About UsAcadiana Society meets on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 6:30PM except December (2nd Thursday) and July (no meeting) at the Ira Nelson Horticulture Center. Guests are always welcomed. See district calendar for more details.
Membership$20 for individual & $25 for couples
*Members enjoy a 10% discount at All Seasons Nursery and Chastant Bros. Supply. Check us out on Facebook! |
PurposeThe Acadiana Rose Society, an affiliate of the American Rose Society, is comprised of individuals from novice to expert who enjoy growing and exhibiting roses and sharing their experience and knowledge. But most importantly we are a group who come together to encourage each other in our hobby of growing roses and promote the joy in others.
OfficersPresident: Juan Nieto
Vice President: Vanessa Sam Secretary: Evelyn Bethel Treasurer: BJ Abshire Program Committee: Virginia Bowen, Starr Berthelot, Mary Bergeron, Sarah Oubre Newsletter Editor: BJ Abshire Upcoming EventsJan. 20, 2022 Acadiana RS regular meeting –
Organic Gardening - Speaker - Marcus Descant, The Urban Naturalist Feb. 17, 2022 Acadiana RS regular meeting- Companion Plants for roses & Spring Pruning – Master Gardener Speaker March 17, 2022 Acadiana RS regular meeting – Rose Diseases, Insects & Fertilizing April 21, 2022 Acadiana RS regular meeting – Overview of upcoming Petite Show & Hands-on Coffee Mug Arrangement for Seniors May 19, 2022 Acadiana RS regular meeting – Petite Rose Show June 16, 2022 Acadiana RS regular meeting – Birthday Dinner – Plant Markers – Vanessa Sam & Photographing Roses, Sarah Oubre, BJ Abshire & Mary Bergeron July No Meeting August 18, 2022 Acadiana RS regular meeting – Ice Cream Social & Pruning for the fall bloom, Speakers Billie Flynn & Kelly Texada - CenLa Rose Soc Sept. 15, 2022 Acadiana RS regular meeting – Vendor Night Oct. 20, 2022 Acadiana RS regular meeting – New Rose Introductions and What Roses are good for our area – Vanessa Sam Nov. 17, 2022 Acadiana RS regular meeting – Speaker - Allen Owings with Bracy’s Nursery and Clegg’s Nursery Dec. 8, 2022 Acadiana RS regular meeting – Christmas Dinner Meeting PlaceIra Nelson Horticulture Center
2206 Johnston Street Lafayette, LA |
A little history on the Acadiana Rose Society...
The first meeting of the Acadiana Rose Society was held in May of 1990 at Marshall’s Nursery in Lafayette and attended by 18 people. By the next year there were 52 members and meetings were being held at the Ira Nelson Horticulture Center in Lafayette where they built and tended a public rose garden.
Southwest LA Rose Society in Lake Charles was instrumental in getting Acadiana RS started. Willard Briggs was our first club president. His wife Letha had family in Lake Charles and early in 1990 they would drive to LC to go to society meetings and see the rose gardens of members there. Lake Charles members drove to Lafayette many times to give programs on rose culture.
Southwest LA Rose Society in Lake Charles was instrumental in getting Acadiana RS started. Willard Briggs was our first club president. His wife Letha had family in Lake Charles and early in 1990 they would drive to LC to go to society meetings and see the rose gardens of members there. Lake Charles members drove to Lafayette many times to give programs on rose culture.
