Category: NRS News

2019 Fall Grand Prix Winners

2019 Fall Grand Prix miniture rose court
The 2019 Fall Grand Prix Rose Show will be held during our regularly scheduled monthly meeting on Sunday, September 8, 2019, in the Potter Room at Cheekwood. The Grand Prix is a rose show that is held at a regular NRS meeting and its purpose is to give members a chance to learn about and practice exhibiting roses.

Thanks to NRS members Keith and Martha Garman for coordinating the event and to Connie Baird for serving as judge.

And the winners are…
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October 4-6 – ARS Miniature National Conference & Rose Show

The American Rose Society 2019 Mini National Convention and Rose Show combined with the Deep South District and TENARKY District Show dates have been finalized.

With a perfect theme of Music City Roses and the ideal location of Franklin, TN, just minutes to Nashville known for its Legendary Country Music Venues, this exciting convention and rose show have created quite a buzz!!
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Hot off the Press! 2019 NRS Rose Show Schedule

Rose Garden at Belmont University
Photo by Mary Weber
The Nashville Rose Society will hold its Annual Rose Show on September 28 & 29, 2019, at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. Admission and parking are both FREE to the public from 1:00 to 4:30 PM on Saturday September 28th and from 11:00 AM to 4:30 PM on Sunday September 29th.

Click here for the Rose Show Schedule.

For more information, see the post on the Meeting & Events page.

Adelicia Acklen Rose Garden at Belmont University

“Investing in the present to preserve the past for the future.”

Marchesa Boccella - Hybrid Perpetual 1842
Marchesa Boccella – Hybrid Perpetual 1842
Belmont University has a new rose garden dedicated to the Old Garden Roses that Adelicia Acklen, original owner of the Belmont Mansion, grew during the time that she lived in the mansion, 1853-1884.
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