
The American Rose Society exists to promote the culture, preservation and appreciation of the Rose, and to improve its standard of excellence for all people, through education and research.
HORTICULTURE JUDGING

To be an American Rose Society Accredited Horticulture Judge is an earned honor that carries with it certain responsibilities. Judging is a privilege that carries with it the responsibility to conduct oneself with objectivity, fairness, courtesy and honor.
Like everything related to our world of roses, judging them is a pleasurable and richly rewarding experience. Judges commonly travel several hundred miles to judge a local show. To judge roses, as to judge anything else, you need a frame of reference - a set of standards agreed on by all judges - see our Horticulture Judging Guidelines below.
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Horticulture Judging Update
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Name | District | City | State | Local Society | Contact |
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Terry D. Lee | Deep South | Florence | AL | Huntsville Twickenham Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Barbara McFarlen | Deep South | Harvest | AL | Huntsville Twickenham Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Gloria Purnell | Deep South | Birmingham | AL | Birmingham Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Ralph Cooper | S. Central | Van Buren | AR | Fort Smith Rose Society | Contact Judge |
L Douglas Helberg | S. Central | Fort Smith | AR | Fort Smith Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Paul Leggett | S. Central | Fort Smith | AR | Ft Smith Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Billy W Lewis | S. Central | Pangburn | AR | Central AR Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Donald W Adlong | S. Central | Conway | AR | Central Arkansas Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Paula Adlong | S. Central | Conway | AR | Central Arkansas Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Nona Welsch | Pacific Southwest | Litchfield Park | AZ | null | Contact Judge |
Geraldine Ann Mahoney | Pacific Southwest | Glendale | AZ | null | Contact Judge |
Jeannette Lynn Twitchell | Pacific Southwest | Gilbert | AZ | Mesa-East Valley RS | Contact Judge |
Heidi Leavitt | Pacific Southwest | Phoenix | AZ | Arizona West Valley RS | Contact Judge |
Barbara Marshall | Pacific Southwest | Tucson | AZ | Greater Milwaukee Rose Society, Tucson Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Nancy Medved | Pacific Southwest | Phoenix | AZ | Phoenix Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Lauren Toth | Pacific Southwest | Phoenix | AZ | Rose Society of Glendale | Contact Judge |
Terry Leavitt | Pacific Southwest | Phoenix | AZ | Arizona West Valley RS | Contact Judge |
Phyllis Henslin | Pacific Southwest | Mesa | AZ | Mesa East Valley Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Terry Swartz | Pacific Southwest | Tucson | AZ | Rose Society of Green Valley & Tucson | Contact Judge |
Donaldina Joung | Pacific Southwest | Tubac | AZ | Green Valley, Tucson, & San Francisco Rose Societies & The Rose Society of Green Valley | Contact Judge |
Terry Swartz | Pacific Southwest | Tucson | AZ | Rose Society of Green Valley & Tucson | Contact Judge |
LeRoy Brady | Pacific Southwest | Mesa | AZ | Rose Society of Tucson; Mesa East Valley Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Nancy Medved | Pacific Southwest | Phoenix | AZ | Phoenix Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Lauren Toth | Pacific Southwest | Phoenix | AZ | Rose Society of Glendale | Contact Judge |
Elizabeth A Strong | Pacific Southwest | Tucson | AZ | Rose Society of Tucson | Contact Judge |
Jeannette Lynn Twitchell | Pacific Southwest | Gilbert | AZ | Mesa-East Valley RS | Contact Judge |
Theresa Krause | Pacific Northwest | Coquitlam | BC | Fraser Pacific RS | Contact Judge |
Marianna Boda | Pacific Northwest | Kelowna | BC | null | Contact Judge |
Ruth Guimond | Pacific Northwest | Surrey | BC | null | Contact Judge |
Alicja Paradzik | Pacific Northwest | Kelowna | BC | null | Contact Judge |
Linda Edser | Pacific Northwest | West Kelowna | BC | null | Contact Judge |
