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Information about the Swedish Rose Society

The information about the Swedish Rose Society and the information about rose gardens, books etc is sent yearly to the World Federation of Rose Societies, WFRS.

For more information about WFRS and other member societies see WFRSs website

ROSE SOCIETY INFORMATION for 2005

COUNTRY: .................... SWEDEN
OFFICIAL NAME: .......... Svenska Rosensällskapet/Swedish Rose Society

Email: .......................... srs@svenskarosensallskapet.org
Website: ..................... www.svenskarosensallskapet.org
.................................... Officials Swedish Rose Society

The Swedish Rose Society was founded in 1987. There are nearly 1500 members, many organized in one of the 12 local groups located from Skåne in the south to Medelpad in the north. The groups have their own program activities and meetings, advertised in Rosenbladet and on the website. The Swedish Rose Society is also a member of the Nordic Rose Society.

Rosenbladet is issued four times a year, in February, May, August and November. This journal is the most important membership benefit and is all in colour. Because Sweden is such a long country with very diverse climatic conditions, the journal aims at giving advice on rose growing to members from all parts of the country. For instance, it includes an annual survey sent in by members, evaluating the health and hardiness of their roses.

In addition, the society organizes conferences, lectures and tours to public and private rose gardens in Sweden and abroad.

Our 2005 Calendar of Rose Events shows only a small number of the rose meetings, rose lectures, etc. during the year. We have chosen some events that may be of interest to visitors in Sweden during the summer period. The programmes are usually in Swedish (see “Kalendarium” on our website. The programmes of the local groups are listed under “Lokalgrupper” on the website.)

The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Swedish Biodiversity Centre, is responsible for the work related to POM, Programme for Diversity of Cultivated Plants. This programme aims at identifying and preserving cultivated plants in general. The rose project, started during 2004, aims at identifying and preserving old cultivated roses in Sweden. The Swedish Rose Society and its members, together with rose gardens, botanic gardens, museums, etc., take a large part in this work by identifying and locating cultivated roses which can be of interest for POM.

Fees: 200 SEK per year

CALENDAR OF ROSE EVENTS - 2005
DATE	SITE	C -convention F-festival L-lecture M-meeting R-rose show S-seminar T-trials	ORGANIZED BY	CONTACT	COMMENT
July 2 -3	Fredriksdal Rosarium, Helsingborg	F	Helsingborg Group		Annual Rose Festival
July 2-3	Gothenburg Rosarium	F	Gothenburg Group		Annual Rose Festival, POM rose project
July 2-3	Simrishamn	F	Österlen Heritage Rose Society		Annual Rose Festival, POM rose project
July 2-3	Rosendal Garden, Stockholm	F	Stockholm Group		Annual Rose Festival
July 3	Östra Tunhem Old Vicarage	F	Östra Tunhem Local Folklore Society		Annual Rose Festival
July 7	Rosenlund Rosarium, Jönköping	F	City of Jönköping		Annual Rose Festival
July 7	Linköping Open Air Museum	F	Östrosen Group, Norrköping		Annual Rose Festival, POM rose project
July 9	Rosarium Himmelstalund School, Norrköping	F	Östrosen Group, Norrköping		Annual Rose Festival, POM rose project
July 9	Åkersberga, Stockholm	POM	Stockholm Group		POM rose project
July 10	Vallby Open Air Museum, Västerås	POM	Mälarrosen Group		POM rose project
July 15	Edane, Värmland	POM	Värmland Group		POM rose project
July 16	Uppsala Botanic Garden	POM	Uppsala Group		POM rose project
July 22-23	Wij Gardens, Ockelbo	S F	Wij Gardens		Annual Rose Festival, POM 1 rose project
August 26-29	Sofiero Palace & Garden, Helsingborg	F	Helsingborg Group		2005 Garden Festival
October 2	Fredriksdal Open Air Museum, Helsingborg	F	Helsingborg group		Mikaeli Fair
Note: POM – Programme for Diversity of Cultivated Plants

WHEN THE ROSES BLOOM
AREA	FIRST BLOOM DATE	MAIN BLOOM DATE
Note: Swedish zones go from the south of Sweden (Zone 1) to the north (Zone 5). The equivalent American zones are given in brackets.
Helsingborg – Zone 1 (USA Zone 7)	May 25	July 1-15
Norrköping – Zone 2-3 (USA Zone 6-7)	June 10	July 1-15
Gothenburg – Zone 2-3 (USA Zone 6-7)	June 15	July 1-15
Jönköping – Zone 2-5 (USA Zone 6)	June 15	July 1-15
Stockholm – Zone 3-4 (USA Zone 6)	June 20	July 10-25
Hudiksvall – Zone 4 (USA Zone 5)	June 30	July 10-25
Ockelbo – Zone 5 (USA Zone 4)	July 10	July 20 – August 10
Umeå – Zone 5 (USA Zone 4)	July 10	July 20 – August 10

Uppdaterad:
2005-08-08

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