EVENTS
Winter Doldrums Convention
Saturday, March 29, 2025
Whites of Westport
66 State Rd., Westport MA
March 29th, 2025 9 AM to 8 PM
$75.00 per person
Registration form HERE
Registration form HERE
You can also call the hotel directly to book their reservations. The group code is YDR. Pay hotel directly.
Book your group rate for Yankee District Rose Society Room Block
Town Place Suites
66 State Road
Westport, MA 02790
774-520-1700
King size bed 129.00 USD – Double queen beds 139.00 USD per night
Last Day to Book : Wednesday, February 26, 2025
9:00 AM Register and drop off photos for contest
10:00 – 12:30 Horticultural seminars
Miniature/Miniflora roses – Baldo Villegas
Understanding Organic Gardening
– Becky Martorelli
12:30-1PM Lunch
Wrap Buffet
Grilled Chicken , Roast Turkey, Roast Beef,
Ham & Cheese or Italian
Chilled Pasta Primavera, Potato Chips, Fresh Fruit
Cookies, Soda cans, water
*any wrap can be made gluten free Please notify on application of your selection
1-2:30PM
District meeting . Only ARS members can vote.
2:45-4:45
Footloose and Fancy Free Arrangement Fun
Don’t hold back! Enjoy the process! Be Creative!
Take chances; anyone can do this! Will not be JUDGED!
Ugly, avant garde, beautiful, wild & crazy- Free-style, anything goes!
One free glass of wine, beer or soft drink to all participants
Trader Joes will be donating floral material. Oasis, floral tape and chicken wire provided. Some kenzans/pin holders available. A variety of vases will be on hand but bring what ever you want: a vase, casserole dish, an old car part, an empty can or box, teapot or whatever. Bring clippers and/or sharp scissors.
5:00 – 8:00 PM Dinner with Live and Silent Auction
Dinner selections served with
Garlic Mashed Potatoes , Seasonal veggies and
choice of soup or salad(on registration)
1-Prime Rib au jus
2-Salmon
3-Grilled Portabella Stack over Jasmine Rice
* cash bar during dinner
Send check and registration made out to Yankee District Rose Society to
Paul Raymond
69 Seaview Ave. , Swansea, MA 02777
Here’s a link you can use to make reservations. You can also call the hotel directly to book their reservations. 774-520-1700 . The group code is YDR. Pay hotel directly.
Book your group rate for Yankee District Rose Society Room Block
Town Place Suites
66 State Road
Westport, MA 02790
King size bed 129.00 USD – Double queen beds 139.00 USD per night
Last Day to Book : Wednesday, February 26, 2025
2024 national convention – september 9-13:
go to ‘sailing on a sea of roses‘
LOBSTER FEST 2023
September 15-17
‘A Wave of Roses’ Show Schedule
LOBSTERFEST info from newsletter
Please send your reservation in ASAP, so we can plan accordingly. Send check made out to: ARS Yankee District and mail to:
Audrey Osborn
12 Scotch Pine Farm
Harwich, MA 02645
FRIDAY
LEO & ANDREA’S CRANBERRY TOUR*
1601 Factory Rd, Harwich
Cranberrybogtours.com
*The Cape Cod Cranberry Bog bus ride is limited to twenty people. It is an hour narrated tour presented by Andrea Cakounes. $20
LAVENDER FARM
Weston Woods Rd
Harwich MA
Capecodlavenderfarm.com
DINNER AT BRAX
705 MA-28, Harwich Port
Braxrestaurant.com
SATURDAY
YANKEE DISTRICT ROSE SHOW
Chatham Community Center
702 Main Street, Chatham
Entries begin at 8:00am
LOBSTERFEST
Grays Beach – Bass Hole
Under the Pavilion
Center Street, Yarmouth Port
Gather around 5pm
Saturday dinner:
lobster, chicken, steak or ravioli $50
SUNDAY
10AM:
YANKEE DISTRICT BUSINESS MEETING
Garden Pavilion at Cindy & Irwin Ehrenreich’s
3780 Main Street, Barnstable
SEMINAR TO FOLLOW: PROPAGATION OF CUTTINGS
2023 Yankee District Spring Convention
March 17-19
Publick House
Sturbridge, Massachusetts
registration form & schedule PDF
The setting for this year’s Yankee District Spring Convention, hosted by The New England Rose Society, is the historic Publick House (circa 1771) in Sturbridge, Massachusetts. This gala event will be held March 17-19, 2023.
82nd New England Rose Society
Founders Day
Saturday, October 15, 2022
from 11:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Flyer and Registration
“Hello Rose Lovers”
2023 American Rose Society National Convention
May 5-7, 2023
Shreveport, LA
“Sailing on a Sea of Roses”
2024 American Rose Society National Convention
September 9-13, 2024
Hosted by the Yankee District assisted by Penn-Jersey and New York Districts