International Rose Competition 2025
2025 Edition
The 25th Barcelona International New Roses Competition will be held in the rose garden in the Parc de Cervantes from 9 to 11 May. The competition always coincides with the first rose bloom and rewards the best new specimens created by rose breeders from around the world, based on the judgements of a prestigious international jury.
This Barcelona competition is part of an international circuit that awards prizes for the best new rose varieties, and ensures the city’s status as a key point of reference in this sector. This year's competition features 27 rose breeders from Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, USA, France, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Holland, Poland and Switzerland. The competition categories are hybrid, floribunda, landscape, groundcover, miniature and creeping.
The expert jury is made up of 60 internationally renowned specialists, who will award the best variety for each quality considered (vitality, fragrance, resistance) and for each type. A group of ten master perfume-makers will also assess the varieties in the competition to indicate the species that offers the best quality fragrance and provide a textual description for it.
Besides the international expert jury, the new roses are assessed by the participating schools and the Barcelona Council for the Elderly, as well as members of the public who visit the rose garden in the Parc de Cervantes on the competition days.
2024 edition cancelled
Due to the shortage of water and uncertainty regarding its availability, the Municipal Institute of Parks and Gardens, which manages the public green spaces in Barcelona and maintains the Parc de Cervantes rose garden, has had to cancel several activities related to the 2024 International New Rose Competition. A panel of experts was tasked with awarding the prizes for this year’s best rose specimens.
On 10 May, the results of the 2024 edition were announced, featuring 82 varieties of roses (hybrid tea / grandiflora, floribunda/multiflora, landscape/shrub, ground cover, miniature and climbing roses) presented by 29 breeders from 11 different countries (Germany, Belgium, Denmark, the United States, Spain, France, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, the Netherlands and Poland).The international expert jury and the competition’s standing committee, made up of professionals from the fields of gardening and rose cultivation, awarded the prizes and the honourable mentions.
Barcelona International New Rose Competition Prizes
The Barcelona International New Rose Competition awards prizes in official categories (awarded by the expert jury and a standing committee), as well as prizes granted by associations and the general public.
International New Rose Competition
To mark the rose flowering season, Barcelona City Council is organising the Barcelona International New Rose Competition, which takes place in the Parc de Cervantes rose garden.
This is a competition aimed not just at breeders and growers of new rose varieties but at Barcelona’s residents too, offering a programme of activities for everyone, such as guided tours of the rose garden and a Q&A session on roses.
