A Fall Golden Celebration Rose blooms at the Sequim Botanical Garden. Photo by Renne Emiko Brock

Rose-pruning time at Carrie Blake garden

SEQUIM — It’s time to prune roses to get them ready to bloom their best and have the best health, according to the Sequim Botanical Garden Society.

The group offers a “Work to Learn” at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Terrace Garden — located near the bandshell in Carrie Blake Community Park — and led by longtime volunteer Lee Bowen.

Attendees are encouraged to come with clippers and gloves, see a demonstration from Bowen, and get practice under the direction of him and other garden volunteers.

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The gardens are located at the Water Reuse Demonstration Site just north of Carrie Blake Community Park. Enter at the Fir Street entrance, park in the lot there, and walk across the footbridge to the Terraced Gardens. The roses are located at the first staircase, and the demonstration will take place there.

From spring to fall, “Work to Learn” parties are an opportunity for novice and seasoned gardeners to volunteer together. Bring gardening gloves, tools, sunscreen and hats. Attendees also can attend to listen, watch and mingle with other members of the community.

Yellow signs will show the way to parking near the Water Reuse entrance and near the bandshell in the park.

The group is a volunteer partner with the City of Sequim and a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization providing information and a visual demonstration of what can be done in home gardening with research-based horticultural practices.

For more information, contact the SBGS president Dona Brock at brockdl88@gmail.com or 360-460-8865, and find SBGS at fb.me/Sequim BotanicalGarden or SequimBotanical Garden.org.

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