Friends of the Rogerson Clematis Collection Events Schedule — Summer and Fall 2013

A schedule of events is like a garden; it needs to be walked through often.

June 23, 3:00 – 5:00 PM: HPSO Gen(i)us Program with Maurice Horn and Linda Beutler SOLD OUT
HPSO has a double-header program! Linda Beutler (Curator of the Friends of Rogerson Clematis Collection) and Maurice Horn (Joy Creek Nursery) share their thoughts on one of many threads that make up the rich tapestry of the genus Clematis. Join them as they explore The Legacy of Clematis integrifolia.
Multnomah Arts Center (See HPSO website for details)
Doors open at 2:30 p.m. Program begins at 3 p.m.
SOLD OUT, but anyone may visit the FRCC gardens and buy plants from 5 to 8 pm (see next entry)
Contact: HPSO office
Phone: (503) 224-5718
Email: events@hardyplantsociety.org

June 23, 5:00 – 8:00 PM: FRCC Open Garden and Joy Creek Nursery Plant Sale
YOU MAY ATTEND THIS OPEN GARDEN AND PLANT SALE EVEN IF YOU DID NOT ATTEND THE HPSO PROGRAM
An evening in the FRCC botanical gardens with both Joy Creek Nursery and the FRCC selling plants! As a continuation of the HPSO Gen(i)us Program listed above, Joy Creek Nursery and FRCC will be selling plants from 5 - 8 PM at the Collection at Luscher Farm, all are invited; no charge and no registration.
Contact: Susan Toler sst0916@hotmail.com (preferred) or 503-642-5528 and leave a message.

June 29, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM: Garden Conservancy HPSO Open Garden Day at the Rogerson Clematis Collection at Luscher Farm (More information coming)
Anytime you visit the FRCC gardens, there are always lovely treasures to find. Bring your camera, volunteer half the day and enjoy the rest. Five other gardens will be open in addition to the Rogerson Clematis Collection.
Contact: Susan Toler sst0916@hotmail.com (preferred) or 503-642-5528 and leave a message.

July 13, 9:00 - Noon: Garden Maintenance and Summer Pruning Workshop at the Rogerson Clematis Collection
Register through Lake Oswego Parks and Recreation, or FRCC members may pay at the door.
Mark your calendars now for a very informative morning in the Rogerson Clematis Collection botanical garden learning how to cut back clematis and companion perennials in the summer in preparation for sensational autumn re-bloom. The collection’s curator, Linda Beutler has all the experience to help even the most timid learn to cut back clematis with great confidence.
Contact Linda Beutler: clematis@ipns.com

July14, 10:00 -4:00: FRCC Open Garden for HPSO (Bastille Day)
Walking through the Rogerson Clematis Collection is a wonderful way tosee how beautiful the collection is. Docents will be on hand to answer questions, and since it is Bastille Day, the curator will no doubt plant herself under a shrub somewhere with a bottle of bubbly. Vive la France! Plants will be for sale.
Contact: Susan Toler sst0916@hotmail.com (preferred) or 503-642-5528 and leave a message.

July 17, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM: Plant Propagation Workshop. FRCC Members only at the Rogerson Clematis Collection at Luscher Farm
Learn semi-hardwood cutting propagation and plant division techniques, led by FRCC curator Linda Beutler. Class size is limited. $10.00 per person, patrons take this class for free! (Yes, the class is really in the evening.)
Contact Linda Beutler: clematis@ipns.com

July 26 & 27: Hot For Hibiscus at Heavy Petal Nursery, Moses Lake, WA
This is a great event to include in your visit to central/eastern WAshington. Linda, our FRCC curator, will take our show on the road, selling clematis and providing hands-on demonstrations of planting ans pruning techniques. Stop by, you will not be disappointed; this is Washington’s summer gardening gala. Visit
www.heavypetalnursery.com for hours and list of other plant and art vendors.

August 24, 10:00 – 4:00: FRCC Open Garden for HPSO
Once again we have an opportunity to show off the Rogerson Clematis Collection botanical garden to HPSO members. Visit again to see what is in bloom, and what is reblooming! In a clematis garden, there is never a dull moment! Plants for sale and docents on hand to answer questions.
Contact: Susan Toler sst0916@hotmail.com (preferred) or 503-642-5528 and leave a message.

