The 2012 Yankee District Convention

 Hosted by RI Rose Society

he Rhode Island Rose Society is proud to host the American Rose Society (ARS)Yankee District Convention the weekend of March 23-25, 2012 in Newport at the Best Western – Mainstay Inn located across from Newport Grand Casino at 151 Admiral Kalbfus Road. You may make hotel reservations by calling 401-849-9880 and mentioning “Yankee District” to receive the phenomenal group rate of $62.09 (plus tax) per night.

Anyone may attend. You don't have to be a member of the ARS or even belong to a rose society; so invite your friends and family. Registration will be only $35 per person.

There will be something for everyone! Opportunities will abound to exchange ideas with rosarians who share your passion, to be entertained and educated by the experts, and to socialize with old friends and make new ones. It will be a fun-filled weekend in Newport starting with Friday night in the Hospitality Room. Rosarians from all over New England will congregate to share beverages, appetizers and conviviality.

Our Keynote Dinner Speaker is the renowned Claire Laberge, Horticulturist of the Rose Garden at the Montreal Botanical Garden where she tends to over 10,000 roses and 1000 different varieties.

On Saturday, a full program of rose garden related presentations will be featured. Speakers include Harry Eudenbach, head gardener at a private estate and author of Estate Gardeners of Newport: A Horticultural Legacy. We will also offer a session featuring Consulting Rosarians from the Yankee District who will answer all your rose growing questions and concerns.

A super raffle will also be held on Saturday with donated items from businesses, rose societies and other rosarians. After dinner on Saturday, the traditional and popular Rose Auction with Auctioneer Mike Chute is on the schedule. This will be your opportunity to purchase fabulous roses at great prices. There may even be some new introductions not commercially available. Be the first on you block to own one!  The Convention will wrap up on Sunday with the District Meeting.  This is just a sampling of what will go on at the Yankee District Convention 2012.

Come to the Convention at the Mainstay in Newport in March. Only a short hop to the mansions, the cliff walk, shopping, restaurants and the scenic coastline. Registration forms will be included in the February 2012 newsletter.

We'll be looking for you.

Clive Nickerson and Frank Karikas, Convention Co-Chairs

9/11- Here is tally and photos

Some photos here

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Greg Davis won the Yankee District Silver Medal

Craig Dorschel received the Outstanding Consulting Rosarian Award

Patsy Cunningham received the Outstanding Judge Award

Dave Long and Wally Parsons received Master Rosarian Status

Bylaw revision was passed, please see "bylaws page"

2010 Fall Convention
Send your photos of this weekend to patham@cox.net
we went on a great boatride, had a spectacular District show, and a fun evening on the beach for the Lobster Fest

Here is the tally for the show, photos to follow

Here's a link to last years 2009 lobsterfest and tally

My friend Mike Lowe passed away August 6, 2009. I went to Mike's open house with Kathy Beyer and my wife in 1987. While we were there my wife and I joined the New Hampshire Rose society. I have worked with Mike with the Rose shows and other events thru the years. Mike gave away roses and his time for fundraisers whenever we needed him. At our Rose shows Mike loaded the show with his roses, mostly Old Garden Roses, so our show was full.

Mike was a long time Rosarian, rose hybridizer, member of the New England Rose Society, the American Rose society, the Yankee District Rose society and co-founder of the New Hampshire Rose Society.

Mike received the Lester F. Harrell Award for significant contributions to the study, preservation and popularity of old garden roses in America.

Mike has served as President of the New England Rose Society and New Hampshire Rose society and was the Yankee District Regional and District  Director of the American Rose Society and their first parliamentarian. He was a major contributor to Modern Roses XI, the American Rose Society's encyclopedia of roses.

Mike has given much to all rosarians that knew him and to anyone that has planted a rose, even if they didn't know him.

Mike and Irene have a garden that boasts about 4000 roses that Mike and his wife Irene have taken care of in their yard. At his Open House all donations were given to NHRS (annual fund raiser)

There is much that will not fit here. However I will miss my friend very much in the years to come,

On the back of Mike's headstone is an incomplete list of Roses that Mike hybridized.

John Waterman
New Hampshire Rose Society

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At the summer board meeting we discussed trying out another discussion board to further communication in the District. This one on Google seems safe from the spam I had to deal with on the previous bulletin board. It is by invitation only to avoid spam. So, email me on the above form and I will add you to the list.   This will allow members to discuss Yankee District events, announce programs in their society, ask for help, announce interesting rose related sales and notify other members of relevant news. Photos can also be posted.  You have the choice of getting emails individually from the board, or combined together as 1 email.  We have something similar in Rhode Island and find it useful and fun.

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