Join Us For Our 2nd Annual

RoseDango - A Celebration of Roses
October 17th & 18th

UPDATE: The RoseDango Seminars and Chambersville Heritage Rose Garden tours on Saturday were a smashing success!! Please join us SUNDAY morning at:

The Rose Gardens of Farmers Branch
Gussie Field Watterworth Park Pavilion
2610 Valley View Lane
Farmers Branch, Texas

RoseDango - A Celebration of Roses is an informative and exciting event where you will hear about and see for yourself all the secrets of growing roses. Rosarians, rose enthusiasts and all novice rose growers are welcome and will have the opportunity to exchange information and see firsthand the gardens at Farmers Branch and Chambersville Heritage Rose Garden.

RoseDango - A Celebration of Roses features guest speakers Marilyn Wellan and Stephen Scanniello, this year's Great Rosarians of the World (GROW) honorees, as well as, Mike Shoup, author and owner of the Antique Rose Emporium and Dennis Jones, President of the Fort Worth Rose Society. Actively involved in local, national and international rose societies, Mr. Scanniello, author and current president of the Heritage Rose Foundation and Ms. Wellan, past president of the American Rose Society, have been honored for their work promoting the love of roses and bridging the gap between two major approaches in the hobby; Modern Roses and Old Garden Roses. Mike Shoup, a Texas Rose Rustler, has long promoted the preservation and use of Old Garden Roses. As the former Rose Gardener at the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens, Dennis Jones has cared for over 2,000 roses and promotes an earth friendly approach to rose gardening.

RoseDango - A Celebration of Roses will kick off Saturday with presentations at the McKinney Performing Arts Theater, followed by tours of the Chambersville Heritage Rose Garden. On Sunday, the event will move south to Farmers Branch and will feature garden tours, a rose pruning clinic by Mike Shoup and much more. The event concludes with the Dallas Rose Society's Fall Rose Show at the Farmers Branch Senior Center. The show will be open to the public from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.