News and Events

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 announce the theme of the 2025 FVRS Rose Show:  200 YEARS OF ROSES AT THE FORT.  The show, our 70th annual, will be held Saturday, June 28, 2025, in the Exhibition Hall at the Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds.  This will be a new location for the show--we are very excited to be working with the Clark County Event Center staff with Friends of Fort Vancouver, our namesake, in presenting this year's show.

NEXT MEETING:  Thursday, June 5:   Always hugely informative, as well as entertaining, is our next featured speaker:  Dr. Charold Baer.  Rose expert Charold has provided excellent rose education to our members for many years; and on Thursday, June 5, she will talk to us on The 5 "E's" of Exhibiting (Educating, Evaluating, Entering, Expanding and Enjoying) as some of the specifics of exhibiting roses.  Charold's talk is designed to assist individuals who are new to exhibiting or who are interested in learning more about the components of exhibiting.  With the 2025 Rose Show less than two months away, her presentation will be timely for anyone desiring to exhibit roses at the June 28th rose show (see EXHIBITOR Show Book below).

     As always, the public is very much welcomed to attend:  7 p.m., June 5, in the Parish Hall at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Vancouver.

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 are 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 March and April and then on Wednesday, April 30.  The next workshop will be Wednesday, June 4, at 2 p.m. at the home of Kathy Fry, 13108 NE 22nd Street in Vancouver.

     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 the FVRS 69th Annual Rose Show in June last year and provided beautiful centerpiece arrangements at our In-House Rose Show last September and at most of our General Membership meetings.

     THANK YOU to all the 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 in these workdays... don't miss this valuable learning experience! 

     The next workday will be Friday, June 13, at 8:30 a.m.  We thank ALL OUR WORKDAY VOLUNTEERS as many hands make light work.

NEXT ANNUAL ROSE SHOW:  2025

          When:    Saturday, June 28, 2025

        Theme:    200 YEARS OF ROSES AT THE FORT

     Location:   Exhibition Hall at the Clark County Fairgrounds

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 2025 FVRS EXHIBITOR Rose Show Book focuses on information of interest to just the exhibitor.  On the day of the 2025 FVRS Rose Show, June 28, the Society will provide a dedicated 2025 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 2025 FVRS EXHIBITOR Rose Show Book PDF file website file and the hard copy distributed at the 2025 June 28 show, the hard copy will be the official book.

DIRECTIONS TO THE 2025 FVRS ROSE SHOW

Clark County Fairgrounds

17402 NE Delfel Road

Ridgefield, WA  98642

Directions to the Rose Show from I-5 Northbound:  At Exit 9, take ramp right and turn left onto 179th Street.  Turn left onto Delfel Road.  The rose grooming area will be in back of the Event Center, off the loading dock area.  Enter through the Loading Dock Gate (check in with gate staff).

Directions to the Rose Show from I-5 Southbound:  At Exit 9, take ramp right and turn right onto 179th Street.  Turn left onto Delfel Road.  The rose grooming area will be in back of the Event Center, off the loading dock area.  Enter through the Loading Dock Gate (check in with gate staff).