Events & Meetings

So, are you a rose lover and enthusiast? Or maybe you just have an unidentified rose that came with the new house you just purchased, that seems to have some potential? Are you having questions about growing & caring for roses? Come to one of our meetings or events and gain valuable gardening advice from many of the rosarians on hand. You’ll get to see award-winning roses on display and get a chance to learn more about them while having a visual floral experience to delight your senses. All of our meetings are open to the public, so come and join us! You do not have to be a member, although we’d love to have you join. Whether you are new to growing roses or a long-time rosarian, you are welcome.

ABOUT MONTHLY MEETINGS (You’re invited!):

The Asheville Blue Ridge Rose Society meets at 2pm on the second Sunday of each month except in December. Following Covid19, we have returned to in-person meetings for 2023 (subject to change).  

Location:

  • American Red Cross: 100 Edgewood Road, Classroom 214, Asheville, NC 28804.

Novice growers are welcome. We have speakers, educational programs, practical demonstrations, and other learning opportunities.

We maintain a No-Spray Rose Garden at the American Red Cross. We do continue to maintain our No-Spray Garden on Merrimon Avenue while wearing masks and practicing social distancing.

SCHEDULE OF MONTHLY MEETING PRESENTATIONS FOR 2023

Agenda is subject to change.

January 8 – This year’s organizational meeting completed

February 12 – Regular meeting and How to Pot a Rose

March 12 – Regular meeting and How to Prune a Rose

April 16 – Regular meeting, program TBD (moved due to Easter)

May 6 – Master Gardeners’ Plant Sale (at 59 Woodfin Place)

May 26 – 28

  • Annual Rose Exhibition, The North Carolina Arboretum, 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way, Asheville, NC 28806. Our members will have a variety of roses on display. We will present a tour of our roses and have veteran members available to assist with questions about roses.

June 11 Regular meeting and Show and Tell (bring an interesting rose from your garden, for 2 minute discussion)

July 9 – Regular meeting, members asked to help fertilize and dead head the garden.

August 13 – Regular meeting and Professor Zoran Kuzmanovich will give a talk “The Art and Science of Rose Scent”.  Professor Kuzmanovich teaches at Davidson College.

September 10 – Regular meeting and member Jim Wilson will hold a rose propagation demonstration.

October 8 – Regular meeting and John Smith and a panel of members will discuss “Winterizing Roses”.

November 12 – Regular meeting and  Holiday Social