Beverly Welsh | Pacific Northwest | Coquitlam | BC | Fraser Pacific Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Carol Burek | NCNH | Clayton | CA | Mount Diablo Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Thomas Bolden II | NCNH | Fremont | CA | East Bay Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Rosemary Sawyer | NCNH | Columbia | CA | Golden Sierra Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Melvin Gaines | Pacific Southwest | Windsor Hills | CA | Beverly Hills Rose Society & Invitational Rose Seminar & Los Angeles Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Grace Elliott | Pacific Southwest | Santa Clarita | CA | Beverly Hills Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Marianne Jameson | NCNH | Danville | CA | Mount Diablo Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Harold C Reynolds | Pacific Southwest | Palm Desert | CA | Desert Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Ira Fletcher | Pacific Southwest | La Mesa | CA | East County RS | Contact Judge |
Melody Carlson | NCNH | Granite Bay | CA | Sierra Foothills Rose Society | Contact Judge |
David T "Bud" Jones | Pacific Southwest | Santa Barbara | CA | Santa Barbara Rose Society & Invitational Rose Seminar | Contact Judge |
Candy LaChance | Pacific Southwest | Stevenson Ranch | CA | Santa Clarita Valley Rose Society | Contact Judge |
William I Christensen | Pacific Southwest | Palm Springs | CA | Desert RS | Contact Judge |
Jolene Adams | NCNH | Hayward | CA | Contra Costa & East Bay Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Martin Kooi | NCNH | Santa Rosa | CA | Redwood Empire Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Dr. Arnold M Epstein | Pacific Southwest | Los Angeles | CA | San Fernando Valley Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Sharon McColgan | Pacific Southwest | Oceanside | CA | California Coastal Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Ernie Magill | NCNH | Roseville | CA | Gold Country, Sacramento, Sierra Foothills, Mother Lode, and Santa Clarita Rose Societies | Contact Judge |
Susan J Diller | Pacific Southwest | Ventura | CA | null | Contact Judge |
Marie J Fletcher | Pacific Southwest | La Mesa | CA | null | Contact Judge |
Dona Lyn Martin | Pacific Southwest | Escondido | CA | San Diego Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Daniel W Bifano | Pacific Southwest | Santa Barbara | CA | Santa Barbara RS | Contact Judge |
Elizabeth Greenwood | Pacific Southwest | San Diego | CA | null | Contact Judge |
Richard Skwara | Pacific Southwest | Banning | CA | Desert, Palm Desert & Tinseltown Rose Societies | Contact Judge |
Marie Hubbell | NCNH | Redwood City | CA | Peninsula Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Laverne Edith Cottet | NCNH | Fresno | CA | San Joaquin Valley Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Thomas D. Bonfigli | NCNH | Sebastopol | CA | North Bay Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Ted Burg | NCNH | Hanford | CA | San Joaquin Valley Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Akiko Strathmann | Pacific Southwest | Canyon Country | CA | Beverly Hills Rose Society | Contact Judge |
William L Reynolds | NCNH | Chico | CA | Ventura County Rose Society, Butte Rose Society, and Houston Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Robert B Martin Jr. | Pacific Southwest | Escondido | CA | San Diego Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Gail Jenkins | Pacific Southwest | Glendale | CA | Los Angeles Rose Society, Santa Clarita Rose Society & Invitational Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Sally L Long | Pacific Southwest | El Cajon | CA | East County RS | Contact Judge |
Steven J Jones | NCNH | Fiddletown | CA | Mother Lode Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Chris W. Greenwood | Pacific Southwest | Glendora | CA | Pacific Rose Society, Invitational Rose Seminar & California Coastal Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Neva Youngs | NCNH | Chico | CA | Butte Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Linda Walton | NCNH | Redding | CA | Shasta Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Ronald D Feurer | Pacific Southwest | Palm Springs | CA | Desert Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Rose Gilardi | NCNH | San Francisco | CA | Golden Gate Rose Society & San Francisco Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Suzanne Bassani | Pacific Southwest | Canoga Park | CA | Beverly Hills Rose Society & San Fernando Valley Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Rita Skwara | Pacific Southwest | Banning | CA | Desert, Palm Desert & Tinseltown Rose Societies | Contact Judge |
James Armstrong | NCNH | Pacifica | CA | San Francisco & Golden Gate Rose Societies | Contact Judge |
Kathleen Reed McCarthy | Pacific Southwest | San Diego | CA | Del Mar, San Diego, & California Coastal Rose Societies | Contact Judge |
