Dan Bifano-On growing Roses organically in Santa Barbara

What a treat to have Master Rosarian, Dan Bifano on the show today! He told us about developing the roses for Oprah Winfrey, Barbara Streisand and Julia Child. Dan also talked about creating a rose garden, organically, of course. Up until this fall, Dan was the only Master Rosarian in the Santa Barbara area. He will be giving rose pruning demonstrations Saturday, January 11 at the AC Postel Memorial Rose Garden from 8am-noon and at La Sumida Nursery at 2pm. Then again at All Around Irrigation on upper State St. Thursday, Jan 16 at 5pm. Listen to Garden Gossip Fridays on AM1290 11am & 9pm and Saturday mornings at 11am. click here to listen

Master Rosarian, Dan Bifano is our guest today on Garden Gossip Radio

Today on Garden Gossip, Master Rosarian Dan Bifano talks about growing roses organically and tells us about the rose he is developing for Oprah Winfrey. Friday, Jan 10, 2014 at 11am rebroadcast Friday 9pm and again Saturday, 11am. on AM1290 in Santa Barbara or streaming live at http://morenews.newspress.com/kzsb/player.html

Growing Roses Organically-Dan Bifano on Garden Gossip

 (from left to right: Denise Ritchie, Leana Finley, Dan Bifano, Lisa Cullen, Chris Cullen)

Last week we had the honor of having Dan Bifano on the show. In case you didn't know, Dan Bifano is THE rose expert in our area and beyond. His client list is a list of the most successful women in show business (I'll let you guess the names). Roses are his passion. We also had a visit from Malibu Compost founder, Denise Ritchie. As a result, Dan decided to start using Malibu Compost on one of his biggest client's roses. Very exciting news. Dan's main message was that you feed the soil, live, healthy soil will result in healthy plants. Also, as far as pests go, here's the rundown:
Aphids-wash them off with water.
Caterpillars-use BT (organic caterpillar stuff)
The best defense is live, healthy soil and keeping your plants clean.
Feed your soil with Malibu Compost, the Biodynamic formula.
for more information on Malibu Compost click here