WA Rose Society Spring Rose Show

The Rose Society of WA is holding their Spring Rose show this weekend, the 12-13th of October.

It is open to the public on Saturday the 12th from 1pm until 5pm and on Sunday the 13th from 9am until 4pm. Entry is $5 and there will be coffee and tea for sale.

I do recommend you to be there on the opening day as the roses will be at its best at that time.
Hope to see you there

Now... Im off to prep ours

Any chance of a preview of the bush prior to cutting them Anna. I do hope you go well and bring the goodies home.

We are cutting as the roses come up and at the moment there are too many buds that aren't developed enough to my liking. :/ Hopefully we will be able to get what we want and enter the categories we would like
Pray for sunshine and warm weather *lol*

Good luck Anna. Hope your roses open up at just the right time for you.

Yes, wishing you streams of uninterrupted sunlight and warmth this week. Looking forward also to seeing all your roses and ribbons, and hardware, too.

I cant wait for the weekend and this show, unfortuneatly I have to go on Sunday oh well I'm sure it still will be awesome

what time on sunday are you going....and also at closing time , you can score bundles of roses cheap...

neptune wrote:what time on sunday are you going....and also at closing time , you can score bundles of roses cheap...

At this stage neptune it will be late sunday morning, then we are of to an antiques & collectable fair at cannington aaaaaaaand then up to melville roses. Hmmm  

How did you go at the Spring show, Anna and John, did you bring the bacon home.

paulh wrote:

neptune wrote:what time on sunday are you going....and also at closing time , you can score bundles of roses cheap...

At this stage neptune it will be late sunday morning, then we are of to an antiques & collectable fair at cannington aaaaaaaand then up to melville roses. Hmmm  

Paul, did you end up going to the show......how did you find it and anything you like...photos?

Would love to see pix, esp of John and Anna's stunners.

I will do my best to get some up later on today I have been working as well as doing the show and it is a killer... tired does not even begin to explain how tired I am *lol*

All in all it went very well and I am very happy with the result.

Ok, the show went better than expected. A lot of our roses never bloomed and the weather has been cold and rainy... but we still pulled home a second place in the State Championship, a third in the Spring Decorative Championship, a third in the Spring Minor Championship, First prize in all of the Floral art sections entered and the Champion Floral Art. A few others as well but those were the big ones :)I'm really happy about the State Championship and the Floral Art as it takes both planning and creativity.
 
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Floral Art Category: Reflections (Mirror and Glass)
 
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Spring Championship, 9 Exhibition roses - Joyfulness, Colorama, Kardinal, Pope John Paul II, Good Samaritan, Jardins de Bagatelle, Red Intuition, Moonstone & Our Rosamond.
 
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Formal bowl of roses, unfortunately we missed out with this one as the roses opend up too much on its way from making to judging
 
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Floral Art Category: Roses and vase of the same colour
 
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Spring Minor Championship, 6 exhibition roses - Pope John Paul II, Our Rosamond, Joyfulness, Red Intuition, Moonstone and Kardinal.
 
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Floral Art Category: Roses in an unusual container
 
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Spring Decorative Championship, 6 decorative roses - Brigadoon, Red Intuition, France Libre, Pope John Paul II, Touch of Class and Good Samaritan.
 
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Floral Art Category: Arrangement with a fan
 
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Floral Art Category: Spring Basket
 
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The exhibition hall with all the entries, Guildford Town Hall.
 
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Floral Art Category: Arrangement in an unusual container
 
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Table with some of the floral art entries

Thank you so much Anna for the photo's. I can see the effort you(and John) have put into the roses. It looks like it was well attended by the photo of the hall.  

Congratulations on your wins an places, a lot of work has gone into your efforts and it has paid off. Now you can sit down and relax a little,
in between looking after the Roses until the next one...    

What an impressive show you put on, Anna. Despite all the adversity, you still turned out prizewinners galore. And lack of sunlight sure didn't affect your creativity - such imaginative arrangements. That mirrored glass box was a triumph! It shone like a beacon on the show table. 

Beautiful arrangements, could I ask what the pink roses in the reflective glass are?

leila

Just gorgeous Anna - an understatement! I too love floral art and yours are superb!! Well Done to you both!    

Congratulations Anna on your well deserved wins! Fantastic arrangements and that reflective mirror arrangement is creative genius. Where do you get your ideas? Even the touches of brown dried grass at the opening of a vase, suggesting a nest, is wonderful. Such a lot of work has gone into your exhibits. Well done!  

silkyfizz wrote:. Where do you get your ideas?   

 
 
 
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Thank you all for your lovely comments.

The idea for the mirror box came to us as we were looking around for something suitable for that class (reflections) and then my fab husband did the work and built it

I don't really know where I get ideas from. I usually look at the class, choose a container and something that makes that class (as in reflections it was the mirror box and a crystal bowl) and in unusual container I chose a seed pod. Then I just work with the roses, greens and accessories that I have. Sometimes things just don't work out as planned and you have to change it on the day. It can be hard to plan further than the container and accessories as it might just not work for you when you start putting the roses in the floral foam.

I think Floral Art is my favourite class as it challenges my creative side... but I think it might be hard to top this one off next show *lol*

Wow anna and john you both would have to be proud with what you achieved at the show, truly masters at the rose game.... well done and congratulations.

thank you , Paul...did you end up going?

neptune wrote:thank you , Paul...did you end up going?

Unfortunately no, we had to go to Cannington first, then we went up to Kalamunda, where we actually got very delayed, spewing all the way home in having missed out going.