2025/2026 WJRS Calendar of Events
 

In-person meetings are held on the 3rd Saturday of the month at the Maple Shade Municipal building, 200 Stiles Ave. Maple Shade, NJ 08052 in the Senior’s room, 1:00 – 3:00 pm. Virtual meetings are held on the 3rd Wednesday of the month, starting at  7:00 pm.

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(Click Here for Penn-Jersey District Calendar of Events)

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2026 PROGRAMS FOR WEST JERSEY ROSE SOCIETY

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JANUARY 2026- NO REGULAR MEETING. -RELAX AND ORDER NEW ROSES FOR YOUR GARDEN.
 

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 18, 2026- VIRTUAL MEETING AT 7:00 PM. GOTOMEETING VIRTUAL
MEETING AT 7 PM
An invitation will be emailed with the link and invitation. Gaye Hammond “Fertilizer: Right Time, Right
Reason, Right Product” is NOT the typical ARS program given to CRs on plant nutrition. It is a look at the historical development of fertilizers; types of fertilizers on the market, how environmental factors affect the plant’s ability to use fertilizer; when different types of fertilizers are best applied for optimal/economic use; and what can happen to plants with misuse.
Gaye Hammond is the Past President of the Houston Rose Society. She is a life member, of the American Rose Society and currently serves as the Chair of the Membership Committee, a literary judge and has served as the chair of the Development Committee. Since 2002, Gaye has been the study liaison between the Houston Rose Society and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension in connection with the Earth-Kind Rose Research Program, a scientific study originally designed to identify the most carefree disease resistant roses for Southern gardens. With the financial and other support that Gaye was able to secure, Earth-Kind Rose Research has expanded to an international level and is perhaps the largest environmental research study on roses conducted in the U.S. Gaye is also one of the founding
directors of the American Rose Trials for Sustainability, a regional scientific trial whose mission is to identify the hardiest modern roses for specific regions of the country. Gaye is an entertaining speaker and an avid writer of more than 300 articles that have been published in local, state, national and international magazines and newspapers.

 

SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 2026
72nd WEST JERSEY ROSE SOCIETY ROSE SHOW
1 TO 4 PM, MAPLE SHADE MUNICIPAL BUILDING, 200 STILES AVENUE, MAPLE SHADE, NJ 08052​

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