August 16, 5:00 – 8:00 PM: Members’ Appreciation Picnic at Luscher Farm
You are invited to join us for this annual event to thank you for your wonderful help that makes FRCC possible. We will have time to walk around the gardens at five before meeting under the Beech Tree for light refreshments at six. Interns are invited as you provide such significant input during the year. Significant others are also welcome.
Contact: Marcia Apperson marciaapp@aol.com or 503-297-3535

September 7, 10:00 – 4:00 at FRCC Garden and Greenhouse: Luscher Farm Open House
In the spirit of Luscher Farm Open House, FRCC joins with the other farm partners to offer tours and there will be clematis for sale!
Contact: Susan Toler sst0916@hotmail.com (preferred) or 503-642-5528 and leave a message.

September 7: HPSO Fall Plant Fest PCC Rock Creek Campus
Program: 9:30 – 11:00 with David Salman, High Country Gardens, Santa Fe, NM
Plant Sale: 11:00 – 5:00 featuring great plants for fall planting, free entry, including FRCC’s clematis
Contact: Susan Toler sst0916@hotmail.com (preferred) or 503-642-5528 and leave a message.

October 1: Salem Hardy Plant Society
7:00 PM Salem Heights Community Hall
3505 Liberty St. S
Salem, OR
The Curator of the Rogerson Clematis Collection, Linda Beutler, will be speaking and selling plants at this SHPS meeting.

October: FRCC Annual Meeting TBA

November: Seed Starting Workshop TBA
Held at the Luscher Farm greenhouse. Learn how to collect clematis seeds and propagate them at our annual Seed Starting Workshop. All materials are provided. The cost is $10.00 for regular members (free to patrons). You can pay the registration fee at the door. The emphasis is on collecting seeds from species. (If you are interested in starting hybrid seed - any seed from large, flowered hybrids - you will need to bring your own seed.)
Contact: Linda Beutler: clematis@ipns.com

ONGOING MEMBER EVENTS AT THE FRCC COLLECTION AT LUSCHER FARM

Every Friday from 9:30 - 1:30. Work on the collection at Luscher Farm, both in the garden and in the greenhouse. It’s a great way to learn from the experts.
Contact: Donna Soderberg: 971-219-2504 or djwwjd7610@aol.com

Docent Day is every fourth (4th) Wednesday 10:00 – 1:30. Learn how to lead visitors through our Botanical Gardens & greenhouse at the Rogerson Clematis Collection.
Contact: Susan Toler 506-642-5528 or sst0916@hotmail.com

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Celebrate the New Paths and Rock Walls at the Collection

Thanks to a $10,000 grant from the Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust and the generous support of the City of Lake Oswego, we recently added several hundred square feet of new paths, along with a series of rock walls around the planting beds in the Orchard Garden at our botanical garden at Luscher Farm. All the paths in the garden are now easy to traverse and provide convenient access to the botanical garden which features over a thousand clematis and hundreds of companion plants around the historic Luscher farmhouse.

The newly accessible area of the garden includes the Beginner’s Garden with clematis suitable for beginning clematis gardeners, the Baltic Borders with clematis that were developed during the Cold War and are new to the USA, and the Founder’s Garden, featuring Brewster’s favorite clematis, which are numerous.

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The 2012 Inviting Vines V was an absolute success. We had over 200 visitors to our six open gardens. The weather cooperated, the gardens were superb and everyone we talked with had a wonderful time and could not wait until next year. The most often heard comment seemed to be that the gardens had a sense of Europe, interpreted by the lushness and beauty of the Northwest. We had an outstanding variety of gardens on this year’s tour.

Susan and John Bates’ beautiful park like setting, with an amazing number of plants and trees, was a joy to visit. Wandering through this collector’s garden was delightful and the additional information provided to visitors by their gardener, Jay Miner, was a real bonus!

Sherry Sheng’s garden was like a short trip to the Mediterranean. Sherry is such a creative and imaginative gardener! The sunny location by the river, the delightful mix of interesting plants, creative and colorful structural garden art and wonderful water features made everyone want to linger and relax.

Of course the Luscher Farm received lots of positive comments as it seems that every year it just gets better. With newly added garden areas and continued work by all the wonderful volunteers (as well as Linda’s unflagging work) these display gardens were wonderful to see.

Sophie and Lance Grebner’s garden provided visitor’s with a beautifully planned and laid out garden in an amazing setting that drew exclamations and raves from all the visitors.

