June 18 to the 24th. ARS Spring National Convention - 2009 ~~~ Vancouver, BC~~~ Roses in the Landscape, Discover Vancouver! AN INVITATION FROM THE WORLD FEDERATION OF ROSE SOCIETIES: Welcome! Canada, a country of stunning beauty and striking contrasts, stretching from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean with its majestic snow-capped mountains and wonderful gardens, its inhabitants attached to traditions with their lilting accent either in French or English, will welcome delegates to the 15th World Rose Convention of the WFRS for the second time since 1985. The Canadian Rose Society, along with the Vancouver Rose Society, has been working for many months under the leadership of Brenda Viney and Darlene Sanders. A comprehensive educational program featuring first-rate lecturers and guest speakers from around the world has been prepared by the organizing committee. During the daytime, delegates will also have the opportunity to view a spectacular Rose Show and a Rose Festival which will feature our favourite flower in an abundance of rose and garden displays. In addition, tours will be offered enabling delegates to discover Beautiful British Columbia. Ample time will be included for visitors to gather together and deepen the ties of friendship that bind all rosarians together. The American Rose Society has decided to hold its spring convention in Vancouver during our world convention. I am overjoyed with this decision and it is my pleasure to extend our warmest greetings to all participants from the USA. On behalf of the World Federation of Rose Societies, I am honoured to invite delegates from our 38 member countries to join us in Vancouver for the 15th World Rose Convention and I look forward to sharing many unforgettable moments together, thus contributing to the richness of our Federation. Dr Gald Meylan Président Registration: (IN CANADIAN DOLLARS) Feb 1, 2009 to Onsite Seven Day Convention Pass $349 $399 $449 Three Day Convention Pass $249 $299 $349 Travel: Air The Vancouver International Airport has consistently been rated as a top North American airport providing easy access from all over the world. The Vancouver International Airport is approximately 11 miles from downtown. Transfer service is readily available by the Airporter bus, taxi, limousine or car rental companies. An efficient airport transfer service, the Airporter transports delegates from the airport to all the downtown hotels at a cost of approximately $12.00 each way or $18.00 return. Taxi fares are roughly $27.00 and private limousine service is $34.00 one way + gratuity. All of these services accept credit cards. (All fees are approximate and are 2008 prices, Canadian.) Car Vancouver is also easily accessible by car from other parts of Canada via the Trans-Canada Highway and from the United States via the I-5 Freeway which connects Vancouver with the entire West Coast of the United States. In fact, many American visitors make the easy drive to Vancouver just to spend the day (Vancouver is only a 3 hour drive from Seattle)! Visit the Canada Border Services Agency for official border information. A handy website describing border crossing information is borderlineups.com. Rail Vancouver is served by two main railways  VIA Rail Canada, which provides passenger service to other Canadian cities and Amtrak which accesses the US market. Located downtown, the Pacific Central Station is served by taxis and Translink, operator of local city buses, the Skytrain (a mono rail that makes convenient downtown stops), and the Seabus (linking Vancouver to North and West Vancouver). Exhibiting Roses at the Rose Show Exhibiting roses at the WFRS and ARS Rose Show is open to everyone! Cut flowers/roses from all countries do not require an import permit or phytosanitary certificate. However, they are subject to inspection at the first port of entry (any port of entry to Canada) and must be free of pests and soil. If you are shipping cut flowers or require assistance shipping cut flowers from the port of entry to the venue, then please contact Theresa Smith via email at tsmith@eventsonthemove.com. If you are bringing cut flowers with you, once you have cleared customs at the port of entry, then you simply bring the cut flowers to the venue. The Rose Show takes place during the Rose Festival at the Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre. Details such as loading and unloading in preparation for the Rose Show will be provided upon registration as a Rose Show Exhibitor. Customs Information Events on the Move, the official Custom Broker for the World Rose Convention 2009, will assist everyone who will be crossing borders with roses. Simply contact Events on the Move and a representative will walk you through the process. Events on the Move is applying to Canada Customs to ensure the Convention is recognized to receive all the privileges to which this event is entitled, all in an effort to streamline the shipping process for you into Vancouver, BC, Canada. Additional Customs information will be coming soon. Canadian Food Inspection Agency Information For information about transporting roses and plants across the border into Canada, please review the Canadian Food Inspection Agency website under Plant and Plant Product Imports. For More Information Contact Peter Robichaud Sales Manager  Events on the Move Customs Brokerage and Shipping for the Meeting and Convention Industry 605  1125 Howe Street, Vancouver BC, Canada V6Z 2K8 Tel: 604-647-0130 Fax: 604-647-0136 Toll Free: 1-877-355-1116 Here is a link that might be useful: Convention webpage