Sue Magill | NCNH | Roseville | CA | Gold Country, Sacramento, Sierra Foothills, Mother Lode, and Santa Clarita Rose Societies | Contact Judge |
Yvonne Andrew | Pacific Southwest | Santa Ana | CA | Saddleback Mountain Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Jan Burnham | NCNH | Chico | CA | Butte Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Frank Brines | Pacific Southwest | San Diego | CA | Temecula Valley Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Suzanne M Horn | Pacific Southwest | Glendale | CA | Los Angeles Rose Society & Invitational Rose Seminar | Contact Judge |
Darryl Pearson | Pacific Southwest | Long Beach | CA | Orange County Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Alice M Hart | Pacific Southwest | Valley Village | CA | Beverly Hills Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Gregg Cook | NCNH | Oakland | CA | East Bay Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Luis T Desamero | Pacific Southwest | Studio City | CA | Beverly Hills Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Dwyn Daniels Robbie | Pacific Southwest | Del Mar | CA | California Costal Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Miriam Cooney | Pacific Southwest | Aliso Viejo | CA | Orange County Rose Society & Invitational Rose Seminar | Contact Judge |
Beverly Trivitt | Pacific Southwest | Bakersfield | CA | Invitational Rose Seminar | Contact Judge |
Duane Carlson | NCNH | Granite Bay | CA | Sierra Foothills Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Carole Schmitz | NCNH | Redding | CA | Shasta Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Beverly Hopper | NCNH | Jackson | CA | Santa Clara & Motherlode Rose Societies | Contact Judge |
Sue Streeper | Pacific Southwest | El Cajon | CA | San Diego Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Charlotte Owendyk | NCNH | Roseville | CA | Sierra Foothills & Sacramento Rose Society | Contact Judge |
John Mintz | NCNH | Pleasanton | CA | Mount Diablo Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Michael Braun | NCNH | Fresno | CA | San Joaquin Valley Rose Society & Ventura County Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Gail Kaplenski | Great Lakes | Parker Dam | CA | Northeastern Michigan Rosarians | Contact Judge |
Lou Evans | NCNH | Livermore | CA | Mount Diablo Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Kathy Monge | Pacific Southwest | Santa Ana | CA | Orange County Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Eileen Jackson | NCNH | Vallejo | CA | North Bay Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Barbara A Gordon | NCNH | Mountain View | CA | Santa Clara County Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Richard Grabowski | NCNH | McKinleyville | CA | Humboldt Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Linda Clark | Pacific Southwest | La Mesa | CA | San Diego RS | Contact Judge |
Barbara L Schneider | Pacific Southwest | Ventura | CA | Santa Barbara Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Cheryl A Frechette | NCNH | Healdsburg | CA | Marin Rose Society & Redwood Empire Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Lynn Snetsinger | Pacific Southwest | Sunland | CA | Pacific Rose Society & Santa Monica Valley Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Joy Monteleone | NCNH | Santa Rosa | CA | null | Contact Judge |
Baldomero Villegas | NCNH | Orangevale | CA | Sierra Foothills Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Paula Grabowski | NCNH | McKinleyville | CA | Humboldt Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Jack Fitzgerald | NCNH | San Francisco | CA | Golden Gate & San Francisco Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Bob Parker | NCNH | Shingletown | CA | Shasta Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Betty A. Mott | NCNH | Mill Valley | CA | Marin Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Thomas Cairns | Pacific Southwest | Studio City | CA | Beverly Hills Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Linda Burg | NCNH | Hanford | CA | San Joaquin Valley Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Hilary Read Elkin | NCNH | Orinda | CA | East Bay Rose Society & San Francisco Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Sally Estee | NCNH | Livermore | CA | Mt. Diablo Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Lesa Lane | NCNH | Corning | CA | Butte Rose Society | Contact Judge |
John E Lester | Pacific Southwest | San Diego | CA | San Diego Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Dave Coop | NCNH | Roseville | CA | Gold Country Rose Society & Sacramento Rose Society | Contact Judge |
