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“Josephine’s Gardens at Malmaison” – WOW! Please join us on Sunday, November 6, 2022, for our guest speaker Gerry Mahoney’s presentation. Josephine’s Gardens were part of the beginning of formal rose gardens in Europe, and where some of the horticultural experiments were done that brought us the “reblooming” roses we know today.  In this program we look at how the gardens started – who was there to get the gardens growing – and what happened to the gardens after Josephine’s death. 

For over 20 years, Gerry Mahoney, Master Rosarian, has judged Horticulture, Arrangements or Photography throughout the Pacific Southwest, the Pacific Northwest, NCNH and the Rocky Mountain District as well as District and National Rose Shows for the American Rose Society.  She has written rose care articles for the local society newsletter, and for the Pacific Southwest District newsletter. 

Currently, Gerry is serving as the Arrangement Judge Chair for the Pacific Southwest District and as the Editorial Advisory Committee Chair for the ARS magazine “The Rose”. Gerry and her husband Dave were the National Consulting Rosarian Chairs during Bob Martin’s Presidency. Currently, Gerry and her husband have started “A Bed of Roses” – a business that helps people care for their rose gardens. 

Gerry will be presenting to us virtually from Phoenix, Arizona. Join us to discover some of our rose “history”!

After Gerry’s presentation, Ron Daniels, NRS Co-President, will present “When,Why,and How to Winterize Your Roses”. Afterwards, there will be Q&A. Bring your questions and get prepared to winterize your roses.

The November meeting will be held in the Potter Meeting Room in Botanic Hall at Cheekwood Garden and Estate. The Cheekwood Campus Map shows the location of Botanic Hall.

Note: Admission to Cheekwood is not required – let the gate attendant know that you are attending the NRS Meeting in the Potter Room.

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The October 9 meeting of the Nashville Rose Society will not be at Belmont as planned. The meeting will be held at Cheekwood in the Frist Learning Center in the meeting room on the courtyard level (see details below).

History buffs as well as rosarians will not want to miss the October 9,2022, meeting of the Nashville Rose Society at Belmont University. Our speaker will be Myers Brow, Executive Director of Belmont Mansion. His presentation will explore the gardens and landscaped environment surrounding Adelicia Acklen’s summer home, Belmont Mansion.

The home featured gardens, statuary, aviary and zoo and included a steam engine powered water tower to provide irrigation. This unrivaled wonder impressed Nashvillians and outsiders alike but was heavily damaged by the Union troops who constructed earthworks on the property during the American Civil War.

Myers is a Fellow and a current officer of the Company of Military Historians and is on the advisory boards for the Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area and the Tennessee Civil War Preservation Association. Prior to joining Belmont, he served as Director of Archival Collection Services and Chief Historian at the Tennessee State Library and Archives. He previously worked as a curator with the Tennessee State Museum, the Alabama Historical Commission, and at the Atlanta History Center. He also served as the chairman of the Tennessee War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission.

He is the author of two books: Images of Tennessee’s Union Cavalrymen (published in December 2008) and Images of Tennessee Confederates (April 2011). He served as editor of the Best of the Tennessee Historical Quarterly, Volume 5, Nathan Bedford Forrest and the Confederate Cavalry in West Tennessee (published April 2013).

The Frist Learning Center “New Meeting Room” is on the 1st floor. It is smaller than the Potter Room so it will be a bit tight (they say it can accommodate 30 people theater style). Enter Cheekwood through the back gate at 111 Cheek Road and park either in Lot C, which is located next to the Frist, or Lot D, which is a bit further away but still within walking distance of the Frist. The main entrance to Cheekwood will be very crowded with visitors and quite a hike from the Frist Learning Center. Once you enter the building, there is an elevator to the left or stairs straight ahead. Once you come up the stairs or elevator, take a left to get to the meeting room. It is not marked, but on the map in front of the elevator it is identified as “Meeting Room”. The Cheekwood Campus Map shows the parking lots and the location of the Frist Learning Center.

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The 2022 Fall Grand Prix Rose Show will be held during the Nashville Rose Society regularly scheduled monthly meeting on Sunday, September 11, 2022, in the Potter Room at Cheekwood Gardens & 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 1pm. 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.

Click here to open the schedule for the Grand Prix.

The 2022 Tenarky District 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 .

Directions to the Potter Room: Enter Cheekwood and drive up to the parking attendants at the top of the hill. If they direct you to park outside the stone gates and it is difficult for you to walk far, tell them that the Rose Society has spaces reserved in Lot A. If those spaces are foll, there is a golf cart shuttle that will bring you to Botanic Hall. Once you park, bypass the ticket booth and come to the first building on your left which is Botanic Hall (you will notice the building has a large covered entrance). Enter the building and turn left down the hall to the Potter Room.

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