We hope to see you at the 2025 Music City Rose Show!

Rose Study Garden – Photo Courtesy of Cheekwood Estate & Gardens
Mass Arrangement – Best in Show 2024 NRS Rose Society Show exhibited by Barbara Taube

The 2025 Music City Rose Show presented by the Nashville Rose Society will be held at Cheekwood Estate & Gardens – Massey Auditorium on Saturday, September 13 (1:00pm – 5:00pm), and Sunday, September 14 (11:00am – 4:00pm).

The rose preparation area at Massey Hall will open at 6 a.m. on Saturday. Horticulture entries will be placed on the exhibition tables by show personnel from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. Challenge exhibits will be placed by the exhibitor. Judging will begin at 10:30 a.m.

The Rose Show will be open to the public from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday.

Weekend Events are FREE to the Public (all in Massey Auditorium)

Click here to see full details of the show, including the schedule, seminars and Ron’s book signing.

We look forward to seeing you at the 2025 Music City Rose Show!


Monday, September 8, 5:00pm-7:30pm – Fall Grand Prix Rose Show

Fall is one of the most beautiful times for our rose blooms! Hopefully, the brutal summer heat is on its way OUT!!

The Nashville Rose Society 2025 Fall Grand Prix Rose Show will be held during the regularly scheduled monthly meeting on Monday, September 8, 2025, in the Massey Auditorium of Botanic Hall / Visitor Services Building at Cheekwood Garden and Estate.

The purpose of the Grand Prix is to give members a chance to learn about and practice exhibiting roses. A grooming room will be open at 5:00 pm. Experienced exhibitors will be there to help anyone needing help grooming their roses. All you need to do is know the names of the roses you bring. This show is an excellent opportunity to learn how to enter your roses in the 2025 Music City Rose Show to be held at Cheekwood on Saturday, September 13, and the Tenarky District Fall Convention & Rose Show on Saturday, October 4, 2025 in Germantown, TN.

Click here to open the schedule for the Grand Prix.

The 2024 Tenarky Rose Show schedule will be discussed and there will be members who can help you fill out the tags that go on your entries.

Please note: The NRS Grand Prix rose shows are not sanctioned by the American Rose Society .