In 2024, the Fort Vancouver Rose Society is enjoying its 71st year of growing and celebrating the rose. All are WELCOME to our meetings and events as described below. Most recently, the highlight event of our calendar year took place on Saturday, June 29, when the Society held its 69th Annual Rose Show. HUGE thanks to all our exhibitors and volunteers who helped organize and staff the show. So many folks we dare not try to list them all...but we must give special thanks to Kathy Fry who organized the first-ever Photography section of our annual rose show. It was a huge success...so many photos! A list of show winners, photos from the show and other show details are in our FVRS July "Ring Around the Roses" Newsletter (posted under the "MORE" page on this website).
COMING IN EARLY FALL
Annual Garden Tour: The FVRS Board was planning the summer garden tour on Sunday, July 28. However, after so much work by so many FVRS members at this year's rose show, a collective decision was made to postpone our annual garden tour to the fall. Like many of us, our gardens are also "recovering" from the show. And, the recent heat wave of 100+ temperatures in Vancouver and surrounding communities has been hard on our beloved roses. So, let's all get back to one of our favorite things--tending our rose gardens--and have roses galore this September for a special FALL ROSE GARDEN TOUR. Watch for details in the September FVRS Newsletter.
If you would like your garden featured on the FALL tour, contact Mary Benson at 360-921-0922 or bensonml@aol.com. Mary has announced the tour's theme: "Roses Grow in All Sizes of Gardens."
Next Meeting: September 5: The next meeting of the Society will be Thursday, September 5, at 7 p.m. in the Parish Hall of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Vancouver. It will be a fun evening of friendly competition as FVRS exhibitors participate in our annual In-House Rose Show. The public, as always, is invited to attend and also participate in the show. You will learn A LOT from the judges as they critique each rose.
ARRANGEMENT WORKSHOPS
The society was thrilled to, once again, provide Arrangement Workshops this year to its membership and the public. Arrangements Chair Julie Goggin held the first workshop of 2024 on Wednesday, January 31, at 2 p.m. We're grateful to FVRS member Kathy Fry who offered her heated garage to host these workshops (13108 NE 22nd Street in Vancouver).
A huge thanks to Julie for spearheading this renewed effort in our society to teach floral arrangements with our beloved roses. She has sparked the talent in many and given confidence to her workshop students, many of whom exhibited at the 2023 FVRS 68th Annual Rose Show and our In-House Rose Show last year in September and will again exhibit at the 69th Annual Rose Show on June 29.
All the spring workshops were at 2 p.m. at the home of Kathy Fry (address above):
Arrangement Workshops
DONE! Wednesday, January 31
DONE! Wednesday, March 6
DONE! Wednesday, April 3 (with special guest arranger I Li Hsiao, AIFD, CFD, EMC)
DONE! Wednesday, May 1 (with special guest arranger I Li Hsiao, AIFD, CFD, EMC)
DONE! Wednesday, June 5 (with special guest arranger I Li Hsiao, AIFD, CFD, EMC)
The June workshop focused on rose show arrangement planning and practice
LEARN TO PRUNE!
Consulting Rosarian Co-Members-at-Large Jim Swenson and Louis Rossetto arranged the following rose seminars at local nurseries. We are 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 2024:
DONE! Saturday, February 24, at 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Yard 'n Garden Land
1501 NE 102nd Street, Vancouver 98686
DONE! Saturday, February 24, at 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Tsugawa Nursery & Greenhouse
410 E. Scott Avenue, Woodland 98674
DONE! Saturday, March 2, 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 the year at the Esther Short Park Rose Garden on Friday, March 8. 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. On March 8, we had 16 hardy gardeners pruning, weeding, raking and mulching the park garden in glorious sunshine. After several hours, our work at the downtown garden was done. Nine of the 16 gardeners then drove to the Covington House Rose Garden off of Main Street to give those roses their spring pruning and much-needed attention. There were several new folks from the public who stopped by the Esther Short Park Rose Garden to help and to learn pruning techniques from FVRS consulting rosarians Jim Swenson, Julie Goggin and Louis Rossetto.
The public is always welcomed at our workdays; the next to be announced soon. Just show up with your questions and pruners. YOU WILL LEARN ALOT about pruning if you participate in these workdays... don't miss this valuable learning experience! The most recent workday was Friday, July 12. The next workday will be announced soon...watch this webpage for the time and date!
We thank ALL OUR VOLUNTEERS as many hands make light work!
NEXT ANNUAL ROSE SHOW: 2025
When: Saturday, June 28, 2025
Theme: (TO BE DETERMINED)
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.
Novice/Junior Entry Table...……............................................................. 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 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.
Trophies Awarded ...…………………….…..............................………............... 3:00 p.m.
Removal of Arrangements/Tags...……...................................……………. 4:00 p.m.
Show Breakdown .........…………………………………...................................... 4:30 p.m.
EXHIBITORS:
As in 2024, the 2025 FVRS EXHIBITOR Rose Show Book will focus 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.
Until the 2025 FVRS EXHIBITOR Rose Show Book is published (spring of 2025), exhibitors will find the printable 2024 FVRS EXHIBITOR Rose Show Book attached below. The book will, of course, be edited for 2025; but we have left the 2024 book on this webpage so that it can be reviewed for how the FVRS organizes its show. The book includes General Instructions for the Horticulture, the Artistic Design and the Photography sections of the show. When published, 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 Road Show from I-5 Southbound and Northbound and from I-205 northbound will be provided on this webpage soon!
PDF of WEBSITE 2024 FVRS Rose Show EXHIBITOR Show Book_FINAL_28-APR-2024 (pdf)
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