Welcome To Heritage Roses New Zealand
A Brief History – 40 Year Anniversary in 2020!
Heritage Roses NZ was formed in June 1980 by Mrs Toni Sylvester and the late Mr Ken Nobbs, both of whom had a specific interest in growing and learning about old fashioned roses. Both were members of Heritage Rose groups in Australia and the USA, and believed that there was a group of gardeners in NZ with similar interests. Toni and Ken placed adverts to locate these gardeners, and attracted an immediate and widespread response; thus Heritage Roses New Zealand was launched.
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We love old roses – their beauty, their fragrance, their resilience, their stories – and work to conserve these “antiques of the rose world” as very viable shrubs in the modern garden.
Awards & Scholarships
Learn more about our past and present Awards & Scholarships.
2023 WFRS World Rose Award is awarded to Fran Rawling QSM
Doug Grant, NZ Vice President of the World Federation of Roses presents Fran with her World Rose award certificate and medal.
Photo credit: Liz Greenwood
Citation for Fran Rawling by Olga Yuretich HR Northland, convenor and past president HRNZI
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