 1000 rose bushes to the premier boutique rose garden grower in the U.S. with 30,000 rose bushes of over 300 varieties. She will also offer tips on rose garden design as well as how to create beautiful floral arrangements with roses.
Rose Story Farm® began in 1998, when Danielle Hahn and her husband Bill decided to try growing 1000 rose bushes on a half acre of their lemon and avocado farm.
Danielle has been featured in Better Homes & Gardens, Oprah Magazine, Martha Stewart Living, Sunset, Veranda, the Wall Street Journal and other publications as well. She has had articles published in the Annual Review of the American Rose magazine. In 2014, Danielle was honored with the Great Rosarian of the World award, joining an elite group of recipients including David Austin (UK), Peter Beales (UK), Wilhelm Kordes (Germany) and Alain Meilland (France). This award honors men and women who have made significant contributions to the cultivation and appreciation of roses.
For more information on Rose Story Farm, visit their website.
Click here for the press release announcing this event.
The Inman Center is the beautiful big center building facing Wedgewood that has the circular drive in front of it. There is a parking garage for it up the small drive to the left if you face the building (also a sign saying Inman Center Parking on that drive). Inman parking is to the right clearly marked. There are elevators just as you come into the garage with unloading space in front of them. Visitor parking is to the left. Take the elevators to the 4th floor and turn right when you get off. Our meeting room is there. There will be a cart available if you need it to carry things in. So easy access and a wonderful meeting place. Thanks so much Belmont!
The Society will provide ham and turkey. Members are asked to bring a covered dish. There will be Dirty Santa gifts with a limit of $20.
Allie Heard, a superb pianist and a student at Belmont’s School of Music, will be playing Christmas carols during the party. To hear her play, check out allieheardmusic on Youtube.
Jason Reeves, Curator of UT Gardens JacksonThe November meeting of the Nashville Rose Society is back at the usual time and usual place – 2:00pm – 4:00pm at Cheekwood. Our speaker is Jason Reeves, horticulturist at UT and the curator of the UT Garden at Jackson. Jason will speak on”A Year in the Garden”. He will give tips and techniques on garden care and maintenance as well as top-performing plants for each season.
Jason grew up not far from the West TN AgResearch and Education Center on a farm in rural Carroll County near Huntingdon, Tennessee. As a college student, he interned at the Opryland Conservatories in Nashville and the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis. He received his Masters in Ornamental Horticulture and Landscape Design from UT in 1999. After school, Jason worked at the famed Longwood Gardens, the former estate of Pier DuPont (of the chemical company) near Philadelphia. He also traveled to New Zealand, where he worked and lived at Palomia Gardens for four months. Recently, Jason was named Contributing Editor at Fine Gardening magazine.
Jason’s major projects at this Research Center include developing the grounds, improving the plant collection, and conducting research on herbaceous and woody ornamentals.
There is not a monthly meeting in January, but there are still plenty of ‘rosey’ tasks to be done!
The Nashville Rose Society Annual Christmas Party will be held in the Frist Lecture Hall at 