Serving Collin County Rosarians

  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Welcome North Texas Rosarians


The Collin County Rose Society is a non-profit gardening group serving the North Dallas (Texas) metroplex. The society started almost 20 years ago and has been growing ever since. It remains dedicated to the cultivation and spread of information about the best roses in America and the best roses for this area.

The Rose Society is affiliated with the American Rose Society. It is in the ARS South Central District.

Consulting Rosarians,
Judges

The Rose Society's members include 15 American Rose Society certified Consulting Rosarians. Please see the Consulting Rosarians page for a list of CR's and e-mail addresses. Our membership also includes two ARS certified Rose Judges.

Newsletter

The society publishes a full-color, eight-page newsletter, Petals & Thorns, with articles by certified consulting rosarians. We include news of our membership and full-color images of roses.

Garden Tour

The Collin County Rose Society annually hosts a Tour of Rose Gardens. The tour includes some of the most gorgeous gardens in North Dallas and Collin County.

The four images in the right hand column are just a sample of the breathtaking gardens. You may click on the images to read a description of each garden.

Visit the Garden Page to see each individual garden and see YouTube videos about the gardens.

See the Garden Tour Page for complete details.

Monthly Meetings

The Collin County Rose Society meets monthly on the First Friday of the month at the Collin County Community College, Spring Creek Campus. The location is 2800 E. Spring Creek Parkway. The meeting site is Room C-104. The society does not meet in January, July, and August. The society meets for a social at a local restaurant in January. A holiday banquet is the highlight meeting for December.

Monthly Rose Society meetings begin at 6:30 p.m. with a social time and light refreshments. The meeting begins at 7:15 p.m. Programs include speakers, Consulting Rosarians, a members' rose show judged by a ARS Certified Judge, a plant exchange, and a raffle.

How to Join

A membership form is available by left mouse clicking on either one of links below:


What is New Inside!

  • Agee Garden Page: Links to Dallas News article.
  • ARS News Page: ARS Announcements.
  • Consulting Rosarian Page: The Argintine Ants are here!
  • Garden Page: Farmers Branch All America Test Garden featured.
  • Rose Gallery: More than 25 more rose images added.
  • Garden Page: Sandi Goode's garden added.
  • Calendar Page: New Information on Rose Dango.
  • Consulting Rosarian Page: Pest Check by Kimberly Schofield.
  • New Member Page: Page for new members.
  • Links Page: New Roses from Weeks
  • ARS News: New page of ARS News.
  • Mobile Devices: This website has pages specially formatted for your iPHONE (3G), Pocket PC's, Palm, HP IPAQ, AT&T Tilt, or other 3G cell phones. If your device is running Windows CE OS, it will be automatically routed. Otherwise, click on menu item "mobile" at left. These pages will look strange to other browsers.

 

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Affiliated with the American Rose Society

Disclaimer: While the advice and information contained in this web page is believed to be true and correct, neither the authors nor committee members can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The Collin County Rose Society makes no warranty, expressed or implied with respect to the material contained herein.

© 2009 Collin County Rose Society, Plano, Texas


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Farmers Branch All-American Garden

See this garden on the Gardens Page


Can you name this rose?


Earth Kind roses at Farmers Branch


More beautiful roses like this in Farmers Branch


Yellow rose bed at Farmers Branch

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