Sunday
May 4th, 2008
CANADIAN ROSE SOCIETY ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Toronto Botanical Gardens
South West Corner of Lawrence and Leslie, Don Mills, Toronto, Ontario

Time: 1:00pm,

This short meeting will preceed the Greater Toronto Rose Society's meeting which starts at 2:00pm when CRS President Ralph Bullough will be the guest speaker.

All members are invited to stay for both meetings.

Sunday
May 4th, 2008
Greater Toronto Rose Society General Meeting
Toronto Botanical Gardens
South West Corner of Lawrence and Leslie, Don Mills, Toronto, Ontario

Time: 2:00pm,

Guest Speaker: Ralph Bullough
Topic: "Rose Growing in the North"

Ralph is President of the Canadian Rose Society and lives in Thunder Bay.

This meeting will immediately follow the Canadian Rose Society Annual Meeting which starts at 1:00pm. All CRS members are invited to stay and enjoy an afternoon of fellowship and refreshments with fellow rosarians.

Tuesday
May 13,2008
SOCIÉTÉ DES ROSES DU QUÉBEC QUEBEC ROSE SOCIETY
Montreal Botanical Garden,
Main Building, 4100 Sherbrooke St. East, Montreal, QC

Time: 7:30pm,

"Your favourite rose photography"
MEMBERS ONLY
Montreal Botanical Garden Location

Tuesday
May 20th, 2008
Vancouver Rose Society General Meeting
VanDusen Floral Hall, VanDusen Gardens, Vancouver, B.C.
Time: 7:30pm,

Guest Speaker: Patrick White

Topic: "The Growing of Minis in Canada"

For more information visit their website on our Rosey Links.

Thursday
May 22, 2008
SOCIÉTÉ DES ROSES DU QUÉBEC QUEBEC ROSE SOCIETY
Montreal Botanical Garden,
Main Building, 4100 Sherbrooke St. East, Montreal, QC

Time: 7:30pm,

Show Preparation, Rendez-vous Horticole Montreal Botanical Garden Location

Friday, Saturday
& Sunday
May 23,24,25,
2008
SOCIÉTÉ DES ROSES DU QUÉBEC QUEBEC ROSE SOCIETY
Montreal Botanical Garden,
Main Building, 4100 Sherbrooke St. East, Montreal, QC

Rendez-vous Horticole Exposition Montreal Botanical Garden Location

Sunday
May 25th, 2008
Hamilton Burlington Rose Society Meeting
Royal Botanical Gardens, Plains Road, Burlington, ON
2:00pm, Meeting Room #4

Preparation for all Canadian Rose Show

Tuesday
June 10, 2008
SOCIÉTÉ DES ROSES DU QUÉBEC QUEBEC ROSE SOCIETY
Montreal Botanical Garden,
Main Building, 4100 Sherbrooke St. East, Montreal, QC

Time: 7:30pm,

Preparation Assembly for "ROSEXPO"
MEMBERS ONLY
Montreal Botanical Garden Location:"boîte à lunch".

Monday,
June 16, 2008
Huronia Rose Society General Meeting
Huronia Rose Society holds meetings in the Barrie Public Library, at the corner of Owen and Worsley St., in the Angus Ross room.

Time: 7:30pm

Guest Speaker: Charlotte Vorstermans, Master Gardener
Topic: "Clematis in your Garden"

For more information:Contact (705) 721-0484 Email:Huronia Rose Society@hotmail.com
Tuesday
June 17th, 2008
Vancouver Rose Society General Meeting
VanDusen Floral Hall, VanDusen Gardens, Vancouver, B.C.
Time: 7:30pm,

Parlour Show

For more information visit their website on our Rosey Links.

Saturday & Sunday,
June 21 & 22, 2008
Hamilton Burlington Rose Society First All Canadian Rose Show
Royal Botanical Gardens, 680 Plains Road West, Burlington, ON

THE FIRST ALL-CANADIAN ROSE SHOW
(A Celebration Of Canadian Rose Hybridizers)


The Hamilton Burlington Rose Society is holding this unique rose show at the Royal Botanical Gardens. All are welcome to exhibit roses, with entries restricted to Canadian Cultivars.

Entries will be received between 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. on Friday, June 20th and from 7:00 a.m. until 10:15 a.m. on Saturday, June 21st.

The rose show is open to the public from 1:30 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. Saturday, June 21st, and from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Sunday, June 22nd.

All rose societies are invited to attend with the purpose of selling memberships, and fundraising through the sale of roses and rose related items. Palatine Fruit and Roses will be attending and selling roses during the show.

The Royal Botanical Gardens will also be holding it’s Rose Festival concurrent with the All-Canadian Rose Show which will give the public the opportunity to view the new renovations to their rose gardens.

Not only will this be a historic show, it will be a great opportunity to learn, shop, and network with other rosarians who will be coming from as far away as Edmonton and Montreal.

