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The New Zealand Rose Society

isolated pink rose with green leafImplanting Roses in the Hearts and Gardens of the People. We are a non profit organisation dedicated to promoting the cultivation of the world’s most favourite flower.

Founded in 1931, the society is made up of  district rose societies working at a local level to ‘To implant the rose in the hearts and gardens of the people’ which is the motto of the New Zealand Rose Society.

District rose societies hold meetings, organise rose shows and pruning demonstrations, publish newsletters and arrange garden visits.

National Conventions and shows are also organised where rosarians meet, learn from each other and show their best blooms. Rose societies also compete against one another in groups for Rose Ranfurly Shields.

At a national level, the New Zealand Rose Society provides several publications to its members – the cultural handbook, the New Zealand Rose Review and the New Zealand Rose Annual. It also operates the New Zealand International Rose Trial Grounds at Palmerston North in partnership with the Palmerston North City Council.

The New Zealand Rose Society is a founding member of the World Federation of Rose Societies(WFRS), an international organisation representing 39 national rose societies worldwide. In 1971, the society hosted the first World Rose Convention in Hamilton and also hosted the 10th in Christchurch in 1994. It has also hosted a regional convention in Auckland in 2004 and in Palmerston North in 2013.

Office Bearers 2019 – 2020.

  • Patron – Mrs Lois Tabb
  • President Emeritus – Mr Peter Elliott
  • President – Mrs Janet Pike
  • Immediate Past President – Mr Doug Grant
  • Vice Presidents –  Mr Hayden Foulds, Mrs Bev Fletcher
  • Council – Mrs Eileen Wilcox,  Mrs Daphne Rissman, Mrs Rachael Chalmers, Mr Adrian Bullen
  • Secretary/Treasurer – Mrs Heather MacDonell
  • Editor/Webmaster – Mr Hayden Foulds

Back row left to right: Mrs Rachael Chalmers, Mrs Bev Fletcher, Mr Adrian Bullen, Mr Hayden Foulds, Mrs Eileen Wilcox, Mrs Daphne Rissman Front row left to right: Mr Doug Grant, Mrs Janet Pike, Mrs Heather Macdonell

 

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Rose Awards

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  • New Zealand Rose Award
  • Frank Penn Memorial Award
  • T.A Stewart Memorial Award
  • International Awards

Rose Publications

  • All Publications
  • Book Reviews
  • New Zealand Rose Review
  • Kiwi Gardener

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