David Bassani | Pacific Southwest | Canoga Park | CA | Beverly Hills Rose Society & San Fernando Valley Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Ruth Tiffany | Pacific Southwest | San Diego | CA | San Diego, East County, California Coastal Rose Societies | Contact Judge |
Cindy Jo Nalepa-Nelson | NCNH | Sacramento | CA | Sacramento Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Ellie Longanecker | NCNH | Carmichael | CA | Sacramento Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Karen Ernsberger | NCNH | Glen Ellen | CA | Redwood Empire Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Judy Seppi Frederick | NCNH | Granite Bay | CA | Gold Country Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Dolores Moffat | NCNH | Dublin | CA | Contra Costa & Mount Diablo Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Helen Zawlik-Moyot | NCNH | Oakland | CA | East Bay & Mount Diablo Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Lenore M Ruckman | NCNH | San Rafael | CA | Marin Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Joan Goff | NCNH | San Rafael | CA | Marin Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Barbara Lane-Piert | NCNH | Sacramento | CA | Sacramento Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Deanna Flintzer | Pacific Southwest | Laguna Hills | CA | Rose Society of Saddleback Mountain | Contact Judge |
Sandy Parker | NCNH | Shingletown | CA | Shasta Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Kitty Belendez | Pacific Southwest | Santa Clarita | CA | Santa Clarita Valley Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Martine LaBelle | NCNH | Richmond | CA | East Bay Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Gail Trimble | NCNH | San Rafael | CA | Marin Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Michael Eckley | Rocky Mountain | Colorado Springs | CO | Riverwalk Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Betty Roberts | Rocky Mountain | Colorado Springs | CO | Denver Rose Society and Pikes Peak Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Martha Tucker | Rocky Mountain | Denver | CO | Denver Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Joseph Muzy | Rocky Mountain | Loveland | CO | Loveland Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Barb Money | Rocky Mountain | Manitou Springs | CO | Pikes Peak Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Ellen Nielsen | Rocky Mountain | Golden | CO | Denver Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Diana R. Kilmer | Rocky Mountain | Colorado Springs | CO | Desert Rose Society, Mountain View Rose Society, & Pikes Peak Rose Society | Contact Judge |
David J Ingram | Rocky Mountain | Arvada | CO | Denver Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Georgie Bever | Rocky Mountain | Colorado Springs | CO | Riverwalk Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Anita Eckley | Rocky Mountain | Colorado Springs | CO | Riverwalk Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Tom Keilers | Rocky Mountain | Colorado Springs | CO | null | Contact Judge |
Jerry Macon | Rocky Mountain | Colorado Springs | CO | null | Contact Judge |
Collette Morton | Rocky Mountain | Broomfield | CO | Gateway Rose Society & St. Vrain Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Walter Kilmer | Rocky Mountain | Colorado Springs | CO | Desert & Mountain View Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Susan A Bishop | Rocky Mountain | Aurora | CO | Denver Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Carol Macon | Rocky Mountain | Colorado Springs | CO | Pikes Peak Rose Society & Denver Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Peggy Williams | Rocky Mountain | Denver | CO | Denver Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Sue Longhini | Rocky Mountain | Boulder | CO | Denver Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Margaret Drucker | Rocky Mountain | Boulder | CO | null | Contact Judge |
Mary E. Kirby | Rocky Mountain | Golden | CO | Denver Rose Society | Contact Judge |
David W Candler | Yankee | Preston | CT | Honolulu & Connecticut Rose Society | Contact Judge |
David R Long | Yankee | Old Lyme | CT | Connecticut Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Carol Ann Rogers | Yankee | Wethersfield | CT | Connecticut Rose Society | Contact Judge |
H. Stephen Rogers | Yankee | Wethersfield | CT | Connecticut Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Michael D Fuss | Yankee | Bloomfield | CT | Connecticut Rose Society | Contact Judge |
