The Nashville Rose Society serves all of Middle Tennessee by sharing knowledge and information about our national flower, the rose.
Please note that the Open Garden that Ron planned to have on October 21 has been canceled.
Ron has over 170 roses of all types and many companion plants in his Gadwall Abbey Garden. Ron’s garden produces many Rose Show winners and has been featured on Talk of the Town.
If you have not seen Ron’s garden, put this event on your calendar!
The 2023 Nashville Rose Society Annual Show will be held at Cheekwood Estate & Gardens – Massey Auditorium on Saturday, October 14, and Sunday, October 15.
The preparation area will open at 6 a.m. on Saturday. Horticulture entries will be placed on the exhibition tables by show personnel from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. Challenge exhibits will be placed by the exhibitor. Judging will begin at 10:30 a.m.
To enter Cheekwood before 9:00 a.m., come through the back gate that is accessed off of Cheek Road, unload at the front or back of Botanic Hall, then park in one of the reserved parking spaces in Parking Lot A.
Click here for a copy of the Rose Show Schedule. Please note the updates made to page 14 (Rules 8, 10, 12) and page 16.
The Rose Show will be open to the public from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, October 15.
On Saturday at 2:30 p.m., Ron Daniels, ARS Master Rosarian and NRS Co-President, will present a free seminar to the public on the “Basics of Growing Roses”.
On Sunday, October 15, from 10 – 12:00 p.m. the Cheekwood Pick Your Own Bouquet Event (registration required) will include “Basics of Arranging” workshop led by Nashville Rose Society member, Bette Fields. This workshop will cover the basics of creating beautiful rose flower arrangements. Participants will leave with their own arrangement of roses from the Rose Study Garden. Ron Daniels will be available during the event to answer any questions about how to grow and care for roses.
Following the seminars on both days Ron will have a “Meet the Author & Book Signing” for his new book Rose Therapy.
We look forward to seeing you at the Nashville Rose Society Annual Rose Show!
Bring your roses to the Fairs! Members of the Nashville Rose Society are invited to compete in the Wilson County Rose Show. The State Rose Show is open to all Tennessee Residents 18 years of age and older.
Both the Wilson County Fair and the Tennessee State Fair will be held in the James E. Ward Agricultural Center, 945 E. Baddour Parkway, Lebanon, TN.
You must register before the entry date – one registration works for both the Wilson County and the State Rose Shows. There is no cost to enter in either show.
Exhibits for both shows must be entered at the Expo Center between 2pm and 6:30pm on Wednesday, August 16. There is no admission charge to enter the Fair Grounds to submit your entries. Once the State Rose Show judging is complete, exhibits will be transferred (by the Fair) to the Made in TN Building where they will be displayed for the duration of the Fair.
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We hope to see you at the Fair!
The 2023 Tenarky District Arrangements Workshop will be held on June 2-3, 2023, at the Hampton Inn in Pleasant View, Tennessee.
We are excited to share that our guest instructor will be Gerry Mahoney, president of the Glendale (AZ) Rose Society and Arrangements Chair for the Pacific Northwest District of the American Rose Society.
Registration is $64 per person which includes workshop, supplies, and lunch. If you choose to do lunch on your own, workshop only registration is $50 per person.
We will supply roses, greenery, filler, and additional line and plant material. However, attendees are encouraged to bring things from their gardens as well, either for their own or others use. Attendees should also bring a traditional and modern type container if possible. If you cannot we will have extras. And if you have that gorgeous container that you just can’t figure out what to do with, bring that as well. We will focus on some of those!
Among the topics we will dive into are principals and elements of design, traditional and modern designs, including parallel and stretch modern designs, containers and mechanics. These will be hands on for attendees. We also plan to offer a container swap for those containers that you find you no longer use.
Below is the tentative schedule for the workshop:
Saturday, June 3
12:00-Lunch (on site)
1:00-Traditional designs (hands on)
2:00-Modern designs (hands on)
3:30-Container swap
4:00-Ethics in judging
This event will be at the Hampton Inn, 2606 Highway 49 East, Pleasant View, TN 37146. Phone number 615-894-9910. Special Group Rate is $139 per night – ask for the Tenarky District ARS event (Group code is ARG). This special rate is only offered through May 18.
Click here to download the registration form.
Click here for the show information and schedule.
The 69th Annual Birmingham Rose Show is presented by the Birmingham Rose Society on Mother’s Day weekend at the beautiful Birmingham Botanical Gardens. Mother’s Day weekend has been the traditional weekend for the show, partially because it is usually good time for the first and best blooms in our area.
Come to Birmingham and bring your roses!