Charlene and Bill Tuttle’s delightful 2 acres of garden certainly reflected their 30+ years of enthusiastic and creative gardening. From the charming Chinese-red garden structures in front to the remarkable collections of clematis, hydrangeas, poppies and fuchsias visitors were treated to a riot of color and texture.

Anne Jaeger’s garden was described as like walking into another world. Her artistic vision and style was evident for all to see in this wonderfully private and imaginative garden. Visitors commented on the magical feel of Anne’s garden where exploring the different sections was a delight.

Thank you for attending this year’s garden tour. We look forward to seeing you next year. Next years Inviting Vines Tour, Inviting Vines VI, will be May 25, 2013, Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend. Tickets will be on sale on our website and at specialty nurseries. See you in 2013!

And, come visit FRCC’s gardens at Luscher Farm any time. See the website here for directions and best hours to visit.

Tell us what you thought of this years tour by leaving a comment.

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Season’s Greetings from the FRCC Board

It’s the time of year to be grateful for all that we have and to look forward to the future. For the Friends of the Rogerson Clematis Collection, this means saying thanks to all of you for your support (we couldn’t do it without you), and asking for your help as we continue to grow the collection and build the garden.

The collection is known throughout the country and the world, thanks to our founder and the efforts of our volunteers and our curator. The positive reports by visitors to our garden about their experiences confirm that.

Want to support your favorite clematis collection and win some very cool stuff at the same time? Participate in the Garden Fever! nursery holiday raffle. Check their website to see what the three packages include (basket #1 is pictured below). You could be the next proud owner of a ‘Duchess of Waverly’. Although you can’t order tickets online, you can call the nursery at 503-287-3200 to purchase tickets by phone with a credit card. Thanks to Lori and Richard and all their feverish crew!

Also, please consider making a tax-deductible donation before the end of the year to keep us moving forward. And come see us in a couple of months when the garden is waking up – there is always something in bloom.

Happy holidays,

Nancy G, Lucy, Rick, Susan, Larry, Sally, Marcia, Nancy S-C, and Linda

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If you weren’t at the annual Friends meeting on October 25th, you missed a fine event! We had a good turnout, good food (thank you Marcia Apperson and daughter Dana!), a fun and informative program (thank you Debbie Fischer of Silver Star Vinery!), and the opportunity to visit with old and new friends, buy plants and clematis-themed art work, and learn about the progress we have made in the past year.

And to see Nancy Stanton-Chek receive the Sharon Kaito Volunteer of the Year Award. We had to make the award before Nancy was elected to a 3-year term as a Director of FRCC since directors are not permitted to receive the award. And she deserved it; she’s been a tireless worker at the garden – always willing to take on any job that needs doing, and doing it well.

We re-elected Susan Toler as a director and extended Larry Beutler’s term of office as Recording Secretary to a full three years. We are financially solvent and pursuing a conservative course to ensure that we stay that way. And we thanked Doris Starrett for her service as board director and volunteer coordinator.

This year has seen a lot of improvements in the garden. The Orchard Garden beds have been established, wood chip paths are in place and planting has begun. There is a beautiful sundial in the Founder’s Garden, fabricated and donated by Colby Lamb, and a lovely mosaic tile birdbath in the Beech Tree Garden, built by aspiring Eagle Scout Nolan Conally. The City of Lake Oswego installed a gravel pad under the beech tree and more aspiring Eagle Scouts provided three new picnic tables in the shade of that magnificent tree.

Under the direction of Bob Gutmann, the Friday crew put new poly on the greenhouse, a job that needs to be done every six years or so. It looks great and should keep the plants warm and dry for many years to come.

President Nancy Gronowski noted that we are establishing a committee structure to involve more people in furthering our mission to preserve and foster the collection. These are shorter time commitments than full board positions and less physical than some of the garden work. Committees are:

• Plant Sales: preparing plants for the plant sales that are so important to our financial well-being and staffing
• Membership: contacting people to join this fine organization
• Events: help with our many annual events such as Inviting Vines and the Annual Meeting
• Gardening at the Collection: join the Friday crew to grow and maintain the garden at Luscher Farm. There are lots of things to do from weeding to seed propagation to grooming. We have fun and learn a lot
• Archiving and History: working on Brewster’s papers and recording his observations about the collection and its development

If you are interested in any of these, please contact Nancy Gronowski at 503-697-3248 or send an e-mail to volunteer@rogersonclematiscollection.org or talk to any board member.

Thanks to everyone who attended and to all who made this such an interesting and enjoyable event! See you in the garden.

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