Speaker Directory

The BC Council of Garden Clubs has compiled a list of speakers who are willing to speak to garden clubs and organizations on various garden related topics. While this list is fairly comprehensive, it does not contain all the names of knowledgeable speakers in BC. If you would like to suggest a name for this list or if you wish to have your name added to this list, please contact the Speaker List Coordinator.

Please note the following:

  • The BC Council of Garden Clubs does not accept any responsibility for the quality or the content of any presentation by these individuals.
  • It is the responsibility of the gardening organization to negotiate the terms of the presentation with the speaker (including topic, travel and expenses, fees, etc.)
  • Fees listed are provided as guideline and are subject to change at the discretion of the speaker without notice to the Council.
  • Please click on a speaker name from the table below for more detail.

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NameTheresa F. Krause
EmailEmail hidden; Javascript is required.
Websitefprosesociety.org
Phone(604) 464-5022
General Topics
  • Special Interest Plants
Specialty Plants
  • Roses - all aspects from care to judging.
Sample topics
  • Roses 101- basic information on the types of roses, yearly cycle of care, and pruning. What judges are looking for when judging roses, diseases and rose pests,
Speaker Profile

I joined The Fraser Pacific Rose Society (FPRS) in June 2002 after I attended their rose show at the Dogwood Pavilion in Coquitlam. At the time, I had 29 pitiful looking roses and after seeing all the beautiful roses in the show I joined on the spot since they knew something that I didn’t know and I wanted to find out what it was. FPRS is a learning rose society geared for novice rosarians. I have held most of the executive positions from 2004 to present including President twice for the society. In 2012, I attended the American Rose Society (ARS) horticulture judging program and became a certified judge in 2013. In 2023, I attended the ARS consulting rosarian program and became a certified consulting rosarian in March 2023. I have chaired the FPRS rose show form 2008 thru 2012 and served as head judge the past few years (pre- Covid). I have given talks on all aspects of rose culture and judging roses. FPRS has partnered with Coquitlam’s Park Spark and I have given in-garden talks and workshops on the roses in the Coquitlam Centennial Rose Garden, pruning, planting and transplanting roses for interested community members. I am also a member of Vancouver Rose Society from 2010.

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