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In 2025, the Fort Vancouver Rose Society will be enjoying its 72nd year of growing and celebrating the rose.  All are WELCOME to our meetings and events as described below.  AND, the Fort Vancouver Rose Society is very proud to have collaborated with the Friends of Fort Vancouver in this year's 2025 FVRS Rose Show:  200 YEARS OF ROSES AT THE FORT.  The show was our 70th annual and was held Saturday, June 28, 2025, in the Exhibition Hall at the Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds.  This was a new location for the show, and it proved to be an excellent choice!  Working with the Clark County Event Center staff and also with the Friends of Fort Vancouver (our namesake) was a most enjoyable experience.

NEXT MEETING:  Thursday, November 6:    "What's that Rose in Your Garden?"  FVRS members Julie Goggin and Sally Rossetto will bring examples of roses to illustrate the various types of roses growing in our gardens.  Do you know the difference between Hybrid Tea and Floribunda roses? ...or between Floribunda and Grandiflora roses? ...how about between a Miniature and a Miniflora rose?  Attend the November 6 meeting to find out!

     The evening will also feature a short talk by FVRS member Norma Schell on a topic that's timely as winter approaches:   "Emergency Preparedness."

     And, rose care experts will, once again, be on hand to sharpen pruners/loppers for the fall pruning of roses (one pruner/lopper per person, please).  Our rose care experts and experienced rose growers are always available at FVRS meetings to answer your rose-care questions.

     FVRS meetings take place at 7 p.m. in the Parish Hall at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Vancouver.  The public is ALWAYS WELCOMED to attend!

FVRS at 2025 Camas Plant & Garden Fair:  FVRS had a booth at the 26th Annual Camas Plant & Garden Fair on Saturday, May 10 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.  It was our second year to promote FVRS at this wonderful community fair.  FVRS members Mike Giddings and David Goggin spearheaded our efforts to promote the Society.  Thank you to everyone who helped set up, "people" and take down the FVRS booth.  Each of you were excellent representatives of the Fort Vancouver Rose Society!

ARRANGEMENT WORKSHOPS

     We were pleased to, once again, provide Arrangement Workshops in 2025 to the FVRS membership and the public.   Arrangements Chair Julie Goggin held the first workshop of 2025 on Wednesday, February 5, with subsequent monthly workshops taking place the first Wednesday in each month through June.  The first workshop in 2026 will be announced soon... watch this space!

     Julie has spearheaded this effort in our society to teach floral arranging with our beloved roses.  She has sparked the creative talent in many and given confidence to her workshop participants, many of whom exhibited at both last year's and this year's annual rose show in June.  Arrangements by workshop participants are also enjoyed at monthly membership meetings.

     The many beautiful arrangements at the 2025 Rose Show further proved both the interest and creative talent of workshop participants, many of whom won awards at the show.

     THANK YOU to all the workshop participants who create beautiful arrangements for our meetings and competitions.

LEARN TO PRUNE!

    Consulting Rosarian Co-Members-at-Large Jim Swenson and Louis Rossetto have completed the Rose Care Seminars scheduled for 2025.  We were thrilled to have the opportunity to work with these businesses, devoted to offering the best products for us to use in our gardens.

Rose Care Seminars - Spring 2025:

     DONE! Saturday, February 22, at 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Yard 'n Garden Land

          1501 NE 102nd Street, Vancouver 98686

     DONE! Saturday, February 22, at 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Tsugawa Nursery & Greenhouse

          410 E. Scott Avenue, Woodland 98674

     DONE! Saturday, March 1, at 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Dennis' 7 Dees

          10006 Mill Plain Blvd., Vancouver 98664

COMMUNITY PARK WORKDAYS

     FVRS held its first workday of 2025 at the Esther Short Park Rose Garden on Friday, March 7, at 9 a.m.  FVRS helps to maintain this community garden as well as the rose garden at the Covington House.  We do this for the city for the enjoyment of its citizens.  Additional workdays have been held since toward getting the garden ready for the growing season.

     The public is always welcomed at our workdays.  Just show up at the next workday with your questions and pruners.  YOU WILL LEARN ALOT about pruning and deadheading roses if you participate... don't miss this valuable learning experience! 

     The following dates and times are scheduled for the next workdays at the Esther Short Park Rose Garden:

          DONE!  Friday, August 22, at 8 a.m.

          DONE!  Friday, October 10, at 9 a.m.

          Tuesday, November 11 (Veterans Day) at 9 a.m.

     We thank ALL OUR WORKDAY VOLUNTEERS as many hands make light work.

ROSE SHOW INFORMATION:  Until the next rose show date, time and location are determined, interested exhibitors will find the downloadable 2025 FVRS EXHIBITOR Rose Show General Instructions attached below.  The next book will, of course, be revised with details of that show, but we have left the 2025 book on this webpage so that it can be reviewed for how the FVRS organizes its color-class show.  The General Instructions are for the Horticulture, the Artistic Design and the Photography sections of the show.

NEXT ANNUAL ROSE SHOW

          When:    To be determined

        Theme:    To be determined

     Location:   To be determined

Free and open to the public, the Fort Vancouver Rose Society rose show features competitors from throughout the Pacific northwest who grow their roses at home.  New rose growers are welcomed and encouraged to participate! Members of the Fort Vancouver Rose Society are available to help new competitors.

FREE ADMISSION - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC DURING SHOW HOURS  

Show Hours: 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

SHOW SCHEDULE

Horticulture & Arrangement Entries ............……………........................     7:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.

Photography Entries.................................................................................     7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m.

Hospitality ...……………................................................................................     8:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.

Photography Judging.................................................................................    9:00 a.m. 

Judging/Clerk Instruction …………………………….......................................  10:30 a.m.

Judging .........….……...………………….………………............................................  11:00 a.m.

Luncheon ...………………………….………….......................................................  12:30 p.m.

Show Hours ...………………...….....................................................................    1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Awards Ceremony ...…………………….…..............................………...............    3:00 p.m.

Removal of Arrangements/Tags...……...................................…………….    4:00 p.m.

Show Breakdown .........…………………………………......................................    4:30 p.m.

EXHIBITORS: 

     The FVRS EXHIBITOR Rose Show Book focuses on information of interest to just the exhibitor.  On the day of the next rose show, the Society provides a dedicated FVRS VISITOR Rose Show Book to all the visitors who arrive during our show hours of 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

     The FVRS EXHIBITOR Rose Show Book includes General Instructions for the Horticulture, the Artistic Design and the Photography sections of the show.  If there are any differences between the FVRS EXHIBITOR Rose Show Book PDF file website file (below) and the hard copy distributed at the show, the hard copy will be the official book.

DIRECTIONS TO THE NEXT ROSE SHOW (to be provided when venue is determined)