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The 2009 Annual Oklahoma Horticultural Society Lecture Series

Presents

the internationally renowned author and lecturer,

MICHAEL SHOUP

MICHAEL'S BOOKS WILL BE ON SALE AT THESE EVENTS AND AVAILABLE FOR SIGNING

February 21 , 2009 at the Tulsa Garden Center, 7:00 PM
The lecture time will be 7:00 PM in the Tulsa Garden Center Auditorium, 2435 S. Peoria Speaker: Mike Shoup, owner of the Antique Rose Emporium, in Brenham,Texas Lecture Topic: "The Ultimate Garden Plant - A New Look at Old Roses". Mike will talk about the early days of "the rage of rose rustling", the difference between garden roses and modern exhibition roses. He will show pictures of many of the antique roses that his nursery grows, various garden uses of roses, and their garden companions, antique rose culture, and training. The Power Point Presentation lecture is free and open to the public Mr. Shoup's book on antique roses will be available for sale for $15 and signing after the lecture. The book contains 100 pages of color photos and descriptions of old roses as well as history and cultural information. Light refreshments will be provided and served by The Tulsa Perennial Club members
February 22, 2008 at the OKC Zoo Educational Building, 2:00 PM OHS general meeting at 1:00 PM (Details to come)

February 21 , 2009 at the Tulsa Garden Center, 7:00 PM

The lecture time will be 7:00 PM in the Tulsa Garden Center Auditorium, 2435 S. Peoria

     Speaker: Mike Shoup, owner of the Antique Rose Emporium, in Brenham,Texas

     Lecture Topic: "The Ultimate Garden Plant - A New Look at Old Roses". Mike will talk about the early days of "the rage of rose rustling", the difference between garden roses and modern exhibition roses. He will show pictures of many of the antique roses that his nursery grows, various garden uses of roses, and their garden companions, antique rose culture, and training.

     The Power Point Presentation lecture is free and open to the public

     Mr. Shoup's book on antique roses will be available for sale for $15 and signing after the lecture. The book contains 100 pages of color photos and descriptions of old roses as well as history and cultural information.

     Light refreshments will be provided and served by The Tulsa Perennial Club members

February 22, 2008 at the OKC Zoo Educational Building, 2:00 PM

OHS general meeting at 1:00 PM (Details to come)

Based in Brenham, Texas, Shoup specializes in the hardy survivors that were the subjects of poets and painters of days gone by. For old garden roses are just that: aromatic and visual links to pre-20th century gardens. Displaced by modern roses, such as the labor-intensive but beautiful hybrid teas developed in 1867, old garden roses were forgotten or neglected despite their natural hardiness, versatility, and striking aromas. But thanks to the efforts of a growing number of enthusiasts, many varieties of old garden roses are still around. And additional ones are being rediscovered in the same way Shoup started his own inventory: by visiting old homesteads and cemeteries where the flowers bud year after year untended and often abandoned. (By Julie Cole)