Homeshow

PITTSBURGH HOME AND GARDEN SHOW
March 7 through 16, 2008
David Lawrence Convention Center
Strip District, Downtown Pittsburgh

The Pittsburgh Rose Society is once again an active participant in
the gardening experts section of this year's Home and Garden
Show. The annual event, with a estimated 300,000+ attendance,
runs through Sunday March 16. This has in the past proved to be
an excellent venue for us to get out the word about growing roses.

At various assigned times during the show our members will assist
the Bidwell Training center by selling their Pittsburgh grown
orchids. A portion of each sale goes to support the Society. That's
why Dolores is smiling so broadly at the camera while showing
one of the plant offerings at the 2007 show. The specimens are in
flower and should do well, having been grown exclusively at the
Center's Manchester Greenhouse.

The Bidwell garden space, which we share, features 2008 roses,
miniature roses forced into bloom at the Manchester greenhouse
and photographs of the Renziehausen Rose Garden. The theme
of the display is "The Maze of Green". Environmentally friendly
gardening is the thrust of the display.

As last year, anyone who signs up as a new Pittsburgh Rose
Society member will receive a potted miniature rose a thank you
for joining.

Pittsburgh Rose Society

Dolores Howley at the 2007 show. Photo by
David McKibben, Pgh Rose Society