Rose Show ARRANGEMENTS
RESOURCES & GUIDES
Crafting beautiful arrangements for a rose show is as rewarding to you as it is to your local rose society. You will have fun building confidence in your talents & making the show more beautiful with arrangement you design. Help make the show more colorful and share your creativity!
Here are some resources and classes to learn all about arrangements with roses.
CLASSES & DEMONSTRATIONS
A mini-course on making arrangements for rose shows, including the individual styles.
https://tricityrosesociety.org/rose-arranging/
A great course on rose show arrangements with lots of example pictures!
A demonstration on making a traditional mass arrangements, modern arrangements, miniature arrangements, and the different types of east asian designs:
OFFICIAL RULES AND CLASS CHALLENGES
Guidelines for arrangements in the show:
https://rose.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Arrangement-Guidelines-2021-Website-Copy-FINAL.pdf
Show Schedule, including artistic arrangements classes to choose from:
JUDGE SCHOOL FOR ARRANGEMENTS
For a deeper perspective, you can review exactly what judges look for at the show!
Judge school for arrangements, PART 1-3:
Some tips & reminders:
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If you have any roses in your garden, you can harvest them a few days before the show at their peak of exhibition form, and put them in the refrigerator. Please take notes of the names of any rose you bring from home!
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If you do not think you will be able to bring your own roses, there will be extra roses at the show early in the morning. Please arrive early. (Saturday October 25th)
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In deciding what kind of arrangement to try, consider:
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is there a specific kind of container you want to use
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do you want to use particular colors or filler plants
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read through the classes of 'romantic' arrangements in the schedule: which themes look fun to you?
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Make sure you read the class requirements for the arrangement you choose to try. If you have any questions about rules, containers needed, etc, email me at orionarioch@gmail.com
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If you have your own garden grown roses, you can pre-make your bouquet and bring it to the show.
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You can also make an arrangement with florist roses and your filler plants. Then take a picture of it or bring it to the show and replace the florist roses with garden-grown roses. This gives you the option of taking your time in the comfort of your home to make the perfect arrangement & just tweaking it at the show!
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All roses in the final arrangement MUST be garden grown and the tag must have the proper name of the rose. Any florist roses or unnamed roses brought on the day of the show, can go to the mini bouquets to sell, but will not be in a final rose show arrangement. Filler flowers and greenery can be store bought. Buying extra roses and filler flowers and foliage is a great way to donate to the mini bouquets we sell at the show!
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Remember, you will have help in the morning to guide you on finishing and tagging your arrangement. Please arrive early enough to finish by 9am, so that you can address any finishing touches before arrangements must be placed for judging. I suggest coming to setup between 6-7am.
here are the steps to make a beautiful arrangement for the show:
1) Read the ARS guidelines for arrangements and review the types of arrangement styles from the resources provided above.
2) Select the Class you would like to try from our show schedule.
3) Get some flowers from your garden or a local store (resources below) and some vases or containers you like.
4) Practice making a bouquet in your chosen style (mass or line, traditional or modern, East Asian or miniature).
4) Bring filler plants and containers or vases to the rose show. If you have roses available from your own garden in October, wonderful! If not, there WILL be roses for you to use on the morning of the show so don't worry!
Remember, you will have help in the morning to guide you on finishing and tagging your arrangement. Please arrive early enough to finish by 9am, so that you can address any finishing touches before arrangements must be placed for judging. I suggest coming to setup between 6-7am unless you are bringing a finished arrangement. The deadline to set the arrangements our for judging is 9:30am. You will need to decide which classes you are interested in trying by October 20th, and contact the current Chair of Arrangements Debra Bagley (469-951-5068) dlb0319@msn.com.
Local flower shops:
Trader Joe's at the Quarry / Basse or Trader Joe's Sonterra Village / 1604
Rav's Flower Company
San Antonio Flower Company
Janal Wholesale Co
Email Ariel with any questions at orionarioch@gmail.com