Little Rose Show Schedule
We want to see your varieties of roses that you grow. We might want to grow
them also after seeing your beautiful roses. Please share your roses with
us. It just takes a few extra minutes to cut a rose and to bring it. We
furnish bottles if you do not have any.
Hope to see you and your roses at the Little Rose Shows.
Our Little Rose Shows start with the April meeting. The following
information explains what's involved with these shows. This material
appears now so that you can prepare to be one of the big winners! There are
six Little Rose Shows held during the year on our meeting nights in the
months of April, May, June, September, October, and November. These monthly
shows acquaint exhibitors with the roses and each other.
- All members can enter and are encouraged to bring roses! The more we
have, the more interesting our shows are. Don't be afraid to enter the
arrangement class. You don't have to be an expert to participate. Men are
encouraged to participate in the arrangement classes; don't leave it all to
the ladies!
- Two entries per class, per garden will be permitted. Junior members can
enter in the Junior classes.
- Groom your entries: clean the foliage, disbud properly, etc. Ask one of
the consulting rosarians if you have any questions about this.
- Please use entry tags and mark "Advanced" or "Novice" on the tags. If
you don't have any tags, your chairperson will have them at each show.
Please don't abbreviate the names of the roses. Check Modern Roses 11, or
the ARS Handbook for Selecting Roses for help with the names.
- Please come as soon after 7:00 PM as you can, and have your entries in
place by the time the meeting starts at 7:30 PM. Each class will be
designated by a sign so you'll know where to place your roses.
- Bring your own unlabeled bottles for entries. Use transparent soda pop,
tonic, or other bottles. For the miniature roses, use a small transparent
bottle to complement the size of the miniature.
- Each month, we will have a different arrangement theme and rules for it.
These will be explained in the Rose Leaf prior to each meeting.
- The point system is: 3 points for first place, 2 for second, and 1 for
third in all 19 classes. Advanced and Novice entries compete separately in
the first 6 classes.
The classes are:
- One Hybrid Tea or Grandiflora - one bloom per stem
- One Hybrid Tea or Grandiflora Spray
- One Floribunda (one bloom per stem)
- One Floribunda Spray
- One Arrangement - either large or miniature (following theme as
specified)
- One Miniature (one bloom per stem)
- One Miniature Spray
- One Old Rose (one stem - one bloom or cluster)
- One Polyantha
- One Shrub (one stem - one bloom or cluster)
- One Fragrant Rose
- Climber (large-flowered climber)
- One Fully-open Rose (any type of rose)
- Miniature rose in a bowl (bowls provided)
- Rose in a bowl (bowls provided)
- 2 Special Classes of the Month
- Junior Section - cut specimen or arrangement
- For Display Only (unknown or other interesting rose)
- ARS Judges' Entries - Specimens and/or arrangements
Each month, an award is presented for the Best Rose of the Advanced Class,
Best Rose of the Novice Class, Best Miniature, Best Junior, and Best
Arrangement. The Best Rose of the Show will be selected between the
Advanced and Novice winners and will receive a total of 5 points.
In December, the points are totaled and the following certificate awards are
presented:
- Advanced Division (Hybrid Tea, Grandiflora, Floribunda)
- Novice Division (Hybrid Tea, Grandiflora, Floribunda)
- Miniature Division
- Arrangement Division
- Old Rose/Polyantha/Shrub/Special Class Division
- Junior Division
A Novice exhibitor would be one who has not won more than nine first place
awards in the Novice class at the monthly rose shows. A Novice arranger
would also be in this category. The Novice who accumulates the most points
at the end of the year automatically moves up to the Advanced class even
though nine first places have not been won. A Novice may enter Advanced
competition at any time, but if he wins a first place, he cannot enter
Novice competition again. The Novice class is for beginners (members who
are learning to exhibit roses). The purpose of this class is to encourage
new members to exhibit.
Little Rose Show Arrangement Classes: "Roses With..."
Roses must be the dominant flower in all artistic designs, except in April
when there usually are not many roses. Flowers and other foliage will be
permitted along with the roses. Accessories are also allowed. Using the
same theme, entries can be made for both large and small arrangements.
Volunteers are needed to help as clerks.
April: "Roses with an Awesome Accessory"
May: "Roses with a Magnificent Container"
June: "Roses with Jewels" (any kind of adornments or ornaments)
September: "Roses with Splendid Foliage"
October: "Roses with an Object (gadjet or something fun)
November: "Roses with Something Natural (not man-made)
Little Rose Show Special Horticultural Classes
Here are the special classes for the Little Rose Shows. There are two
special classes each month.
April:
* Best of the Day (1 stem, any rose or roses)
* Friends (2 roses in 1 container)
May:
* Stages or Cycle of Bloom in 1 container (bud, how form, fully-open
showing stamens)
* 2 sprays of roses in 1 container
June:
* Floating Friends (2 or more roses in a bowl, any types or varieties, any
sizes)
* High-Low (1 big rose with 1 miniature)
September:
* Trailing Rose (1 stem exhibited in a water tube on black velveteen cloth
(tube and cloth furnished by society) lying on table
* 3 minis in 1 container (1 bloom/stem or spray, same or different)
October:
* 3 roses, any combination and sizes
* Family (3-5 rose stems of different sizes of roses in 1 container)
November:
* Favorite Fall Rose, 1 stem
* Mini Best Friends (2 minis in 1 container) Test
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