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The San Jose Heritage Rose Garden is maintained completely by volunteer efforts.
There are many different tasks available from weeding, clipping spent blooms and winter pruning to propagating and planting added varieties. Volunteer garden supervisors will provide training, as necessary.
For information on volunteering in the Heritage or other areas of Guadalupe River Park & Gardens, contact Lucy Perez, Guadalupe River Park & Gardens Volunteer Coordinator by email or at 408-298-7657.
Regular volunteer workdays at the garden, weather permitting are on Wednesday and Saturday.
Winter times are 9am - 12am between the first of October and the end of May. The first of June through the end of September, hours are 8am - 11am. Wednesday sessions are followed by snacks. Bring a hat and drinking water. Also bring gloves and bypass hand shears if you have them. If not, we have loaners.
Gather by the nursery and shed. You will find us getting tools from the tool shed. You may park in the new parking lot on Seymore Street or on Taylor Street.
Pruning. Once-bloomer pruning is accomplished in July and early August. Winter pruning starts with Tea roses in November and continues through the middle of February.
Public pruning lessons are given starting in early January and continue through mid February. Lessons start promptly at 9 AM and continue until noon. We cannot accommodate late arrivals after 9:15. Watch local newspapers for the announcement.
We have evening "Deadheading Blitzes" in the second Tuesdays of June, July, August and September. These are scheduled at 5:30 to 7:30pm. After work in the garden removing spent blooms, Friends of the Guadalupe River Park and Gardens will be serving free ice cream sundaes following the work session!!! Bring gloves and bypass hand shears if you have them. If not, we have loaners.
Watch the "Calendar" section in the San Jose Mercury News Home and Garden section or call the Visitors Center, 408- 298-7657 for specifics.
This page was last updated on 01/18/10.
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