June 16 Column: Spokane Rose Show

The Spokane Rose Show will be held next Saturday (June 22). In addition to having the opportunity to look at breathtakingly gorgeous roses, you’ll get to hear renowned rose hybridizer Ping Lim speak about everyone’s favorite flower. That’s the topic of my column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Renowned hybridizer works to make roses easy, even in cooler climates.

I had the pleasure of interviewing Ping (via phone) for this article and I am really excited to meet him in person! He has done so much work in the field of rose hybridizing in order to produce plants that are easy to grow and hardy.

The Rose Show (including Ping’s talk) is free to attend and will be held at CenterPlace, located at 2426 N. Discovery Place in Spokane Valley. Everyone is encouraged to enter their prized roses into this event.

Here’s the schedule:
– 8 to 10 a.m. is rose exhibit preparation
– 10 a.m. to noon is rose judging
– noon to 4 p.m. is visitor viewing (note that these are the ONLY hours you can view the rose exhibits)
– Ping Lim will speak at 3 p.m.

And, just in case you’re curious about the two photos on this post, the rose at the very top is ‘At Last’ and the rose at the top left is ‘Fourth of July’.

This week’s “Everyone Can Grow a Garden” video is on a topic that is very near and dear to my heart: Garden and bird photography. In it, I show you the equipment I use to take the photos you see on this website as well as in my daily posts on Facebook and Instagram. And I share my tips for getting the best possible photos.