The Ventura County Rose Society will hold its monthly meeting on Thursday, February 20, 2014, at the Ventura County Office of Education Conference Center at 5100 Adolfo Rd., Camarillo.

The doors will open at 6:30 p.m. for advice from Consulting Rosarians and refreshments, and our speaker presentation will begin at 7:30 pm. Please note that this is a change in date to the 3rd. week of February for this month only.

The VCRS meeting will feature Bob Martin, Jr. who will speak about " Tools for Roses You Never Knew You Needed". Mr. Martin has been growing over 350 roses for more than 40 years. He is an American Rose Society Master Rosarian and he is both an Accredited Horticultural and also an Arrangement Judge. Mr, Martin is an author of several books, a hybridizer, and also an Editor on Showing Roses and the Exhibitors Forum. He was awarded the highest medal from the American Rose Society in 2009 for lifetime achievement in growing roses, hybridizing and educating people. He is an excellent speaker and his talk will be very informative and enjoyable.

Visitors are always welcome to our VCRS meetings. For more information contact: Janet Sklar at 818-337-9970 or Dawn-Marie Johnson at 805-523-9003. Our website is http://www.venturarose.org/