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Growing Roses in South Florida 101 with Victor Lazzari

DATE: Sunday 2/2/25 TIME: 10:30am - 1:30pm

Join us as we learn how to grow roses for South Florida gardens!

In this combination lecture and practicum, local rose expert Victor Lazzari will take attendees on a two-hour crash course that explores and explains why roses tend to fail in our tropical climate - and, more importantly, how to avoid the failures and have gorgeous, easy-breezy roses in their gardens!

This course is especially suited to beginners, as well as any gardeners simply curious about how to successfully grow roses in South Florida. A brief history of the rose as a garden plant, common problems and their solutions, and Victor's own vetted list of the top 10 rose varieties for our challenging climate will all be covered in this two-hour course. Paperback copies of the new guidebook 100 Roses for the South Florida Garden will be available for purchase at the end of the class.

Please note, we will have a 20-minute lunch break midway through the class.

Instructor Bio: Victor Lazzari is landscape designer, garden writer, and horticulturist originally from the hilly farm country of Maryland, where his love of making gardens first took hold as a small child. He holds a BA in Landscape Design (University of Maryland), an MA in Landscape Architecture (Florida International University), and a Masters Certificate in Agroecology (also Florida International University). In addition to his own private design and writing work, Victor recently served as the primary garden designer and rose curator for the Edison Ford Winter Estates in Fort Myers, Florida.

A Florida resident since 2007, Victor’s passion has always been English-inspired flower gardens, as well as any gardens that incorporate roses. He has been growing and evaluating roses for the past 25 years, and frequently includes them in design work for his clients. His first book, 100 Roses for the South Florida Garden, was recently published by the University of Florida. Additionally, Victor also works as a freelance features writer for Horticulture magazine, lending the South Florida community a seat at the table in the broader gardening dialogue of our country.

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EVENT: Growing Roses in South Florida 101 with Victor Lazzari

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