Join rose experts and authors Mike and Angelina Chute for a information-packed talk on how to grow roses successfully.

It is easy to grow beautiful roses in your home garden once you know how. "Six Simple Steps to Successful Rose Gardening" is one of the Chutes' most popular programs because it appeals to every gardener who wants to grow roses. It explains everything you need to know in six easy-to-follow steps that take the mystery out of rose gardening. Mike and Angelina include plenty of tips and personal anecdotes from over twenty years of rose gardening experience that demonstrate how easy it is to grow great roses.

This in-person lecture will be followed by Q&A. Copies of the Chutes' books (Roses for New England: A Guide to Sustainable Rose Gardening and Rose Gardening Season by Season: A Journal for Passionate Gardeners) will be available for sale.

Please register below.

For more information, contact Ann Amaral at aamaral@newportlibraryri.org.

Mike and Angelina Chute are co-owners of RoseSolutions, a landscape consulting company that specializes in roses. They are both certified American Rose Society Master Rosarians. Mike is an accredited ARS horticultural rose judge. They also serve as consultants for both municipal and private rose gardens. Accomplished garden writers, the Chutes’ second book, Rose Gardening Season by Season: A Journal for Passionate Gardeners joins Roses for New England: A Guide to Sustainable Rose Gardening. In addition to their books, the Chute’s were recently Contributing Editors to the American Rose magazine, have written numerous garden articles and authored the chapter “Roses” in the University of Rhode Island Sustainable Gardening Manual. They maintain a web site (www.rosesolutions.net), a blog (www.therosejournal.wordpress.com) and publish a quarterly e-newsletter, The  Northeast Rose Gardener. They were also co-founders and past presidents of the Rhode Island Rose Society. Mike and Angelina maintain an active schedule of lectures and workshops throughout the New England area, including the Boston Flower & Garden Show, the Southeastern Connecticut Home & Garden Show, the Connecticut Flower & Garden Show, the Newport Flower Show, the Maine Flower Show, the RI Home, Flower & Garden Show, landscape and gardening conventions as well as numerous garden clubs and other horticultural organizations.