The Nashville Rose Society serves all of Middle Tennessee by sharing knowledge and information about our national flower, the rose.
Monday, April 27, 2026, was a perfect day to work in the Cheekwood Rose Study Garden. The garden is now going full bore in its new home behind Massey Hall.
The three rose beds were mulched, die-back pruned, and watered. A new rose, Orange Glow Knock Out, was added to the garden. The Peggy Martins planted on the wall below the garden has grown over into the RSG site – beautiful!
Here’s a little preview of what’s waiting for us at this year’s picnic . . .just look at John Wendler’s roses.
Join us for a relaxed afternoon at John’s beautiful home and garden in Burns. We’ll enjoy garden strolls, great company, and plenty of time to take in the blooms.
We’ll be serving BBQ with drinks provided, so come hungry and ready to linger a while.
Please bring a chair along with an appetizer, salad, or dessert to share.
Address and RSVP details will be sent to members by email.
Register now for the Medley of Roses – 2026 ARS National Convention & Rose Show and receive a complimentary desk copy of the Rose Atlas (vol. 3): 20th Century Hybridizers. Register at MedleyOfRoses.org to secure your copy.
ISBN 978-1-218-90758-7
400 pages 7.375 x 9.125 in.
Over 100 hundred breeders
Four Pages per breeder
Fifteen 15 Countries
750 high resolution images
Retail value $50.00
Rose breeders, professional and amateurs, have been so active that an additional third volume in the Rose Atlas series became necessary to chronicle and do appropriate justice to their contributions. Having eloquently demonstrated over the last century exemplary service and camaraderie, they deserved recognition via an authoritative reference work to chronicle their breeding accomplishments in the 20th century. Often stated, reference works are established as key legacies to help future generations to admire and learn from the past. Progress in rose evolution has been aided in the most part by the contributions of a plethora of amateurs becoming a pivotal force to showcase rose hybridizers for their ingenuity demonstrating depth of their passion for roses.
Planning process required guidelines to govern the selection of breeders to remain within the assigned 400 pages. Selections for this international group of over one hundred breeders was a difficult task. Researching the available literature from existing large databases compiled by the America Rose Society and HelpMeFind were invaluable on parentages and their ancestors.
More importantly, the passion and dedication of the relatively small clan of hybridizers is guaranteed to expand in their combined quest providing new varieties to improve our daily lives and the enjoyment of growing roses!
Click here to download a pdf of this announcement. Please share it with your rose friends, your rose society, and your district.
The Medley of Roses – 2026 ARS Convention & Rose Show Committee is working hard to make sure everyone has a wonderful experience and we would like to share our news with you.
Keep up with what is going on by signing up for our News Emails. On the MedleyOfRoses.org website, in the right hand column of any page on the site you will see “Signup for our News Emails”. Simply enter your name and email address. You will receive a confirmation email, click the confirm box, and you will be added to the list.
While you are on the Medley of Roses website, look around to see all the events, speakers, and activities we have planned. You won’t want to miss it!
Come to the Celebrate America 250 Bowling Green Rose Society Annual Rose Show on May 23, 2026, 1-4 pm! The show will be held at the American Legion Post #23, 208 Dishman Lane, Bowling Green, KY 42101. Doors will open for exhibitors at 6:30 a.m. CDT. Entries may be placed from 7am. until 10am. Judging begins at 10:15am.
Click here to see the Rose Show schedule.
The show is open and free to the public from 1-4:00 pm.
For more information, visit www.bowlinggreenrosesociety.org.
W E L C O M E . . .
As president of the Bowling Green Rose Society, I would like to take this opportunity to welcome each of you to our annual rose show and extend a special thank you to all exhibitors for sharing your beautiful roses with us. The work and dedication needed to produce such beautiful roses is greatly appreciated. For those traveling from out of town, you’ve truly gone the extra mile!
As always, I want to welcome and thank those individuals who through many years of hard work, dedication and training have acquired the skills necessary to become rose show judges. In sharing your expertise, you promote the excitement of competition and further educate exhibitors in the art of showing roses.
Our rose show would not be successful without the cooperative effort of many people in the community. We greatly appreciate the financial support of our sponsors and the use of the American Legion Post 23 facility. I would especially like to thank BGRS members, family and friends for their hours of work before, during and after the show.
For those from the community who have honored us with your presence to view the eautiful display of roses, I thank you and would like to take this opportunity to invite you to become a member of the Bowling Green Rose Society. If you have any questions, feel free to talk with any BGRS member.
Enjoy the show!
Linda Ford, BGRS President
