Join the Polk County Master Gardeners for their 2026 Summer Lecture Series in one of four demonstration gardens. Bring your own lawn chair and learn with us.
Leslie Hunter, Horticulture Manager and the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden, will discuss the principles and reasoning behind gardening WITH roses and how this can be done organically. Despite what you may have heard, roses do need friends and enjoy the company of other plants beside themselves. Interplanting provides not only a beautiful garden, but also attracts beneficial insects, disrupts disease processes, and provides seasonal interest all while using less chemicals.