All-America Rose Selections Announces 'Designing With Roses' Competition

How About a Bed of Roses?

When love came first to Earth,the Spring spread rose-beds to receive him.
- Thomas Campbell, Scottish poet

(1777-1844)

All-America Rose Selections™ (AARS™) announced the call for entries for its Designing with Roses Competition, which honors excellence in landscape architecture and garden design.

Submissions must incorporate U.S. roses as a primary design element.

Competition is open to professionals, students or teachers in the fields of landscape architect and landscape/garden design. New this year is a category for the best regional public gardens.

Even if you don’t qualify for the competition, you can still tackle a new challenge: design your garden with roses. You say you always wanted a bed of roses? Well, this is your year. Go for it.

You have lots of beauties to choose from, including the AARS’ 2007 award-winning roses above.

Top: Rainbow Knock Out

Middle: Moondance

Bottom: Strike It Rich

All-America Rose Selections is a nonprofit association dedicated to the introduction and promotion of exceptional roses. For more information visit http://www.rose.org