David F. Ciak | Yankee | Wallingford | CT | Connecticut Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Marci Martin | Yankee | Suffield | CT | Connecticut Rose Society | Contact Judge |
John P Mattia | Yankee | Orange | CT | Connecticut Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Sharon L. Thompson | Colonial | Claymont | DE | null | Contact Judge |
Bruce Monroe | Penn-Jersey | Wilmington | DE | Del-Chester Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Michael E Becker | Deep South | Port Saint Lucie | FL | Collin County RS | Contact Judge |
Debbie Coolidge | Deep South | West Palm Beach | FL | Greater Palm Beach Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Anita Camacho | Deep South | Tampa | FL | Tampa Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Eleanor C. Ramage | Deep South | Lakeland | FL | Central Florida Heritage Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Priscilla Kudaroski | Deep South | Punta Gorda | FL | z- | Contact Judge |
Gary Franklin Smith | Deep South | Morriston | FL | Marion County Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Elaine S Pawlikowski | Deep South | Sanford | FL | Central Florida Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Karen J Prevatt | Deep South | Wimauma | FL | Tampa Rose Society | Contact Judge |
George Lawler | Deep South | Kenneth City | FL | Tampa Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Mark R Prue | Deep South | Lutz | FL | Tampa Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Carlos Ray Guillebeau | Deep South | Jacksonville | FL | Jacksonville Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Mary Maud Sharpe | Deep South | Tallahassee | FL | Tallahassee & Central Florida Heritage & Thomasville Rose Societies | Contact Judge |
Judy Lawler | Deep South | Kenneth City | FL | Tampa Rose Society | Contact Judge |
William H. Langford | Deep South | West Palm Beach | FL | Greater Palm Beach Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Marian Del Giorno | New York | Deerfield Beach | FL | Greater Rochester Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Peter S Del Giorno | New York | Deerfield Beach | FL | Greater Rochester Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Margarita Calvet | Deep South | North Miami | FL | Tropical Rose Society | Contact Judge |
James W Small | Deep South | Maitland | FL | Central Florida Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Martin S Pawlikowski | Deep South | Sanford | FL | Central Florida Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Debbie Wyatt-Stotter | Deep South | North Fort Myers | FL | Greater Fort Myers Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Ralph L Stream | Deep South | Micanopy | FL | Gainesville & Marion County Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Edna Robert | Deep South | Hudson | FL | Tampa Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Joy S Long | Colonial | Cape Coral | FL | VA Peninsula Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Sandra F Dixon | Deep South | Jacksonville | FL | Jacksonville Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Stephen P Hoy | Deep South | Warner Robins | GA | Middle Georgia Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Andrea Maceri | Deep South | Woodstock | GA | null | Contact Judge |
Linda Reed | Deep South | Peachtree City | GA | South Metro RS | Contact Judge |
Alice E. Boyd | Deep South | Atlanta | GA | Greater Atlanta Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Montine Herring | Deep South | Whigham | GA | Thomasville Rose Society & Tallahassee Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Joseph C. Attaway | Deep South | Augusta | GA | Augusta Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Walter Reed | Deep South | Peachtree City | GA | South Metro RS | Contact Judge |
Bobbie Reed | Deep South | Lawrenceville | GA | Greater Atlanta, Greater Gwinnett, & Northeast Georgia Rose Societies | Contact Judge |
Joanne R Maxheimer | Deep South | Thomasville | GA | Thomasville Rose Society | Contact Judge |
James Ron Gladin | Deep South | Lizella | GA | Middle Georgia Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Cathy Farmer | Deep South | Woodstock | GA | Greater Atlanta Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Cynthia Dale | Deep South | Peachtree City | GA | South Metro Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Sara Coleman | Deep South | McDonough | GA | Greater Atlanta Rose Society | Contact Judge |
Susan C Gladin | Deep South | Lizella | GA | Middle Georgia Rose Society | Contact Judge |