All questions and comments are welcome. Please feel free to contact Mark Disero, Show Chairman, at mdisero@allstream.net or 519-720-0067

Saturday & Sunday
June 21 & 22, 2008
ROSEXPO-EXPOSITION SOCIÉTÉ DES ROSES DU QUÉBEC QUEBEC ROSE SOCIETY
Montreal Botanical Garden,
Main Building, 4100 Sherbrooke St. East, Montreal, QC



Wednesday,
July 2, 2008
Huronia Rose Society Annual Rose Show
The Southshore Community Centre, Lakeshore Rd., Barrie.
Time: 7:00pm

Celebrity Floral designers, refreshments of homemade strawberry Pie and lemonade, Q.& A. about Growing Roses.

For more information:Contact (705) 721-0484 Email:Huronia Rose Society@hotmail.com
Friday, July 4 & Saturday
July 5,2008
Alberta & Saskatchewan - Interprovincial Rose Show
Rosetown & District Museum, Rosetown SK.

Open to any resident of Alberta or Saskatchewan

Classes for all types of roses and also Floral Design.
Ribbons - Class Rosettes - Aggregate Awards
Exhibits staged:
Thursday, July 3: 5-7pm, Friday July 4:7:30 - 10am

Show open to the public:
Friday, July 4: 2-6pm; Saturday July 5: 9:30am - 3pm
Silver Collection at the door

Information and Show Schedule available from: www.icangarden.com/clubs/SRoseS or www.calgaryrosesociety.ca
Telephone: 403-243-5655, 780-875-7123, 306-373-8299,
Tuesday
July 15th, 2008
Vancouver Rose Society General Meeting
VanDusen Floral Hall, VanDusen Gardens, Vancouver, B.C.
Time: 7:30pm,

Topic: Organic Gardening

For more information visit their website on our Rosey Links.

Tuesday
September 9, 2008
SOCIÉTÉ DES ROSES DU QUÉBEC QUEBEC ROSE SOCIETY
Montreal Botanical Garden,
Main Building, 4100 Sherbrooke St. East, Montreal, QC

Time: 7:30pm,

Mini Fall Rose Show
MEMBERS ONLY
Montreal Botanical Garden Location:"boîte à lunch".

Sunday
September 14, 2008
Hamilton Burlington Rose Society Meeting
Royal Botanical Gardens, Plains Road, Burlington, ON
2:00pm, Meeting Room #4

Members Forum

Monday,
September 16, 2008
Huronia Rose Society General Meeting
Huronia Rose Society holds meetings in the Barrie Public Library, at the corner of Owen and Worsley St., in the Angus Ross room.

Time: 7:30pm

Guest Speaker: Jamie Aalders.
Topic is “Breeding Miniature Roses”

For more information:Contact (705) 721-0484 Email:Huronia Rose Society@hotmail.com
Tuesday
October 14, 2008
SOCIÉTÉ DES ROSES DU QUÉBEC QUEBEC ROSE SOCIETY
Montreal Botanical Garden,
Main Building, 4100 Sherbrooke St. East, Montreal, QC

Time: 7:30pm,

TO BE SCHEDULED
Montreal Botanical Garden Location

Tuesday
November 11, 2008
SOCIÉTÉ DES ROSES DU QUÉBEC QUEBEC ROSE SOCIETY
Montreal Botanical Garden,
Main Building, 4100 Sherbrooke St. East, Montreal, QC

Time: 7:30pm,

Annual Meeting, Elections
MEMBERS ONLY
Montreal Botanical Garden Location:"boîte à lunch".

June 18 - 24,
2009
15th World Federation of Rose Societies Convention
Vancouver, British Columbia

Combine your love of Roses with your love for travel. The World Rose Convention in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada will expand your rose network through education and social events. While in Vancouver you can enjoy the majestic mountains, sparkling ocean, rainforests and beautiful foliage all which make Vancouver one of the most beautiful cities in the world to visit.

During the day you can take in the comprehensive educational programs featuring top lecturers and guest speakers from around the world which promise to be stimulating and thought provoking. Also during the day there will be tours of local public and private gardens that will highlight the array of roses in the host city of Vancouver.

The social events are the perfect opportunity to network with your Rosarian peers. The Vancouver’s World Rose Convention program will be filled with a variety of activities including an exciting Welcoming Reception, unique evening events, daily city tours, and a final banquet to celebrate the events highlights.

The convention will feature a variety of pre and post convention tours opening up your travel opportunities to see the spectacular province of British Columbia and area.

This event is the perfect opportunity to allow visitors to immerse themselves in the Canadian experience while enjoying the Rose. For more detail visit: Worldrose-Vancouver 2009 or visit their website on our Rose Links
October 12 - 19, 2012
16th World Federation of Rose Societies Convention
Sandton, South Africa

As is to be expected, this convention includes lectures, a rose exhibition, garden visits, photo opportunities, networking with fellow rose lovers, all with a special South African flavour.

Unique and exciting Pre- and Post-Convention tours have been planned to include exceptional game viewing in a beautiful reserve situated on an extinct volcanic site and to the equally beautiful Cape, where delicious wine can be sampled in gracious Cape-Dutch homesteads and magnificent roses against the backdrop of the Cape mountains.

For more detail visit: Worldrose- South Africa 2012 or email rosa@rosessouthafrica.co.za


We invite you to become a member.
Regular single membership is $30 a year.
A charitable donation receipt for income tax purposes will be issued for
donations of $10.00 or more above the membership fee.

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Last Updated: April 29, 2008