McKinley Rose Garden

Celebrate our beautiful front yards. Join in the fun and nominate a yard by emailing the address and why you like it to [email protected]. Nominations due by April 20. Winners will be announced May 1.

McKinley Rose Garden Volunteers Needed This Saturday, February 27 10 am - 1 pm Join us! Volunteer to help prune the rose bushes. Experienced volunteers who have been trained can work on their own. Inexperienced but interested volunteers will be trained and work with supervision. A hot soup lunch will be provided after we are finished.... (photo by Ken Stites) See more

Thanks to all our wonderful volunteers for their help today. It was sunny out and fun to be together - yet socially distant. And thanks to Jill Zenti Catering for the soup, bread and cookies.

McKinley Rose Garden Annual Rose Pruning Saturday, January 9, 2021 10 am - 1 pm Join us! Volunteer to help prune the rose bushes for the winter. Experienced volunteers who have been trained can work on their own. Inexperienced but interested volunteers will be trained and work with supervision. ... Hot soup will be provided after we are finished. We are also seeking some experienced volunteers who would be willing to help train. If interested, please contact our Garden Manager Nisa at [email protected]. Or register at https://app.vomo.org/project/annual-pruning-event

On Saturday there was a beautiful sunset in Sacramento and lucky for us two of our best volunteers, Mary and Bill, were trimming the climbing roses and managed to capture this wonderful view.

"Watermelon & Weeds Join us this Saturday, August 8 - from 9 am to noon to pick weeds, prune roses and keep the garden beautiful. This fun, family event has no age limit! We will be providing ice cold watermelon when we are done as well as cold bottled water throughout the event.

Interested in volunteering at McKinley Rose Garden? We are offering small group training (up to 10 people) for new volunteers. The training session is one hour. Upcoming sessions are Sat. July 18, at 9 am, Thurs., July 23 at 9 am, and Sat. Aug. 1 at 9 am. We use the VOMO app for registration. The link is: https://app.vomo.org/campaign/mckinley-rose-garden There is also information on that site including a training video on deadheading roses and our waiver form which should be completed and brought to the training. Thanks to all our current volunteers for continuing to visit and help keep the garden so beautiful. Your work is noticed and appreciated by all who visit.

McKinley Rose Garden PHOTO CONTEST Extended deadline JUNE 15 Send your photos to ... [email protected] See more

We have extended our deadline for images due for the McKinley Rose Garden PHOTO CONTEST to: Monday, June 15th!!!

You Have 5 more days!! Send Your Best Shots by JUNE 1 McKinley Rose Garden PHOTO CONTEST Send to [email protected] Photo: Amber Morris

Thanks to Mayor Darrell Steinberg, Vice Mayor Jeff Harris, the East Sacramento Chamber of Commerce, SAFE Credit Union and Inside Publications for choosing the McKinley Rose Garden for their press conference today - reminding all of us to "Pledge 100% Local". And thanks to all our volunteers who tend the garden.

McKinley Rose Garden PHOTO CONTEST Enter images by June 1 Send to [email protected]

FLOWER FRIENDS By Cecily Hastings Rose garden volunteers set their own schedules https://insidesacramento.com/flower-friends/ Nonprofit organizations suffered ...this spring when social-distancing orders due to COVID-19 gradually closed up most volunteer positions. For the McKinley Rose Garden, run by nonprofit Friends of East Sacramento, the timing couldn’t have been worse. Our volunteers start up at the end of April and continue throughout the year until the New Year, says Nisa Hayden, who started her position as garden manager and volunteer coordinator in late March. But flowers are dictated by nature, and the beautiful spring weather and generous fertilizing all winter have brought glorious blooming to our 1,200 rose bushes. In previous years, FOES has hosted a volunteer orientation and workday the first weekend of May to kick off the season. It normally attracts close to 100 new and former volunteers. The timing is designed to be just perfect as the most prolific rose blooms of the year are on full display. Without immediate deadheading, the roses will not be able to bloom again as easily or as plentifully, Hayden says. With a big group event no longer possible, the nonprofit decided to schedule smaller training sessions where new volunteers can get their hour-long orientation before they work independently. We will maintain all social-distancing practices in effect at the time to keep people safe, Hayden notes. While coordinating hundreds of volunteers every year has been a big part of the rose garden job, FOES co-founder Lisa Schmidt says the group recently introduced new communication tools to work with volunteers. We now have an e-newsletter, and are using the VOMO platform for larger events, when, of course, we are able to have them once again, Schmidt says. She adds that a member of the Fremont Presbyterian Church recommended the platform after using it successfully at the church this winter. Fremont employs hundreds of volunteers each week, both on campus and at work in the community. READ MORE https://insidesacramento.com/flower-friends/ See more

It’s time for our annual McKinley Rose Garden photo contest. The contest is open to both amateur and professional photographers. The only rule is that photos must be taken in the Rose Garden during the month of April or May 2020 (and that you observed social distance requirements). We are looking for some general overall shots of the garden showing the variety of beds. We also are looking for close-up portraits of individual roses and the other plants in the garden. Email your high-resolution photo entries (limit of three per person) to [email protected] by June 1. Winners will be featured in Inside East Sacramento and displayed in the lobby of Clunie Community Center.