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Open house April 27th 2019
Classes at 10am and 1pm with
Guest Speaker Julie Overom Rose Breeder
Our speaker, Julie Overom, grew up in Duluth, MN. She and her husband Steve raised three daughters there. In her spare time, Julie enjoyed gardening and her greatest gardening pleasure came from the roses she grew. As time passed and knowledge grew, she learned to select roses that were better suited for our area than the more traditional but tender and disease-prone Hybrid Tea and Floribunda roses found in most area gardens. Her emphasis was on finding rose varieties selected for good health, which eliminated the need for sprays used to control fungi and insects. In addition to good health, winter-hardiness and the ability to survive Zone 4 and Zone 3B winters without the need for winter protection (no burying/no tipping) was essential. She became one of the early advocates in this area for sustainable rose choices. Armed with this information, she applied to the Minnesota (St. Louis County) Master Gardener program and went through training in 1994. A year later she applied to the University of Minnesota and went on to receive a Master’s degree in Plant Breeding in 2002. She presently lives in northwestern Wisconsin and has been hybridizing roses for over 20 years with an emphasis on developing roses with hardiness and health suitable for growth in USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 3-B. This year, after 6 years of testing, Star Roses/Conard-Pyle is formally releasing Julie’s rose Cherry Frost to the public.
Come out to the farm for some refreshments, snacks and live music! This will be a great time to scope out your plans and pick out your favorite plants for your garden!! See ya there
