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WORLD FEDERATION OF ROSE SOCIETIES<br />

WORLD FEDERATION OF ROSE SOCIETIES CONVENTIONS<br />

<strong>World</strong> <strong>Rose</strong> Conventions are now held every third year, and any WFRS member<br />

society may bid to host one. <strong>World</strong> <strong>Rose</strong> Conventions have been held in:<br />

1968 Founding meeting in London , England<br />

1971 Hamilton, New Zealand<br />

1974 Chicago, United States <strong>of</strong> America<br />

1976 Oxford, England<br />

1979 Pretoria, South Africa (Rosafari)<br />

1981 Jerusalem, Israel (<strong>Rose</strong> Pilgrimage)<br />

1983 Baden Baden, Germany (<strong>Rose</strong>romantic)<br />

1985 Toronto, Canada (<strong>Rose</strong>capades)<br />

1988 Sydney, Australia (Rosa Australis)<br />

1991 Belfast, Northern Ireland (<strong>Rose</strong> Emerald)<br />

1994 Christchurch, New Zealand (<strong>Rose</strong>world '94)<br />

1997 The Benelux (Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg jointly)<br />

2000 Houston, United States <strong>of</strong> America<br />

2003 Glasgow, Scotland<br />

2006 Osaka, Japan<br />

2009 Vancouver, Canada<br />

2012 Sandton, South Africa<br />

Future conventions have been awarded to:<br />

2015 Lyon, France<br />

2018 Copenhagen, Denmark<br />

WORLD FEDERATION OF ROSE SOCIETIES • 33

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