maryl The Garden Web Rose Forum Best of Show award goes to the best one stem rose in the show at the ARS National Rose Shows. Prior to this award, the best rose was considered the hybrid tea queen and ignored all other classes. Best of Show is picked from the winners of each class so it can be a shrub, OGR, miniature, floribunda, spray, or any other type as long as it's a single stem. Our thought in starting this was the word "Rose" in American Rose Society meant any and all roses, not just hybrid teas. Although most hard core ARS exhibitors still strive for the hybrid tea queen, there is now an award for others, who may not grow hybrid teas, to win. The permanent trophy, a sterling silver loving cup, was purchased with $1500 in funds donated by members of the Rose Forum. The hard core hybrid tea exhibitors and many others in the ARS didn't support our endeavour, but the then ARS president, Dr. Tommy Cairns, co-sponsorsed it with us and it was approved at the National convention in Portland, Oregon in spring, 2001. It's now awarded twice yearly at the spring and fall ARS National Conventions. It was first awarded in 2002, in San Jose, California. I was suppose to be there to present it in April of that year, but I had my stroke in March and was still hospitalized in rehab. I did make it to Philadelphia to present it in the fall of 2002. It's now awarded twice yearly at the spring and fall ARS National Conventions. Few Rose Forum members show at these conventions so I doubt any have won the award. I was suppose to be there to present it in April of that year, but I had my stroke in March and was still hospitalized in rehab. Just the fact it was awarded at the World Federation of Rose Societies International Convention indicates its standing. Few who post here now were members of the forum at that time.

While looking into midge chemical cures, I found disturbing information on merit and bees... sigh. I found this info in the American rose Annual from 1918 on the treatment of midge at the time by Mr. Koch in Humboldt Park gardens in Chicago. I don't know where I'd get a load of tobacco stems, (ha), but I thought this organic treatment was interesting. "He found many of the plants affected with mildew and stem- blight, and, in 1911, rose midge had been introduced with new plants in the three principal parks. Hybrid Perpetuals and Gruss an Teplitz were found particularly susceptible to attacks of the midge. After considerable experimental work, Mr. Koch adopted mulching four inches deep with tobacco stems. It is applied after the first summer hoeing, about mid-June, and spaded under after frost in autumn. Where the mulch becomes thinned or shifted in the course of the summer, additional appUcations are made. This, he found, prevents hibernation of the pest. Last summer but few larvae and few injuries were found. For the greater security of other varieties, it was found necessary to remove Gruss an Teplitz from Douglas Park entirely in 1915." Any thoughts, my knowledgeable friends?

Duchesse, two good examples of this are the historic Lynchburg City Cemetery (Lynchburg, VA) and the historic Old Sacramento City Cemetery (Sacramento, CA). The Sacramento City Cemetery (see link) was neglected for decades. Most of the original plants were lost. The few that remain have been saved and propagated, but the glory of this garden is the collection of roses found in endangered cemeteries and old gardens throughout California. They're grown in the Cemetery, where they are protected, and can be studied. Many roses have been re-introduced to commerce from the Cemetery. One of the really great things about this place (aside from the beauty and the history) is that this is a place you can see Old Roses grown to their full size and beauty. It's eye-opening. Jeri Here is a link that might be useful: Sacramento City Cemetery Historic Rose Garden