Special Events & Garden Talks

Witherspoon Rose Culture frequently gives informative and enlightening talks on roses and rose gardening.  Here are the upcoming talks for 2012.

Charlotte Rose Society, Charlotte NC. January 16, 2012.  6:00 PM - 6:30 PM. Speaker: David Pike.

Master Gardener Symposium, Danville VA. January 19, 2012. 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM. Speaker: David Pike.

Garden Club Talk, Raleigh NC. January 19, 2012. 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM. Speaker: David Strickland.

Patterson Glen Townhome Community, Durham NC. January 28, 2012. 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM. Speaker: David Pike.  

Ahoskie Garden Club, Ahoskie NC. February 1, 2012. 7:30 AM - 1:30 PM. Speaker: David Pike.

Wilmington Garden Show, Wilmington NC. February 4-5, 2012. Speaker: David Strickland.

Charlotte Garden Club, Charlotte NC. February 20, 2012. Speaker: David Pike. 

Southern Spring Show, Charlotte NC. March 2, 2012. 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM. Speaker: David Pike.

Southern Spring Show, Charlotte NC. March 2, 2012. 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM. Speaker: David Pike.

Tabor City Garden Club, Tabor City NC. March 13, 2012. 7:00 pm. Speaker: David Strickland.

Patterson Glen Townhome Community, Durham NC. April 21, 2012. 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM. Speaker: David Pike. 

Garden Club of Gibsonville, Durham NC. May 8, 2012. 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM. Talk and Tour led by David Pike, The Gardens at Witherspoon. 

Lake Forest Garden Club, Durham NC. May 16, 2012. 10-00 AM - 12:00 PM. Talk adn Tour led by David Pike, The Gardens at Witherspoon. 

Johnston Community College, Durham NC. May 16, 2012. 12:30 AM - 2:30 PM. Talk adn Tour led by David Pike, The Gardens at Witherspoon. 

New Hanover Master Gardeners Group, New Hanover NC. May 21, 2012. 10:30 AM. Speaker: David Pike.

 

The Art of Growing Roses

By David V. B. Pike, President of Witherspoon Rose Culture

Be inspired by an artist whose canvas is a rose garden in your backyard.  David will take you through the bed preparation and planting process and give you all of his secrets in keeping your roses looking healthy and beautiful for years to come.  Learn from the quintessential rose professional to grow the nation’s favorite flower, the rose!  And watch David’s hands-on demonstration of that sometimes prickly job of pruning roses.