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2023 Events
IN 2023, WE ARE CELEBRATING 70 YEARS OF ROSES! ALL ARE WELCOMED TO OUR MEETINGS AND UPCOMING EVENTS DESCRIBED BELOW. Our 68th ANNUAL ROSE SHOW, held JUNE 24, was one of the highlights of the year for FVRS. Check our September newsletter on society "happenings" and look for the upcoming October newsletter!
(NOTE: We've kept the 2023 Rose Show Exhibitor Book on this webpage as an example of the rules and guidelines FVRS follows each year. See all you exhibitors in 2024 for another fabulous show!)
2023 MARKS 70 YEARS FOR FORT VANCOUVER ROSE SOCIETY
This year FVRS celebrates its 70th Anniversary. The society is planning a number of festive, celebratory events to mark this special year. Orders were taken at the May 4 meeting for FVRS apparel toward celebrating our 70th Anniversary year and the society enjoyed a marvelous garden tour on Sunday, July 23. The society held a 70th Anniversary Year Celebration at its September 7 meeting...a fabulous time that included our annual in-house rose show, a special taco bar (yum!) and celebratory cake and toast to another 70 years of everything roses.
2023 GARDEN TOUR
Our 2023 Garden Tour on Sunday, July 23, was a huge success. Four rose gardens were visited with a pulled pork meal served and enjoyed at the fourth garden. Huge thanks to our 2023 Garden Tour hosts: Samson & Taylor Ramirez, Bob and Roberta Britt and their son Bobby, and to Pete and Maggie Mikalatos.
LAST MEETING OF 2023: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 6:30 p.m., at the Old Spaghetti Factory, 730 SE 160th Avenue, Vancouver 98684. Our annual dinner meeting was a celebration and culmination of our 70th Anniversary Year. After an excellent meal, the 2024 FVRS Board officers and members-at-large were installed.
ARRANGEMENT WORKSHOPS
The society was thrilled to provide Arrangement Workshops to its membership and to the public in the spring. Julie Goggin, Arrangements Chair, offered workshops every Wednesday prior to the FVRS General Membership meeting held the first Thursday of each month February through May. Julie and others then brought the arrangements created in the workshops to every General Membership meeting to be a learning experience as well as to be enjoyed by all.
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 on September 7.
The fall workshops were announced (see below) with the schedule of 2024 workshops to be developed by the arrangers at the November 8, 2023, workshop. The 2024 workshop schedule will be posted soon.
DONE! Wednesday, October 4 at 2 p.m. THEME: "All You Need is A Good Stick"
1301 NW 43rd Street, Vancouver 98660
DONE! Wednesday, November 8 at 2 p.m. THEME: Self-Made Sculptures and Forms
13108 NE 22nd Street, Vancouver 98684
DONE! Wednesday, December 6 at 2 p.m. THEME: Holiday Arrangements
13108 NE 22nd Street, Vancouver 98684
LEARN TO PRUNE!
We had 20 FVRS members and guests at the Esther Short Park Rose Garden on Saturday, March 11, 9 a.m. FVRS maintains the nearly 100 roses in this garden and it was time for spring pruning and cleanup. Everyone brought their sharpened pruners, loppers, rakes and gloves and did a wonderful job of preparing this community garden for the growing season! Later, three members--Pete Mikalatos, Louis Rossetto, and Samson Ramirez--did quick work of pruning and spring cleaning at the Covington House Rose Garden. Both the Esther Short Park Rose Garden and the Covington House Rose Garden are maintained by the Fort Vancouver Rose Society--all volunteer help toward providing rose beauty in the community.
We had 11 FVRS volunteers at the Tuesday, September 19, 8 a.m. pruning and cleaning up at the Esther Show Park Rose Garden. Thank you, all!
Oh my goodness! Eleven must be our lucky number in that we , once again, had 11 volunteers at the October 24 pruning and cleanup day at the Esther Short Park Rose Garden. On that day, the volunteers focused on cleaning the crowns of the roses, getting them ready for the mound of mulch they will each get on November 10 (see next paragraph).
Our last workday at the Esther Short Park Rose Garden was on Friday, November 10, when volunteers "closed" the rose garden for winter by pruning the roses about waist high and applying mulch on the crowns. Thank you to ALL OUR VOLUNTEERS who, with their many hands, completed the November 10 workday in just under two hours. Great job everyone! See all of you next spring!
ANNUAL ROSE SHOW: 2023 (see first paragraph above)
When: Saturday, June 24, 2023
Theme: CELEBRATING 70 YEARS OF ROSES
Location: First Evangelical Church, 4120 NE St. Johns Road, Vancouver 98661
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
Entries ............……………........................ 7:00 a.m. to 10:15 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.
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:
For the 2023 FVRS Rose Show, the EXHIBITOR 2023 FVRS Rose Show Book focused on information of interest to just the exhibitor. On the day of the 2023 FVRS Rose Show, June 24th, the society provided a dedicated VISITOR 2023 FVRS Rose Show Book to all the visitors who arrived during our show hours of 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Exhibitors will find the printable EXHIBITOR 2023 FVRS Rose Show Book attached below. The book includes General Instructions for both the Horticulture and the Artistic Design segments of the show. If there were any differences between the EXHIBITOR 2023 FVRS Rose Show Book PDF file web copy and the hard copy distributed at the show, the hard copy was the official book.
Until next year's EXHIBITOR 2024 FVRS Rose Show is written, this site will provide the 2023 show book for exhibitors below as an example of the rules and guidelines followed by FVRS. See all of you in 2024 when FVRS provides another exciting and beautiful rose show for all the community!
DIRECTIONS TO THE 2023 FVRS ROSE SHOW
First Evangelical Church
4120 NE St. Johns Road
Vancouver, WA 98661
Directions to Rose Show from I-5 Southbound
At Exit 2, take ramp right for WA-500 East toward Orchards; Take ramp right and follow signs for St. Johns Blvd; Turn left onto St. Johns Blvd; Road name changes to St. Johns Rd; Go to First Evangelical Church, 4120 NE St. Johns Rd, Vancouver, Washington.
Directions to Rose Show from I-5 Northbound
At Exit 2, take ramp right and follow signs for E 39th St; Take ramp left for WA-500 East toward Orchards; Take ramp right and follow signs for St. Johns Blvd; Turn left onto St. Johns Blvd; Road name changes to St. Johns Rd; Go to First Evangelical Church, 4120 NE St. Johns Rd, Vancouver, Washington.
Directions to Rose Show from I-205 North or South
At Exit 30, take ramp right for WA-500 West toward Vancouver; Take ramp right and follow signs for St. Johns Blvd; Turn right onto NE St. Johns Rd; Go to First Evangelical Church, 4120 NE St. Johns Rd, Vancouver, Washington.
IMPORTANT: AFTER GROOMING AND ENTERING ROSES, EXHIBITORS ARE ASKED TO PLEASE MOVE THEIR VEHICLES TO THE UPPER LEVEL PARKING LOT.
