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2024 Nashville Rose Society Rose Show Results

Best in Show – “A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words”, shown by Barbara Taube

The 2024 Nashville Rose Society Annual Rose Show was held on Saturday, May 25, in Massey Auditorium at at Cheekwood Estate & Gardens.

The Show classes included:
Division I – Horticulture
* Section A – Miniature Rose Challenge Classes
* Section B – Miniature Roses – Single Stem
* Section C – Large Rose Challenge Classes
* Section D – Large Rose – Single Stem
Division II – Rose Arrangements
Division III – Rose Photography

Hot Princess, Queen of the Show, by Ricky Lockhart

Barbara Taube, Nashville Rose Society member, won the Best in Show Award with her beautiful arrangement, “A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words”. Ricky Lockhart, member of the Bowling Green Rose Society, won Queen of Show with Hot Princess. King of Show was won by Linda Bowden, Nashville Rose Society, with Veterans’ Honor, and Elizabeth Coleman won Princess of Show with Crescendo. Novice Queen of the Show was Dolly Parton won by Emily Magli.

For the list of all the winners, click here.

For more photos, visit our Facebook page.

And now for the Courts!

Hybrid Tea or Grandiflora Roses Court

	Rose	Shown by	Certificate
Queen	Hot Princess	Ricky Lockhart	ARS
King	Veterans' Honor	Linda Bowen	ARS
Princess	Crescendo	Elizabeth Coleman	ARS
Royal Court	Randy Scott	Ricky Lockhart	NRS
Royal Court	Marilyn Monroe	Lynn Schmidt	NRS

Miniature Roses Court

	Rose	Shown By	Certificate
Queen	Arcanum	Ricky Lockhart	ARS
King	Swirly Pop	Gene Meyer	ARS
Princess	Edisto	Gene Meyer	ARS
Court	Magic Show	Lynn Schmidt	NRS
Court	Soroptimist International	Marty Reich	NRS
Court	Chessie’s Favorite	Gene Meyer	NRA

Miniflora Rose Court

	Rose	Shown by	Certificate
Queen	Whirlaway	Ricky Lockhart	ARS
King	Trinket	Ricky Lockhart	ARS
Princess	Mango Blush	Gene Meyer	ARS
Court	Bold Ruler	Gene Meyer	NRS
Court	Dr. John Dickman	Gene Meyer	NRS
Court	Nancy Jean	Ricky Lockhart	NRS
Court	Pink Tuxedo	Ricky Lockhart	NRS
Court	Shawn Sease	Marty Reich	NRS

Rose Photography

	Subject	Photographer	Award(s)
Class 1-One Exhibition Bloom, HT, Gr, F	Ring of Fire	Sharon Hanson	Best in Class-King, Silver Certificate
Class 2-One Exhibition Bloom, Mini or MiniFl	Arcanum	Martha Garman	Best in Class
Class 3-One Open Bloom, any type rose	Frida Kahlo	JeRee Faught	Best of Class
Class 4-One Spray, any type rose	James Galway	Sharon Hanson	Best of Class
Class 5-Macro Photography	Julie Andrews	JeRee Faught	Best in Class-Queen Gold Certificate
Class 6-Creative Interpretation	Rio Samba	JeRee Faught	Best of Class - Princess, Bronze Certificate
Class 7- Arrangement		JeRee Faught	Best of Class

Rose Arrangements

Section Class	Title	Roses	Shown By	Award
Section A	Traditional
Class 1	“A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Words”	Joan Fontaine,White Gold,Bliss Perfuma,Touch of Heaven,Madame Anisette,Moondance,MariaMathilda, French Lace, Crystal Palace	Barbara Taube	Royalty, Gold Certificate
Section B	Modern
Class 3	“Smile You’re on Candid Camera”	Black Magic	Lori Emery	Blue
Class 4	“Wide Angle Lens"	Veterans’ Honor	Mary Ann Hext	Artist , Bronze Certificate
Class 5	“Liquid Crystal Display”	Ring of Fire	Lori Emery	Blue
Section C	Oriental (East Asian)
Class 7	“Pretty as a Picture”	Celestial Night, Munstead Wood	Mary Ann Hext	Blue
Section D	Table Class
Class 8	“Say Cheese”	Warms My Heart, Tangerine Skies	Janie Hagan	Court of Etiquette Award
Section E	Special Classes
Class 9	“Red Eye”	Celestial Night	Barbara Taube	Blue
Class 10	“Polaroid-The 60 Second Excitement”	Ring of Fire	Mary Ann Hext	Duchess, Silver Certificate
Class 11	“Kodak Box Camera-You push the button, we do the rest.”	Veterans' Honor	Mary Ann Hext	Duke
Section F	Traditional Miniature Rose
Class 14	“Mega Pixel”	Mariotta	Mary Ann Hext	Mini Royalty, Mini Gold Certificate
Section G	Modern
Class 15	“Shutter Speed”	Memphis King	Barbara Taube	Blue
Class 16	“Chromatic Aberration”	Spice of Life, Night of Magic	Barbara Taube	Mini Artist, Mini Bronze Certificate
Class 17	“Golden Rectangle	Night of Magic	Barbara Taube	Blue
Section H	Oriental (East Asian)
Class 19	“Rule of Thirds”	Spice of Life	Barbara Taube	Mini East Asian, Mini Silver Certificate

Thanks to our Rose Show Judges!

