Fall and winter care is vital for a the health of your roses for next season. Join us to learn the steps you need to take to “put your roses to bed”.

Carolina Classic Fair Flower Show - October 9, 2024 - Winston Salem Fair Grounds - Home and Garden Building. Exhibitors can place roses between 8:00 - 10:00 AM. Open to the public at 1:00 PM

Annual WSRS Indoor Picnic, August 25th, 4:30 PM at the Historic Brookstown Inn. Please bring a dish to share. Plates and utensils will be provided. 

Ice cream social at the home of James and Brenda Richardson, 4:00 PM, 103 Shortie Court, King, NC

If you have entered a rose show, you may have wondered, “what are the judges looking for?” when they give out the blue, red and yellow ribbons. Barbara Arthur, Horticulture Judge, will take the mystery out of how roses are judged. This topic will be particularly helpful for those who plan to enter roses in the Carolina Classic Fair.

For 60 years the Winston-Salem Rose Society has sponsored a rose show. Rose growers come from North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia to exhibit beautiful specimens.

More details: www.wsrose.org/roseshow2024

Rose show schedule: https://static1.squarespace.com/.../2024+WSRS+Rose+Show...

Entries accepted 6:30 am to 9:30 am
Judging begins at 10:00 am

Open to the Public at 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

The exhibition roses will be for sale at the end of the show.
Large Roses - $1.00 per stem
Small Roses - $0.50 per stem

Jimmy Speas and James Richardson will demonstrate the easiest and most successful way to propagate roses is by taking cuttings of softwood, either in the late spring or early summer depending on your growing zone. Propagating roses by cuttings is an inexpensive way to acquire more rose plants. Rosarians always need more rose plants.

Satish Prabhu will share his 60 years experience growing and exhibiting roses. Satish has been growing roses since 1959 and has grown them on two continents. His garden containing 650 bushes was featured on the garden tour of the ARS spring national convention in 1993.He has been a life-member of the ARS since 1977 and has been exhibiting roses at the national level since 1985. He has won a record 112 national trophies from 1985 to 2022. He has been awarded the outstanding CR, Outstanding Judge and the ARS Silver Honor Medal at the district level, the ARS Bronze medal from the Greater Columbia Rose Society and the South Carolina Rose Society and the national Blake Hedrick award for lifetime achievement in exhibiting roses. He is a master rosarian and serves as the chairman of the National Exhibitors’ Committee. Satish is a contributing editor to the American Rose and the American Rose Annuals.

Do you take countless pictures of your roses? Of course you do. Roses make beautiful subjects for photographs. Ken Schmidt, President of Eastern Carolina Rose Society and cell phone photography expert, will share the us tips and techniques, so you can capture their natural beauty using just your cell phone. This is a program for all.  Please join us and bring your friends.  Also don’t forget to bring your cell phone.

The Winston Salem Rose Society has partnered with Reynolda Gardens to offer hands-on experience, March 21 and March 22, to those that are interested in learning more about pruning roses. This is a free event. Participants are asked to bring pruners and heavy gloves. No registration required. Reynolda Gardens

The Winston Salem Rose Society has partnered with Reynolda Gardens to offer hands-on experience, March 21 and March 22, to those that are interested in learning more about pruning roses. This is a free event. Participants are asked to bring pruners and heavy gloves. No registration required. Reynolda Gardens

Rose growing basics-from selection to planting.  The "must dos" to ensure a yearlong great rose growing experience; extra tips for increasing rose health and beauty; and "Just Plain and Simple Advice".

Did you ever wonder how to plant bare root roses in the ground or in a container?

Join the February 27, 2024 meeting to learn more.

This is the time of year that bareroot roses can be purchased.  Bare root roses are just what they sound like. These are rose plants that have been removed from the field, had all of their soil removed from the roots.   Their branches and roots have been trimmed back to ensure they are ready for planting in your garden. Typically, the rose plant is kept in a dormant state and shipped in the early spring. The rose will stay completely dormant until you plant it in its permanent location in your garden or container.

Jon Roethling, Director of Reynolda Gardens, will present, Reynolda Gardens: What was Old is New Again.

Over the past few years much of the formal gardens at Reynolda have seen tremendous changes, bringing the 1917 design implemented by landscape architect Thomas Sears, into the 21st century. Adapting to a changing climate and other challenges such as boxwood blight has called for new approaches to stay true to the design intent of Sears. Director Jon Roethling will walk us through the balancing act of respecting the vision of Katharine Reynolds while remaining relevant to a modern audience.

Winston-Salem Rose Society Annual Holiday Luncheon & Auction. Please bring special and unique treasure(s)/gift(s) for the auction which will follow the luncheon. All proceeds will benefit the WSRS.

Don’t miss the delicious food and good time with rose-growing friends and a chance to start your holiday shopping early at our annual auction.

Cost $25 per person

Send check to: James Richardson, 103 Shortie Court, King, NC 27021

Your payment must be received by Monday, November 27th.

Proper fall rose care is important for winter survival. This meeting and program will go through the steps needed to winterize your roses. Guidance will be provided on how to apply dormant oil to kill pest and fungal disease that might try to overwinter on the plant or surrounding soil.

Carolina Classic Fair Flower Show - October 4, 2023 - Winston Salem Fair Grounds - Home and Garden Building. Exhibitors can place roses between 8:00 - 10:00 AM.

Carolina Classic Fair Flower Show - September 29, 2023 - Winston Salem Fair Grounds - Home and Garden Building. Exhibitors can place roses between 8:00 AM and 10:00 AM.

Join the Winston Salem Rose Society 70th Anniversary celebration on August 27th at the historic Brookstown Inn. Please bring a dish to share. Plates and utensils will be provided. 

Jimmy Speas will present on how to register forCarolina Classic Fair Rose Shows September 29th and October 4th.  Entries are due no later than September 1.  After that date, entries will not be accepted.  Our members generously forward their premiums to the WSRS.  Remember, this is the only “fundraiser” our organization has each year.