Upcoming Events

Floral Hall at VanDusen Botanical Garden

Dr. Elizabeth Elle, a Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Simon Fraser University and a pollination ecologist, will talk about Bees of BC and their contributions to rose pollination.

Via ZOOM

Hayden Foulds, a trained horticulturist and long-time rosarian from Palmerston, New Zealand plus a VP of the World Federation of Rose Societies, will share photos of the fabulous roses they can grow in NZ.

Floral Hall at VanDusen Botanical Garden

Our annual 'Rose Auction' with a selection of roses from Select Roses plus offerings from members' gardens.

Floral Hall at VanDusen Botanical Garden

Marc-Andre Lambert, Canadian National Sales Manager for Felco tools, will explain how to fit their pruners to your hand, explain why Felco tools are the best on the market and show us how and why we need to sharpen our pruners regularly.  This is a MUST ATTEND event for everyone as we all need to learn how Felco makes gardening so much easier by using the best tools!

Floral Hall at VanDusen Botanical Garden

Conway Lum, since 1988, has been the person to talk to with any garden issues, at GardenWorks Mandeville.  He will talk about rose diseases other than the Big 3.

Floral Hall at VanDusen Botanical Garden

Brian Minter joins us once again to talk about New Trends in Roses and Where Breeding is Going.

Exact Date and Location TBD

VRS Members Only Annual Garden Party

Floral Hall at VanDusen Botanical Garden

We will again be welcoming Jason Crouch of Fraser Valley Rose Farm. Topic TBD.

via Zoom

Tom Carruth, former Weeks Roses hybridizer and current curator of The Huntington Gardens, California will talk about the fabulous Huntington Gardens.

Floral Hall at VanDusen Botanical Garden

Annual General Meeting and Holiday Social

This is our last meeting of the year during which members will have the chance to elect and welcome our new Executive for 2026. Following the AGM portion of the evening, we will feature a floral presentation which will, in turn, be followed by our Annual Christmas Social.