Convention Schedule
Monday September 9 to Friday September 13, 2024

Monday - Sept 9

• Board Meeting

  • ARS Executive Committee

  • ARS Outgoing Board Meeting

• Opening Reception

Tuesday - Sept 10

• Registration open all day

• Vendors

• Rose show prep

• Rose show entries

• Irwin Ehrenreich -Rose Gardens of Cape Cod

• Mike & Angelina Chute - The Brownells: American Rose Pioneers

• Lunch Buffet

• National Rose Show opens to public

• Keynote Speaker: Mathias Meilland of the House of Meilland in France

• Tuesday Evening:

  • Cocktail Hour

  • Banquet

  • Live auction, Presidential Citations, Rising Star, Whitaker Award

Wednesday, Sept 11

• Registration open

• Vendors open

• ARS Members Meeting

• Backyard Hybridizers' Panel

• Lunch

  • Announce Rose Show Awards

• Diana C. Lopez​: Current research and the latest results on black spot disease resistance

• Christian Bedard: Research Director at Weeks

• Raffle winners posted

• Installation Banquet:

  • Cocktail

  • Banquet

  • Hedrick Award, Gamble Award, Furstenberg Award, Klima Medal Gold Medal

  • Install District Directors, Install Regional Directors, Install Treasurer, Install Vice President, VP Remarks

  • Install President, President’s Remarks, Closing Remarks

Thursday, Sept 12

• Yankee, NY, Penn-Jersey District Meetings

• Full day tour Bus around Ocean Drive to the Breakers mansion in Newport with a Lunch stop at Bowen’s Wharf

 

Friday, Sept 13

• Incoming Board 2024-2027 Meeting