Join us at the home of Margo and Bill House in West Linn for our annual holiday gathering.  Look for more details online and in upcoming monthly e-news

Herbarium specimens (pressed/dried samples of plant parts) are still the gold standard for identifying both species and cultivars of all plants. Every major botanic garden with curated living collections has a herbarium. Our curator has visited several of North America’s best herbariums and will have visited the Edinburgh Botanic Garden in July 2018. Is this Rogerson Clematis Garden’s next big step toward maintaining its certified National Collection and becoming a sought-after research facility? Sometimes it takes a deep look into the past to step into the future! 

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Our curator, Linda Beutler, will be making a presentation on Clematis for Beginners at the Lake Oswego Heritage House. This event is for open to the members of the Lake Grove Garden Club only.

Curator Linda Beutler and Greenhouse Manager Susan Toler will lead you through the several simple steps for starting clematis from seed. We start with collecting seeds in the garden through potting seedlings at various stages of growth. You will leave with bags of started seeds and a few seedlings in pots. All supplies (including seeds and pots) provided.  This is a great opportunity to grow some American clematis species in your garden.

Classes are $10 for FRCC members, $25 for non-members of FRCC, and free to FRCC members at the patron and Duchess of Waverly levels.

NOTE: This class is full. Thank you for your interest.

Our curator, Linda Beutler, will be giving a presentation, “Island Hopping in the Puget Sound”, which she went on with HPSO guides Nancy Goldman and Lucy Hardiman to gardens on Vashon and Bainbridge Islands. Attendees must be a member of the HPSO Travel Club to attend; registration is required because space is limited.

This event will be at the Lakewood Center for the Arts.

2018 SPEAKER: Join fellow members of the Friends of the Rogerson Clematis Collection annual business meeting.   Our guest speaker this year is Curator Linda Beutler who will share with us our Collection Policy with lots of interaction and time for questions.  

There is ample parking in the lot behind the building or on Middlecrest Street where you may enter on lower level.  Food and refreshments served.

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Our curator, Linda Beutler, will be giving an evening presentation, “Social Climbers: Clematis and their companions”. The event is open to the public. Exact time and location to be announced.

Meet in the Silver Level Backyard Habitat area at the Rogerson Clematis Garden and learn about the trees, shrubs, berries and herbaceous perennials that provide food and cover for the comfort and security of visiting birds. Add water and you have all the necessities for attracting birds to your backyard.

Classes are $10 for FRCC members, $25 for non-members of FRCC, and free to FRCC members at the patron and Duchess of Waverly levels.

FRCC members at the Patron and Duchess of Waverly level, register here.

SOLD OUT! Linda Beutler, our curator, will be speaking for Gardeners Connect in Kansas City, MO.  Her talk will be "Garden Like Austen: Plants Jane Knew and Grew and So Can You!"  An authentic English Tea will be served. This is a fund-raiser for the Gardeners Connect scholarship fund.  Pre-registration is required. This event is already sold out. Contact Gardeners Connect about a wait list. info@gardenersconnect.org

Ever wonder what in the world our curator is talking about most of the time? Join us as we take a not-for-credit journey into the world of plant nomenclature (it’s okay to call it “nomen-clutter”) and the changing and challenging efforts to update clematis horticultural groups and pruning suggestions for 21st century gardeners. About 45 minutes is all anyone can stand of this, so after the break we’ll wander the garden and put our new vocabulary to the test. No quizzes involved! 

This event is free to all FRCC members just RSVP below.  Bring a friend for just $5…or a $ discount of off their new membership. Pay their guest fee at the door on the day of the event

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The RCG will be selling clematis at the Portland Community College Rock Creek Campus with a number of other "hand-selected" plant vendors in conjunction with the morning speaker for the Hardy Plant Society of Oregon. Visit their website for more details about this year's speaker and program, which is from 10a.m. - 11a.m.  Plant sales start at 11a.m. and is free and open to the public.

Group Members Only Tour (RCG Gardens open as usual, but please be aware a booked tour is in progress.)

More details at Salem Hardy Plant Society’s website https://salemhardyplantsociety.org. 

This event will be held at the Beech Tree's Garden at Luscher Farm.

Please RSVP to Dayle by email or call her at 971.777.4394.

Combining roses and clematis extends bloom time and adds more color to your garden large or small.  Learn how to make the perfect combinations for color and texture.  Roses and clematis are perfect companions that compliment and contrast.  Lots of gorgeous photos for inspiration in your own garden.

Classes are $10 for FRCC members, $25 for non-members of FRCC, and free to FRCC members at the patron and Duchess of Waverly levels.

FRCC members at the Patron and Duchess of Waverly level, register here.

Learn how to extend the bloom season of all your perennials, including clematis with easy pruning in the beautiful Rogerson Clematis Garden.  All materials provided.  Please bring clippers if you have them.  Held in the Rogerson Greenhouse at Lusher Farm.

Classes are $10 for FRCC members, $25 for non-members of FRCC, and free to FRCC members at the patron and Duchess of Waverly levels.

FRCC members at the Patron and Duchess of Waverly level, register here.

Linda will be partnering with Maurice Horn again, and they are planning to talk about unsung clematis species, those garden-worthy role-players that don’t get much attention but that can really pull a garden together (to quote The Big Lebowski).  Books and plants will be available for sale.  Multnomah Arts Center, 7688 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland. Admission is $5.00.  Doors open at 2:30p.m., program begins as 3p.m.

McMenamins partners with the Troutdale Historical Society to host a speaker every month.  This event will be held at the Blackberry Hall at McMenamins Edgefield.  Linda, our curator, will be presenting “Garden Like Austin”.  Here is a link to this series https://www.mcmenamins.com/History .  Plants may be available for purchase.

This is an all-day event.  Linda Beutler, our curator,  will be speaking about Old Garden Roses for coastal climates in the morning.  Books & clematis are available for sale throughout the rest of the day. 

Refreshments served in the Beech Tree Garden. What better way to celebrate the longest evening of the year than wandering our favorite garden and gorging on strawberries? Not many folks know how glorious the sunsets are at the garden, and how great the photos can be, even with just a phone.  Plan to try all the varieties we have and vote for your favorite. (Hint: try several, wander and rest your taste buds, then come back to try a few more; plowing through all 16 can be overwhelming!). 

We are inviting our farm partners at 47th Avenue Farm (the CSA that operates at Luscher Farm) to join us for this event, since their customers will be picking up their weekly produce that evening. We want to encourage the CSA shareholders to visit the garden whenever they come to the farm for produce. 

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Private tour for local retired teachers.  Time is TBD.

Learn how to inexpensively increase your quantities of the "Queen of the Vines" by cuttings and divisions in the beautiful Friends of Rogerson Clematis Garden.  All materials provided.  Please bring clippers if you have them.  Held in the Rogerson Greenhouse at Luscher Farm.

Classes are $10 for FRCC members, $25 for non-members of FRCC, and free to FRCC members at the patron and Duchess of Waverly levels.

Registration for this class is now closed.

Members of the American Peony Society will be visiting the garden for a docent-led tour.