Gainesville Rose Society
Our next meeting will be our annual picnic at the Weed Patch (Dan Tucker & John Mils) in Fairfield on Sunday, May 16th at 2:30 pm.  Bring a covered dish and enjoy the beautiful gardens and fellowship.  Everyone is welcome.  If you need directions, call or e-mail Dan or John (352-591-2145  tuckermills@netscape.com)

Sunday, June 13th we will have an ice cream social with home made ice cream and other treats and we will install the officers for 2010-2011.  Please come and enjoy!!!!

2010 GRS Show Schedule link on 'Rose Show' page.

The Gainesville Rose Society, founded in September 1964, serves Gainesville, Alachua County, and surrounding counties for information, education, and promotion of our National Flower, The Rose.  We exist to encourage and assist all persons interested in rose growing as a hobby.  Anyone interested in growing or exhibiting roses is invited to become a member.  We are one of nearly 400 societies nationwide, and our society affiliated with the American Rose Society in 1965.  Our annual membership dues are $15. Individual or $20. Family.

The Gainesville Rose Society (GRS) meets at 2:30 pm on the second Sunday of each month, September through April, in the Summer House at Kanapaha Botanical Gardens, 4700 SW 58th Drive.  The December meeting is our Annual Holiday Party.  In May we celebrate the end of the operating year at our Annual Picnic, date and location to be determined.