by Ann Devis
Growing roses organically
Organic rose gardening:What does your rose need today?
A rose care guide for every season, from a garden where roses grow without chemicals.
Rose care, step by step
Rose Home Garden is my notebook on organic rose gardening. I'm Ann Devis, and I grow my roses in USDA zone 7, where they get no chemical fungicides at all. Here you'll find what I know about growing roses organically: planting, pruning, feeding the soil instead of the plant, and natural rose care for the day a leaf looks wrong.
Every method is one I use on my own bushes. Where research backs it, I name the source. Where it is only my experience, I say that too. If you want healthy roses without chemicals, start with the six steps above, or go straight to what you see on your rose.
Find it by what you see
Rose problems: what is wrong with my rose?
Pick what you see on the bush. Each guide shows how to tell it apart, what I do that day, and how to stop it coming back.
In the garden now
Rose care this month:November
My calendar is for zone 7. In colder or warmer zones the jobs stay the same and the dates move.
The November care guide
A note from Ann
We don't take antibiotics when we're healthy. So why was I medicating healthy plants?
In my early years with roses I sprayed fungicides on schedule. Now my roses get no chemical fungicides at all. This site is where I write down what I do instead, and what the research says about it.
Ann Devis
Read my garden manifestoIf you want to go further
Garden books by Ann Devis
What's Wrong With My Rose? A photo field guide. Find it, fix it, without chemicals. 
Revolution in the Rose Garden How I build living soil and keep disease away. 
Why Doesn't My Rose Grow and Bloom? 100 reasons a rose struggles, and what to do about each. 
Rose Garden Planner 2027-2028 Two seasons of schedules, treatments and notes. 
Small Garden Design Secrets For balconies, terraces and narrow yards, on a small budget. From readers
What gardeners say about the books
“I especially liked how the book breaks down the process of feeding, watering, and pruning roses into easy-to-follow steps… Since using the guidance here, I’ve seen noticeable improvements in my roses’ health and blooms.”
“This was a very thorough guide to growing and transplanting roses. The details on what plant symptoms to look for when soil nutrients are lacking was exceptional.”
“This book is packed with 100 practical solutions to common problems, and it really demystifies rose care… The organic methods were a highlight for me.”
Free rescue guide
Bring Your Roses Back to Life
My free one-week rescue plan for a struggling rose, with seven step-by-step plans and my favorite homemade revival recipes. Join my garden letters, and it's yours.
