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ICELAND • Icelandic Rose Society (IRS)
COUNTRY:...........................ICELAND
ROSE SOCIETY INFORMATION for 2012
OFFICIAL NAME:................Icelandic Rose Society (IRS)
Address: .....................c/o Horticultural Society of Iceland
PO Box 1461
IS-121 Reykjavik
Iceland
Telephone: .................(Country Code: 354) 552 7721
Email:.........................gardurinn@gardurinn.is
Website: .....................http://www.rosaklubbur.is
Contact: President – Mr. Samson B. Hardarson
The Icelandic Rose Society (IRS) is a division of the Horticultural Society of Iceland.
The Horticultural Society was founded in 1885 and the IRS was founded in 2002. The IRS is
also a member of Nordisk Rosenforening (Federation of Nordic Rose Societies.)
The IRS has a five member Board and a current membership of approximately 360.
Meetings are held four to five times during the winter months to discuss roses and their
cultivation. The Society also bulk orders roses from Denmark, Sweden, Finland, England and
Canada for its members in the spring.
The Icelandic Rose Society does not hold rose shows but it does run rose trials and
publishes the results on its website.
Fees: 1000 kr
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