Events
Autumn Rose Show and People’s Choice
Sunday, 27th April | 4.00pm
2025 AUTUMN ROSE SHOW
Visit the Rose Show at the Adelaide Botanic Garden on 25th & 26th April – Free Entry!
People’s Choice 25th, 26th & 27th April
Autumn is a great time for roses in South Australia. The Adelaide Botanic Garden will be buzzing with excitement as exhibitors stage their best roses. The public always enjoy the charm and beauty of the roses on display and this year the community is invited to get involved.
The 2025 Autumn Rose Show will be held by the Rose Society of South Australia at the Noel Lothian Hall, Adelaide Botanic Garden, (near Hackney Road entrance) on Friday, 25 April from 12 noon to 4pm and Saturday, 26 April 10am to 4pm. The show also includes a rose perfume competition which runs both days.
The public (and Rose Society members who have not exhibited previously) are invited to participate in the Community Rose Competition by staging their best rose blooms, up to three, on Saturday 26th between 10am – 11 am. Bring along your home-grown garden roses (in water) to enter your blooms with stem and foliage which will be placed in bottles ready for judging.
At the show, Rose Society members happily provide expert advice and helpful rose growing tips.
While at the Adelaide Botanic Garden, there is another competition being run by the National Rose Trial Garden of Australia, known as the People’s Choice Award. The public is invited to participate in the People’s Choice judging on Friday, April 25 from 12 noon to 4pm, Saturday 26 and Sunday 27, 10am to 4pm. Simply choose your favourite five roses in the trial. Roses are entered by local, interstate and overseas breeders and planted in the trial garden for two years where they are regularly assessed. The National Rose Trial Garden is located within the International Rose Garden in the north-eastern corner of the Adelaide Botanic Garden.
Come along and enjoy the autumn roses at the Adelaide Botanic Garden. Relax with a coffee, lunch or afternoon tea and savour the lovely autumn weather. A must visit if you enjoy roses.