The American Rose Society judges that give so freely of their time and resources are essential to the success of any rose show. They often travel many miles giving up their weekend time because they love roses, and they appreciate the rosarians and rose societies they serve. The Nashville Rose Society greatly appreciates our 2024 panel of judges.

Horticulture Judges
* Howard Carman – Louisville Rose Society
* Barbara McFarland – Nashville Rose Society
* Glenn Fuqua – Memphis & Dixie & Nashville Rose Societies
* Mike Thompson – Holston Rose Society
* Paula Williams – Louisville Rose Society
* Barbara Taube – Nashville Rose Society

Arrangement Judges
* Bobbie Reed -Atlanta Rose Society
* Sara Coleman – Atlanta Rose Society

Photography Judges
* Paula Williams – Louisville Rose Society
* Glenn Fuqua – Memphis & Dixie & Nashville Rose Societie

Looking Forward to the NRS 2024 Program Year!

The Nashville Rose Society Programming Committee is working hard on our monthly meeting calendar for 2024.

A few programs to look forward to in the next few months include our first meeting on February 4, which will be a fun and informative roundtable discussion, “Buzz Session: Rose, Thorn and Bud”, led by our own Consulting Rosarians. On March 3, Ricky Lockhart from Morgantown, Kentucky, and Consulting Rosarian member of the Bowling Green Rose Society, will share his 25-year rose story – which has been a blooming success! Bette Fields will share her tips and tricks for creating beautiful flower arrangements for family and friends on April 7. We are excited to announce our “Rose Garden Crawl and Progressive Picnic” on June 2, starring our very own rose gardeners and their beautiful gardens in East Nashville!

Be sure to mark your calendars for the coming year!

February 17 – 2024 Tenarky District Winter Workshop

Are you ready for an exciting winter workshop in February? Are you ready to see your friends from around the district and catch up on news and see what new roses they have ordered? If your answer is yes, then you will want to hurry and register for the upcoming event.

The Winter Workshop will be held on February 17,2024, at the Hampton Inn, 2606 Hwy 49 W, Pleasant View, TN 37146. The venue has moved to a new location for several reasons. As you know, traffic, high hotel prices, and high rental for space have been major concerns. The hotel is about 30 miles from Nashville so traffic is not a problem. The price of the hotel is reasonable, and the hotel is new. If you have a new puppy (or other pet) you don’t want to leave at home, no problem; the hotel is pet friendly! We will also have several great speakers.

Dr. Nar Bahadur Ranabhat, from the University of Tennessee Crossville, is in the Entomology and Plant Pathology Department. He will be discussing his research relating to advances in Rose Rosette Disease.

Ken Schmidt, from the Carolina District, will be judging our photo contest and will give us valuable tips on how to take quality photos of our roses.

Dr. David Zlesak, Professor of Horticulture at the University of Wisconsin, River Falls and has had many accomplishments. He has been the coordinator of the Northern Earth-Kind trial and the director of the American Rose Trials for Sustainability ®. He has published numerous articles on diseases and hardiness of roses and other plants. Dr. Zlesak is also is well-known rose breeding. He has had numerous successful introductions you are familiar with including the “Oso”® series, the Pretty Polly® series, and numerous other roses. He will be discussing his sustainable roses and his goals of producing plants that are hardy and disease resistant.

Photographs must be entered by 9 a.m. with a welcome from our director. Seminars will be at 9:15 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Following lunch, our district business meeting will be held with the final speaker after it. We plan to conclude by 3:30-4 p.m. Click here for the Photography Schedule.

Click here for the registration form and the schedule of events. Information can also be found on our district website at tenarky.org on the home page. This is your opportunity to hear some outstanding rosarians share their rose knowledge, enjoy lunch with rose friends from across the district, enter in our 5th annual photography contest, purchase some new roses, and have an enjoyable winter day!

MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND!!

2023 Nashville Rose Society Annual Rose Show Results

The 2023 Nashville Rose Society Annual Rose Show was held on Saturday, October 14, in Massey Auditorium at at Cheekwood Estate & Gardens.

Marty Reich with her Best of Show entry, Three Roses – Neil Diamond

Marty Reich, member of the Nashville Rose Society, took away the award for the Best in Show with her entry of three hybrid tea roses Neil Diamond. In addition, Marty won Challenge Class 3 – Three Mini or Miniflora Roses with Mango Blush, Challenge Class 7 – Miniflora in a Bowl with Mango Blush, and Class 15 – English Box with Veterans’ Honor.

Ricky Lockhart, member of the Bowling Green Rose Society, won the most trophies (20), including Queen of Show with Moonstone and King of Show with Ring of Fire. Gene Meyer won Princess of Show with Mohana.