2. Royal National Rose Society
A presentation by
Pauline and Ray Martin
Royal National Rose Society
Exhibitors and Judges
Bowls and baskets for
UK rose shows

3. This poster advertised the 1st National Rose show, organised by Dean Reynolds Hole, Reverend Honeywood D’Ombrain et al. The show was in 1858 which was 18 years (1876) before the reverend Dean Hole became the inaugeral National Rose Society President

4. An engraving by V W Bromley for The Illustrated London News July , featuring a rose show in the Royal Horticultural Society Gardens in South Kensington

5. While Pauline ‘creates’ a basket of roses I will try to show you a little about where we grow our roses and how we put them into a UK rose show

6. Our First Allotment – day 1 - 2004

7. Our allotment is about 900sq yards - we grow about 600 roses on it
Buff Beauty hedge

8. Buff Beauty hedge

9. Bentall Hybrid Musk
Buff Beauty

10. A bowl of SHRUB roses – variety Buff Beauty
Buff Beauty Bowl

11. Sally Holmes and Buff Beauty
Another SHRUB bowl; two varieties – SALLY HOLMES and BUFF BEAUTY
Sally Holmes and Buff Beauty

12. Sally Holmes
SHRUB bowl again; variety SALLY HOLMES

13. Sally Holmes
BOWL of 12 stems of CLUSTER FLOWERED – we may use ANY type of rose as cluster flowered - Robert Holmes 1976

14. TWELVE STEMS again – SALLY HOLMES

15. Flower Carpet

16. Champagne Moment

18. Champagne Moment

19. Champagne Moment

20. Champagne Moment

21. Sexy Rexy

22. Sexy Rexy

23. Tickled Pink

24. Tickled Pink

25. Roses for a mixed basket or bowl

26. Edith Holden

27. Moonlight

28. Alberic Barbier

29. Escapade

30. Odyssey

31. Odyssey

32. Rhapsody
in Blue

33. Rhapsody
in Blue

34. Golden Future, created by Colin Horner, a great rose for breeding HEALTH

35. Dancing Pink

36. Sea of Fire

37. Hot Chocolate & Rhapsody in Blue

38. Mixed Basket

39. Princess Louise & Flower Carpet
Princess Louise and Flower Carpet
Princess Louise & Flower Carpet

40. Golden Memories

41. Sally Holmes
BASKET

42. Basket of Mixed Roses

43. Basket of Mixed Roses

44. Basket of Mixed Roses

45. An Autumn Basket

46. An Autumn Basket with hips

47. Rambler Princess Louise

48. OGR Basket with Princess Louise

49. Bowls of :
Princess Louise, Dreamcatcher
and Great Expectations

50. filipes ‘Kiftsgate’

51. filipes ‘Kiftsgate’

52. Roses and
‘Other Flowers’

53. Staging By Numbers

58. Old Garden Roses

65. Basket of Old Garden Roses

66. Bowl of Old Garden Roses

68. Rose Nursery Stand by R V Roger

69. Shrewsbury
FlowerShow

70. Garden Pests
Murphy and Paddy

72. Catch up with us at:

75. Bowl of Shrub Roses – Sally Holmes

76. Basket of
Mixed Roses

78. bowl of 12 HTs –
Silver Julibee

82. 12 HTs in a bowl

85. Bowl of Old Garden Roses

86. Basket of Old Garden Roses

87. 3 vases of 5 stems, floribundas
3 vases of 6 HTs