San Diego Rose Society - Monthly Meeting at Balboa Park

Name: San Diego Rose Society - Monthly Meeting at Balboa Park
Start: 2026-01-26T18:30:00-08:00
End: 2026-01-26T20:30:00-08:00
Location: Casa del Prado

Schedule

Mon Jan 26 2026 at 06:30 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

Casa del Prado | San Diego, CA

Happy New Year, everyone! We hope all of you are looking forward to a 2026 full of roses and informative rose events. Our January meeting will start at 6:30 p.m. with refreshments in room 101 at the Casa del Prado. Feel free to bring snacks and desserts to share! There will be no Little Rose Show until April, but there will be a Consulting Rosarian’s Corner plus a Rose Auction and a Raffle. Our speaker will begin at 7:00 p.m.
This New Year our first speaker will be Gerry Mahoney. Gerry and her husband Dave hail from Arizona and have been long time friends of SDRS. Gerry will be speaking on ‘How Modern Roses Came from the Old Garden Roses’ and some of the good and not so good things about this process. Please join us in the New Year. We are so grateful to Gerry and Dave for making the long journey from Arizona.
For over 25 years, Gerry Mahoney has judged Horticulture, Arrangements or Photography throughout the Pacific Southwest, the Pacific Northwest, Nevada, California, Nevada, and Hawaii, and the Rocky Mountain District as well as District and National Rose Shows for the American Rose Society. She has also written rose care articles for the local society newsletter, as well as for the Pacific Southwest District newsletter and the ARS publication “The Rose”. She also answers rose questions directed to the Facebook pages for The Rose Society of Glendale as well as The Phoenix Rose Society.
From 2006 to 2012, she, along with her husband, served as the Pacific Southwest District Garden Awards Co-Chairs and from 2012 to 2018 they have served as the District Consulting Rosarian Co-Chairs. From 2018 to 2021 they served as the National Consulting Rosarian co-chairs. Gerry and her husband have received the PSW District Outstanding Consulting Rosarian award (2009), and the Bronze Medal as well as the American Rose Society Silver Medal. She has served as speaker for numerous Consulting Rosarian schools and seminars as well as Horticultural Judging seminars. Gerry has assisted with several arrangement workshops and arrangement judges schools. At present Gerry is serving as the Pacific SW District Chair for Arrangement Judges. She is willing to travel to give presentations and happy to help local societies wherever possible.
Gerry has served as president for several of the Arizona rose societies - the Arizona West Valley Rose Society of Glendale, and The Phoenix Rose Society. She has also been rose show chair for 3 of the local societies and Gerry has assisted the Tucson Rose Society with their rose show arrangement section. As well as being a Consulting Rosarian for the American Rose Society, Gerry and her husband have started “A Bed of Roses” – a business that helps people care for their rose gardens.
Prior to this month’s meeting, there will be another silent auction of five roses. They are in 1- to 5- gallon containers. Come early before the meeting starts and place your bids for these wonderful roses. There will be a sheet of paper in front of each rose with details of the rose along with a photo of the bloom. If you want to bid on a rose, just write your name or the last four digits of your phone number and your bid amount on the sheet of paper. Each bid must increase by at least one dollar from the last bid. If you are unable to attend the meeting, you can give your name and your highest bid to a fellow member who would be attending and that person can bid for you. This is a fun and competitive event! Come and join in and take home a special rose!
Directions to Casa del Prado, Room 101: The Casa del Prado building is immediately west of the Natural History Museum. Entrances to the Casa del Prado lead to an inner court. The rooms are accessible from the court. Room 101 is downstairs on the east end of the court.