Volunteers from around the San Jose area will converge on The San Jose Rose Garden on Saturday to prune the roses.
The Rose Pruning Day runs from 9:00 A.M. until the roses are pruned. Staffers mentioned that this usually takes about two hours with a large number of participants.
The staffers also mentioned that they have close more than 400 people signed up for Saturday's event.
The Mercury News reported that the garden was named as an All-American Rose Selections test site, which determines what roses are pushed at local nurseries.
"Being an AARS test garden will truly make San Jose a destination for garden clubs from hundreds of miles around," says Terry Reilly, co-founder of Friends of the San Jose Rose Garden. The organization was formed in 2007 to coordinate a massive volunteer effort to rescue the local treasure from years of neglect.The Friends of the San Jose Rose Garden was also selected by SERVE.gov as an example of community organization.
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