Our Trial Gardens and Scoring System
We are proud to have the participation of rose gardens from all across the country for the AGRS™ program. Each garden plants the roses that are being considered for the award of American Garden Rose Selections™. Over a period of two years, the roses are evaluated three times per growing season. Evaluators are looking for the same characteristics you would like in a garden rose. Disease-resistance is highly valued since it will give you a rewarding experience with less care required. The dedicated staff, evaluators, and volunteers involved with all of our trial gardens are greatly appreciated for lending their time, expertise and enthusiasm to American Garden Rose Selections™.
Other criteria include flowering effect/bloom abundance, bloom form and attractiveness, fragrance, rebloom habit, aging quality of blooms, hardiness in cold and heat, vigor, foliage proportion and attractiveness, and plant habit.
The AGRS™ is modeled after the Allgemeine Deutsche Rosenneuheiten-prüfung or ADR system, the Performing Testing of New Rose Varieties in Germany. This successful system has been used in Germany for over 25 years and is widely respected and acknowledged worldwide.
Adaptations were made to account for the wide range of climates and growing conditions in the United States .
Other criteria include flowering effect/bloom abundance, bloom form and attractiveness, fragrance, rebloom habit, aging quality of blooms, hardiness in cold and heat, vigor, foliage proportion and attractiveness, and plant habit.
The AGRS™ is modeled after the Allgemeine Deutsche Rosenneuheiten-prüfung or ADR system, the Performing Testing of New Rose Varieties in Germany. This successful system has been used in Germany for over 25 years and is widely respected and acknowledged worldwide.
Adaptations were made to account for the wide range of climates and growing conditions in the United States .
American Garden Rose Selections™ Trial Gardens
Tyler Rose Garden
Tyler, TX |
EM Mills Rose Garden
Syracuse, NY |
The Team
American Garden Rose Selections™ was established to recognize and recommend the best garden-worthy rose varieties for the various regions of the United States through testing. The goal is to provide objective and reliable information to rose gardeners. AGRS™ is a true national rose trial in the United States that tests the same roses in gardens all around the country.
The American Garden Rose Selections™ organization is overseen by an Executive Board comprised of internationally-recognized rose experts that represent the diversity of the rose-growing community. This body develops the criteria for the evaluation of roses, oversees the judging of the roses at the independent trial gardens across the country, and recommends the roses that are honored as an American Garden Rose Selections™ after evaluating the results.
The American Garden Rose Selections™ organization is overseen by an Executive Board comprised of internationally-recognized rose experts that represent the diversity of the rose-growing community. This body develops the criteria for the evaluation of roses, oversees the judging of the roses at the independent trial gardens across the country, and recommends the roses that are honored as an American Garden Rose Selections™ after evaluating the results.
American Garden Rose Selections ™
Executive Board
PAT SHANLEY, Chairperson
GENE WAERING, Secretary
PAM SMITH, Treasurer
ANDY BLACK, Chairperson Gardens/Judges Committee
MIKE SHOUP, Chairperson Breeders/Nurseries Committee
CHRIS VANCLEAVE, Director, Marketing and Publicity
Trustees:
CHRISTIAN BEDARD
KARA HANNA
PING LIM
HEIDI MORTENSEN
WAYNE MYERS
DR. ALLEN OWINGS
Advisor to the Board:
DR. MARK WINDHAM
Executive Board
PAT SHANLEY, Chairperson
GENE WAERING, Secretary
PAM SMITH, Treasurer
ANDY BLACK, Chairperson Gardens/Judges Committee
MIKE SHOUP, Chairperson Breeders/Nurseries Committee
CHRIS VANCLEAVE, Director, Marketing and Publicity
Trustees:
CHRISTIAN BEDARD
KARA HANNA
PING LIM
HEIDI MORTENSEN
WAYNE MYERS
DR. ALLEN OWINGS
Advisor to the Board:
DR. MARK WINDHAM
A brief history of AGRS™In June 2012 a group of representatives from rose-related organizations met as part of the Great Rosarians of the World™ lecture series in New York City. The group explored the possibility of creating a national rose trial program that was geared towards helping potential rose gardeners select roses that would work in their area. With the United States having a wide range of growing climates and conditions, this program would innovate traditional rose trial conventions by recognizing roses by region. The group's desire was to recognize roses that were easy to care for and disease-resistant so that rose gardeners could enjoy the pleasure of having roses in their garden.
The AGRS™ is considered to be the national rose trial program successor to the All America Rose Selections trials which ran from 1940 to 2013. |