Category: Events_archives_2025

The August meeting of the Nashville Rose Society will be held on Monday (Note the day!), August 4, 2025, in the Massey Auditorium at Cheekwood Estate & Gardens. Our speaker is Dr. James (Jim) Sproul. Jim will be joining us virtually at 6:00pm to discuss his experiences growing roses from seeds and hybridizing new roses. Hospitality will begin at 5:00pm and NRS Business and Rose Care topics will be at 5:30pm.

Jim is a recently retired family-medicine doctor who enjoys having more time to focus on his family and on his rose breeding program. He has been growing roses from seeds for 40 years. Early on he planted seeds from open pollinated rose hips that he gathered from his neighborhood and local rose gardens. It wasn’t long before he realized that a greater range of seedlings would be possible by purposefully crossing one rose with another.

Jim’s goal is to produce novel rose seedlings that also have good health. Named roses that he has hybridized include ‘Honey Dijon’, ‘Brick House® Pink’, ‘Candy Sunblaze’®, Heather Sproul’, the Eyeconic® series and ‘Thrive!’. Mentored by Mr. Ralph Moore, he has a great love for miniature and Hulthemia (a wild rose species from the plateau of central Asia) roses. His first named rose to combine these traits is ‘Diane Sommers’. His newest rose introduced by Star Roses is ‘PowerPuff™ Pink’.

Save the date! The 2025 Nashville Rose Show will be held on Saturday, September 13 at Cheekwood.

The Cheekwood Estate and Gardens is located at 1200 Forrest Park Dr, Nashville, Tennessee 37205. The meetings are free to guests, as is admission to Cheekwood for meetings. Simply tell the gate attendant that you are there for the Nashville Rose Society meeting.

We look forward to seeing you at our August meeting!

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The July 2025, meeting of the Nashville Rose Society will be held in Massey Hall at Cheekwood Estate and Gardens on Monday, July 14, beginning at 5:30pm.

Gene Meyers, a Master Rosarian with the American Rose Society, will lead a hands on propagation workshop. All you need to bring is your pruners and a rose you’d like to root!

Gene has been a member of the Nashville Rose Society 30+ years. He grows Hybrid Teas, Miniatures, Minifloras, Climbing roses, Ramblers, and last but not least, his favorites, Old Garden Roses. He has been rooting roses for years and has been very successful at it. Recently he learned a trick from another rosarian that has bumped his success rate even higher. Come to the July meeting to find out what the trick is and to see demonstrations and the tools you need to be successful at rooting roses.

Before Gene’s workshop, Lisa Schaaf will share her experience with the drip irrigation system she uses in her rose garden.

Save the date! The 2025 Nashville Rose Show will be held on Saturday, September 13 at Cheekwood.

The Cheekwood Estate and Gardens is located at 1200 Forrest Park Dr, Nashville, Tennessee 37205. The meetings are free to guests, as is admission to Cheekwood for meetings. Simply tell the gate attendant that you are there for the Nashville Rose Society meeting.

We look forward to seeing you!

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In celebration of the 60th Bowling Green Rose Society Rose Show will be held on May 31, 2025, from 1:00 – 4:00pm at the American Legion Post #23, 208 Dishman Lane, Bowling Green, KY 42101. The Rose Show is open and free to the public.

W E L C O M E . . .
As president of the Bowling Green Rose Society, I would like to take this opportunity to welcome each of you to our annual rose show and extend a special thank you to all exhibitors for sharing your beautiful roses with us. The work and dedication needed to produce such beautiful roses is greatly appreciated. For those traveling from out of town, you’ve truly gone the extra mile!

Enjoy the show! Linda Ford, BGRS President

For more information, visit the Bowling Green Rose Society website at www.bowlinggreenrosesociety.org.

The Show schedule can be found here.

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