85th Annual Rose Garden Contest

Free to enter for all Portland area residents.

As the City of Portland and all of Rosaria prepare for this year’s Rose Festival

season, the Royal Rosarian Foundation encourages all Portland area residents to enter the 85th annual RoseGarden Contest. This free event celebrates the best of rose growing in the Portland metropolitan area. Rose growers look forward to this chance to display their hard work – and resulting beautiful gardens – with pride.

This year the competition will include a dozen divisions for rose gardens and rose plantings at homes across Portland. All locations must be within 20 miles of Pioneer Courthouse Square. Entry in the competition is free.

Deadline for applications is Friday, May 26 th . Gardens will be judged on June 4 th

and 5 th.

Rose garden contest participants, neighborhoods, winners and guests will be honored with a very special awards ceremony in the Royal Rosarian Garden at Washington Park on Tuesday, June 20, at 6:30 p.m. It is free and open to the public.

Residents have to sign up to enter, and that's where we need your help.  Will you help us get the word out to residents with rose gardens?

https://www.royalrosarians.com/page/rose-garden-contest

Please share the website URL above at your next association meeting, newsletter, and e-mailing.  Help your neighbors show off the beautiful neighborhood they live in and bolster community pride.

Questions can be directed to Marilyn Shultz, 503-635-2920.