May 2025 Deep South Events
Georgia – South Metro Society’s Annual Rose Show
DATES: SATURDAY-SUNDAY, MAY 17-18, 2025
Always the weekend AFTER Mother’s Day. See, smell, and photograph hundreds of exhibition roses and rose arrangements 1-4 pm both days! Rose bouquets for sale. Information table manned by our Consulting Rosarians. Terrific raffle prizes! FREE admission and parking! Location right off the main square in Fayetteville, GA. See South Metro’s Facebook Page: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064550088342.
Georgia – ARS Horticulture and Arrangement Judging School
DATES: May 30 and 31, 2025
The Deep South Judging School will be held at Dawson Street Baptist Church located at 1025 N. Dawson Street, Thomasville, GA 31792. We will have the Horticulture Judge portion on Friday and the Arrangement Judges portion on Saturday.
The Registration fee is $30.00 per person (required). Fee includes rental of facility, maintenance fees, insurance, and snacks. Lunch will also be served. Fee for test materials is $10 per person.
All students taking the test(s) should have access to the most current ARS Guidelines for Judging Roses and/or Guidelines for Judging Rose Arrangements. Written tests will be open book, but familiarity with guidelines is expected. School begins at 9:00 AM (not 8:00 AM as was previously announced) on Friday and Saturday.
It is important that current judges attend as well as those wishing to become a judge. Current judges will receive four years credit before having to take another school. Those wishing to become judges must have been a member of ARS for three years prior to taking the test.
Contact Joanne Maxheimer at iamjomax42@gmail.com for more information.
June 2025 Deep South Events
July 2025 Deep South Events
Florida – Deep South District Exhibitor’s Forum
DATE: July 12, 2025 (Saturday) – SAVE THE DATE
Location: Goodwood Plantation, 1600 Miccosukee Rd, Tallahassee, FL 32308. Nestled in a grove of live oak trees in the heart of Tallahassee, Goodwood is a historic gardens, museum and event venue. Whenever the gates are open, take a stroll in our heirloom gardens and check tour times to visit the Goodwood Main House Museum. Goodwood Plantation was a mid-sized slave plantation that grew cotton on about 1,675 acres in central Leon County, Florida. The plantation was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on June 30, 1972.
Full day of A to Z Rose Show Preparation instruction. Cost: TBD. Everything from how to prep roses, open them up, how to do tags, staging for floral arrangements, photo entries and more! Snacks and lunch provided. Hosted by the Tallahassee Rose Society.
August 2025 Deep South Events
September 2025 Deep South Events
October 2025 Deep South Events
Florida – Deep South District Fall Rose Show and Convention
DATES: October 31 – November 1, 2025 (Friday and Saturday) – SAVE THE DATES
Location: Best Western Gateway Grand Hotel and Convention Center
4200 NW 97th Blvd., Gainesville, FL 32606
There will be speakers, the banquet, awards and the Rose Show! Hosted by the Thomasville Rose Society.
November 2025 Deep South Events
Florida – Deep South District Fall Rose Show and Convention
DATES: October 31 – November 1, 2025 (Friday and Saturday) – SAVE THE DATES
Location: Best Western Gateway Grand Hotel and Convention Center
4200 NW 97th Blvd.
Gainesville, FL 32606
There will be speakers, the banquet, awards and the Rose Show! Hosted by the Thomasville Rose Society.
Attention Local Societies: Take advantage of The Bulletin and the Deep South website to list your rose shows, events and workshops. Contact Bet Sobon, Editor, to include your news and events in the next issues of the DSD Bulletin at bet.sobon@outlook.com.