Category: Rose Events

Nashville Rose Society Members – Bring your roses to the Fairs!

Both the Wilson County Fair and the Tennessee State Fair will be held in the James E. Ward Agricultural Center, 945 E. Baddour Parkway, Lebanon, TN from Thursday, August 13 through Saturday, August 22, 2026.

For informaiton for competitors, click here.

The Wilson County Rose Show is open to Wilson County Residents, members of the Wilson County Gardeners Guild, members of the Wilson County Master Gardeners, members of a Wilson County FCE Club, or members of the Nashville Rose Society over 18 years old. The Tennessee State Rose Show is open to any Tennessee resident over 18 years old.

Exhibits for both shows must be entered at the Expo Center between 12pm and 4pm on Wednesday, August 12. Anyone in line at 4pm will be allowed to enter their roses. Judging will begin for both the Wilson County and the State Rose Shows once entries are complete. After judging, Tennessee state entries will transferred (by Fair volunteers) to the the Hale Moss building to be displayed for the duration of the fair. Wilson County entries will be displayed at the Expo during the fair. There is no admission charge to enter the Fair Grounds to submit your entries.

Please preregister online before Sunday, August 9, to speed up the entry process – one registration works for both the Wilson County and the State Rose Shows. There is no cost to enter in either show.

Click the following to register and for more information, including the show schedules and the division premiums:

We hope to see you at the Fair!

After the 2026 Nashville Convention, don’t miss the

San Diego Rose Symposium:
2027 World Federation of Rose Societies Regional Convention
AND
The 2027 ARS National Convention & Rose Show

combined into one spectacular 5-day Event from April 30 to May 4, 2027.

The Symposium will be the first WFRS Convention to be held in the United States in over 25 years.
Speakers will cover a variety of topics including rose care, hybridizing, garden design to ensure diverse rose culture, the benefits of rose gardening to rose growers and even some rose history and lore. Tom Carruth, Ping Lim, Tyler Francis, Paul Zimmerman, Mike Shoup, Ray Martin and Carrie Bergs will be among the speakers.

To enhance your immersive rose experience, there will be 4 different one-day tours that include gardens and cultural attractions that you can add to your adventure in the San Diego area. And in the WFRS tradition of convention tours, an optional once-in-a-lifetime 8-day Post-Symposium Tour of Southern and Central California gardens and attractions, curated and led by Paul Zimmerman, is also being offered to Symposium registrants.

Go to www.sandiegorosesociety.com/2027 for more information about the Symposium,
hosted by the San Diego Rose Society in celebration of its 100th Anniversary.

Contact & Convention Chair: sandiegorosesociety@gmail.com

Come to the Celebrate America 250 Bowling Green Rose Society Annual Rose Show on May 23, 2026, 1-4 pm! The show will be held at the American Legion Post #23, 208 Dishman Lane, Bowling Green, KY 42101. Doors will open for exhibitors at 6:30 a.m. CDT. Entries may be placed from 7am. until 10am. Judging begins at 10:15am.

Click here to see the Rose Show schedule.

The show is open and free to the public from 1-4:00 pm.

For more information, visit www.bowlinggreenrosesociety.org.

A Message from the Bowling Green Rose Society President

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!

As always, I want to welcome and thank those individuals who through many years of hard work, dedication and training have acquired the skills necessary to become rose show judges. In sharing your expertise, you promote the excitement of competition and further educate exhibitors in the art of showing roses.

Our rose show would not be successful without the cooperative effort of many people in the community. We greatly appreciate the financial support of our sponsors and the use of the American Legion Post 23 facility. I would especially like to thank BGRS members, family and friends for their hours of work before, during and after the show.

For those from the community who have honored us with your presence to view the eautiful display of roses, I thank you and would like to take this opportunity to invite you to become a member of the Bowling Green Rose Society. If you have any questions, feel free to talk with any BGRS member.

Enjoy the show!
Linda Ford, BGRS President