Society Meetings: 7:00 pm social time, program starts at 7:30 pm on fourth Mondays (except summer or holidays), Mounts Botanical Garden, 531 N. Military Trail, West Palm Beach OR online via Zoom. (Zoom link emailed to members before meetings.)

Upcoming Programs and Events


  • Sept 28, 2026 - GPBRS Meeting at Mounts Botanical Garden and Zoom, EARLY START 6:30 pm. Special Presentation: “PERFUME: The Story of Rose and Other Fragrances” with international Master Rosarian Mike Becker.

  • Oct 2-5, 2026 - ARS National Convention & Rose Show, Nashville, TN. Info & Registration: https://medleyofroses.org/

  • Oct 23, 24, 25, 2026 - Deep South District Fall Convention & Rose Show "Kick Up Fun with Roses", Gainesville, FL.

    • Society Meetings: 7:30 pm on fourth Mondays (except summer), Mounts Botanical Garden, 531 N. Military Trail, West Palm Beach OR online via Zoom. (Zoom links emailed to members before meetings.)

    Upcoming Programs and Events


  • January 6, 2024 - White Flower Farm Trip, Saturday 10:30 am to 12:30 pm. $15/person. In Jupiter, FL. MORE INFO & REGISTER HERE

  • January 19 - 21, 2024 – Deep South District Mid-Winter Meeting: “Romancing the Rose”. Best Western Gateway Grand Hotel, Gainesville, FL. 2024 Midwinter Invitation Letter | 2024 Mid-Winter Registration Form.

  • January 22, 2024 - GPBRS Meeting at Mounts Botanical Garden, 7:30 pm. Program: Pruning: Live demonstration, bring your rose bushes!

  • February 10/11, 2024 - Plant-a-Palooza Winter Plant Sale at Mounts Botanical Gardens, Saturday: open to public 9 am - 4 pm; Sunday: open to public 9 am to 3 pm. Winter Sale Info

  • February 26, 2024 - GPBRS Meeting at Mounts Botanical Garden, 7:30 pm. Program: The Rose Geek, Kimberley Dean!

  • March 25, 2024 - GPBRS Meeting at Mounts Botanical Garden, 7:30 pm. Program: TBD.

  • April 13, 2024 (Saturday) Rose Garden Tour! Tickets available at meetings or on the Tour.

    • Wilkinson’s South FL Rose Fertilizer Program

    Back in 2007, Ken Wilkinson shared his Rose Fertilizer program at a Rose Growing class in West Palm Beach. He had hand written his program, copied it and passed it out. Here it is, exactly as he wrote it back then. Back then, Ken and Debbie had about 90 some odd roses in their garden….

    Wilkinson’s Fertilizer Program

    • Milorganite: Every month. Everything in the ground and all roses in 25 gal. pots. 1 cup per bush (HTs, Floribundas, OGRs, Shrubs, Climbers, Mini-Floras). All mini’s in 10 gal. pots 1/2 cup.
    • Alfalfa Meal or Pellets: Every January and mid August. 1 cup per large bush and 1/2 cup per mini.
    • Bone Meal: Every January. 3/4 cup per large bush, 1/4 cup per mini.
    • Fish Meal: March and September. 3/4 cup per large bush, 1/4 cup per mini.
    • Black Cow (Composted Manure): Every February. 2 big shovels for each large bush, 1 shovel for each mini.
    • 12-6-8 Rose Special (chemical): May, June, July, August, December. 1/2 cup per large bush, 1/4 cup per mini.
    • Bloom Buster (12-55-6) or something similar and Fish Emulsion: March 1, 21, April 15, October 1, 21, November 15. Using 2 gal. watering can, 2 Tablespoons Bloom Buster, 2 Tablespoons Fish Emulsion. 2 gal. per large bush, 1 gal. per mini. Most of it right down the middle of each bush. Water all plants GOOD the day before using this.

    Used with permission.