WFRS MEMBERS

Its bulletin, Zpravodaj, is published twice a year. An Annual Meeting is held in late winter and a Summer Meeting is also held.

The DRS is presently organized throughout Denmark into 14 local branches that work individually and cooperatively. They arrange meetings, exhibitions, tours and garden visits as well as inviting national and international lecturers to rose events. But first and foremost these 14 “rose ambassadors” work tirelessly to spread the happy news about roses.

Suomen Ruususeura – Finska Rosensällskapet r.f. was established in 1989 to provide a link between rose amateurs, rose investigators and rose growers, and to promote knowledge of roses and their history. Our activities include visits to rose gardens, rose trips in our own country and abroad and all types of work in rose gardens.

The Société Française des Roses ‘Les Amis des Roses’ was founded in 1896 under the name “Société Française des Rosiéristes” and since 1946 has been the Société Française des Roses. It is open to both professional and amateur rose growers. Its aim is to ensure the promotion and knowledge of modern roses.

E-Mail address: info@rosengesellschaft.de

Website: https://www.rosengesellschaft.de

The Hellenic Rose Society was founded in 1996 by Mr. Damianos Constantinou. The Society’s Historic Rose Garden is situated in the building complex of the “Centre for Hellenism Damianos Foundation”, which is located 75 kms southwest of Athens, near the Corinth Canal.

The Hungarian Rose-Friends Society publishes a magazine, ROZSA-UJSAG (Rose Newsletter), and holds meetings and exhibitions for its members.

They are currently in the planning stages for the rebuilding of a public rose garden in an old park in the centre of the town of Keckskemét.

The Icelandic Rose Society (IRS) is a division of the Horticultural Society of Iceland. The Horticultural Society was founded in 1885 and the IRS was founded in 2002. The IRS is also a member of Nordisk Rosenforening (Federation of Nordic Rose Societies).

India has a rich heritage, with a massive collection of flora and fauna. Roses are cultivated throughout the country for cut flowers, medicinal use and extraction of oil, under open field cultivation and greenhouse production for local markets and exports.

There are 19 local Rose Societies under the umbrella of the Indian Rose Federation.

The Associazione Italiana della Rosa was founded in 1963 by Niso Fumagalli. The Association’s rose garden is laid out in front of the Villa Reale in Monza.

Visits to other gardens of interest are regularly organized. The publication, the Annuario, is published at the of May.

The Japan Rose Society was founded in 1948 and became a a public-interest corporation authorized by the Prime Minister, on April 1, 2012. The purposes of the Society are to encourage people to plant roses throughout the country, to preserve a pleasant environment, and to promote the exchange of information on roses among rose lovers of the world.

The Société des Roses de Monaco has 100 members.It has its own garden and runs a bi-annual international rose trial.

The Nederlandse Rozenvereniging was founded in 1966 and presently has 686 members. Membership includes:

A quarterly, full colour rose magazine published four times a year; Organized trips to rose gardens and rose growers, both in The Netherlands and abroad; Traditional new year and end-of-season meetings; Rose information and help

PRESIDENT – Mr HAYDEN FOULDS

Twenty-three District Rose Societies in New Zealand are affiliated with the New Zealand Rose Society Inc. So, in effect, the National body is a “Head Office”. The National body provides each member in New Zealand with: New Zealand Rose Experts Guide ; The New Zealand Rose Review; The New Zealand Rose Annual

The Rose Society of Northern Ireland enjoys the support of rosarians mainly resident in Ireland, but also from other parts of the British Isles. The Society’s objectives are to educate about the cultivation of the rose and to disseminate knowledge of the rose, its species and cultivars.

The Norwegian Rose Society (NRS) was founded in 1982 in association with the Norwegian Horticultural Society. Today it is an independent Society and also part of the Nordic Rose Society. Our aim is to promote interest in and knowledge of garden roses. The NRS has a centrally elected board of 5 members, 7 local divisions and 7 other contact people from all over Norway.

Registered Postal Address:

Fazal Industry pvt Ltd.,

Plot no 395-396 , Sector I-9/3 , Industrial Area,

Islamabad, Pakistan.

Phone no +92 51 443 6448

https://ptrosa.pl/

biuroptr@gmail.com

bozenabmatysiak@gmail.com

The Romanian Rose Society was established in 1990 by the late Stefan Wagner, a rose expert well known within the WFRS. The aim of the society is to promote knowledge of the rose and educate about its cultivation. With members across the country, the society publishes a bulletin ‘Rosarium’ twice a year.

The Russian Association of Rosarians was established as a non-commercial organization. It has its own rose orchard and plans to hold rose competitions in the near future. The majority of its members are enthusiastic amateur rosarians, both those who are beginners and those who have been cultivating roses for a long time.

The Slovenian Rose Society serves rose lovers and rose growers in Slovenia. Our goal is the advancement of rose growing in Slovenia. It was founded in 2003 as the National Rose Society. There are approximately 130-150 members each year.

The Federation of Rose Societies of South Africa was constituted
in 1982 from ROSA (Rose Society of SA, founded in 1961) and
with six regional rose societies. Today ROSA comprises
5 regional rose societies.

Correspondence should be directed to the Hon. Secretary who
will distribute it to the relevant Council Members and Societies.

www.rosesocietysa.co.za

South Korea Rose Society was formally inaugurated on the basis of Seoul Rose Club’s activities to propagate the rose culture. This has become the sole organization participates in international activities, since 2009, which consist of study on roses, garden volunteering, garden creation by donation, education for the rose, all leading to the inauguration of South Korea Rose Society.

President : Wook Kyun Kim/ 108 Tanbul-gil, Gwangju, Gyeonggi-do 12747, Korea – wookkyun@gmail.com

Secetary: Suyeon Kim(Mrs)/ 27, Jangan-ro, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do 13583, Korea

Founded in 1996 by a group of professionals and enthusiasts brought together by their passion for the Rose. It prints a yearly publication, The Bulletin Rosa-Rosae. On an irregular basis it prints other publications such as Separata; which deals with specialized subjects and The First Catalogue of Spanish Varieties (1999), posters, videos, leaflets and magazine articles.

Founded in 1987, there are approximately 1100 members, many organized in one of our 12 local groups located from Skåne in the south to Medelpad in the north. The groups have their own program activities and meetings, advertised in Rosenbladet and on the society homepage. The Swedish Rose Society is also a member of the Nordic Rose Society.

president@svenskarosensallskapet.se

Organized in 1892, the American Rose Society is the largest single plant society in the United States. ARS has more than 8,500 regular and affiliate members and over 300 affiliated local rose societies. Most ARS members are amateur gardeners who grow roses as a hobby for their own pleasure. Members are found in all 50 states. There are more than 200 affiliated members from other countries.

The Uruguayan Rose Society was founded in Montevideo in 1983 by an enthusiastic group of Garden Club members who were particularly interested in roses and wished to intensify their knowledge and culture in our country. There are now four Affiliate Societies: Punta del Este, Maldonado; Tarariras, Colonia; Dolores, Soriano; Tacuarembó.

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