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82nd Annual Royal Rosarian Rose Garden Contest

has evolved with the times --
Join us in a 2020 Rose Garden Celebration in Portland, the Rose City!

A Royal Rosarian Foundation and Portland Rose Festival Event

 

Key EVENTS for 2020:

PARADING IN PLACE:

  • Register your street-side rose garden today (first 100 gardens receive a lawn sign) for Parading in Place, Roses for Hope!  Gardens can have a mix of roses with other plants. Register via Porch Parade entry form REGISTER 
  • May 16-30, 2020 -- showcase your street-side rose garden and visit others.   Review the "parade" map here: PORCH & ROSESforHope Map

SHARE ROSE PICTURES:

  • Take pictures and tag @pdxrosefestival, #paradinginplace, #rosesforhope on social media so that people who aren't in your neighborhood can see the amazing displays too!  

  • Send pictures of your rose garden or favorite bloom from anywhere.  Send them to: ROSEGARDENCONTEST@royalrosarianfoundation.org

ROSES for HOPE VIRTUAL CELEBRATION:

  • June 16, 2020 --  Join our Zoom gathering to celebrate Roses for Hope, learn some rose history, and hear from experts about rose growing.

 
We're hoping the Rose Garden Contest will return in 2021. 
Until then, stay safe, stay well!  Enjoy life and don't forget to smell the roses!  Roses for Hope!
 
In 1938, the Royal Rosarian Rose Garden Contest was established as the first sponsored, citywide event to honor the rose, the “Queen of flowers.”   The contest was so popular that it immediately became an annual event.  The Royal Rosarians are committed to continually improving the contest to showcase the best amateur rose gardens and commercial plantings in Portland, the City of Roses.  The contest promotes greater appreciation of growing roses, honoring those citizens who help beautify Portland through their rose growing efforts and upholds the signature Royal Rosarian slogan “For You A Rose In Portland Grows!”   The Royal Rosarians encourage all rose growers in the Portland Metropolitan Area to enter this contest. 
 
Contributions in support of the Rose Garden Contest may be made to the Royal Rosarian Foundation at PO Box 8956, Portland, OR 97207-8956.
 
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