A rose garden or rosarium is a

garden A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the cultivation, display, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. The single feature identifying even the wildest wild garden is ''control''. The garden can incorporate bot ...

or park, often open to the public, used to present and grow various types of garden roses, and sometimes rose species. Most often it is a section of a larger garden. Designs vary tremendously and roses may be displayed alongside other plants or grouped by individual variety, colour or class in rose beds. Technically it is a specialized type of

shrub garden A shrubbery, shrub border or shrub garden is a part of a garden where shrubs, mostly flowering species, are thickly planted. The original shrubberies were mostly sections of large gardens, with one or more paths winding through it, a less-rememb ...

, but normally treated as a type of flower garden, if only because its origins in Europe go back to at least the

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in Europe, when roses were effectively the largest and most popular flowers, already existing in numerous garden

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Origins of the rose garden

Of the over 150 species of rose, the Chinese ''

Rosa chinensis ''Rosa chinensis'' (), known commonly as the China rose, Chinese rose, or Bengal rose, is a member of the genus ''Rosa'' native to Southwest China in Guizhou, Hubei, and Sichuan Provinces. The first publication of ''Rosa chinensis'' was in 1768 ...

'' has contributed most to today's garden roses; it has been bred into garden varieties for about 1,000 years in China, and over 200 in Europe. It is believed that roses were grown in many of the early civilisations in temperate latitudes from at least 5000 years ago. They are known to have been grown in ancient

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. Paintings of roses have been discovered in Egyptian pyramid tombs from the 14th century BC. Records exist of them being grown in

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s and

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from at least 500 BC. Many of the original plant breeders used roses as a starting material as it is a quick way to obtain results. Most of the plants grown in these early gardens are likely to have been species collected from the wild. However, there were large numbers of selected varieties being grown from early times; for instance numerous selections or cultivars of the China rose were in cultivation in China in the first millennium AD. The significant breeding of modern times started slowly in Europe from about the 17th century. This was encouraged by the introduction of new species, and especially by the introduction of the China rose into Europe in the 19th century. An enormous range of roses has been bred since then. A major contributor in the early 19th century was Empress Josephine of France, who patronized the development of rose breeding at her gardens at Malmaison. As long ago as 1840, a collection numbering over one thousand different cultivars, varieties and species was possible when a rosarium was planted by Loddiges nursery for

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, an early Victorian garden cemetery and arboretum in England. British designers of rose gardens include Thomas Mawson, who created examples at Graythwaite Hall (his first major garden project in 1886) and other sites, including

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(1913). Another surviving old public rose garden is Jules Gravereaux's Roseraie du Val-de-Marne south of Paris in

L'Haÿ-les-Roses L'Haÿ-les-Roses () is a Communes of France, commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero, centre of Paris. L'Haÿ-les-Roses is a ''Subprefectures in France, sous-préfecture'' of the Val-de-Marne ''Dépa ...

, which was laid out in 1899 and remains the biggest rose garden in France.

List of public rose gardens

Public rose gardens are a feature of many towns and cities. Since 1995, the

World Federation of Rose Societies The World Federation of Rose Societies (WFRS) is an umbrella association of (as of 2015) 39-member countries' national rose societies. Although founded in 1968 in London by 8 constituent countries' rose societies, the WFRS did not have a first mee ...

(WFRS) grants the Award of Garden Excellence. So far, 42 gardens have been selected. Notable gardens around the world include:

Argentina

* Rosedal de Palermo in the Parc 3 de Febrero in

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was created in 1912 and restored from 1994 to 2008. It was granted the Award of Garden Excellence in 2012.

Austria

* Volksgarten, Vienna. A public park in the heart of Austria's capital, famous for its beautiful rose gardens with over 3,000 plants of more than 200 different cultivars of roses.

Australia

* Ruston's Roses in Renmark, South Australia houses the National Rose Collection of Australia (since 2005) and displays more than 4,000 modern and old garden varieties. The garden, which started life as a commercial fruit orchard, began supplying the

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trade and by the mid-1970s it focused entirely on supplying roses as both cut flowers and garden plants. *

Alister Clark Memorial Rose Garden The Alister Clark Memorial Rose Garden is the most complete collection in Australia of the surviving roses of "the great Australian rose breeder, Alister Clark" (1864–1949). It is situated near "Glenara", his old house and garden in Bulla, Vic ...

, a rose garden in Bulla, Victoria, home town of the rosarian

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, containing all his surviving cultivars. * Morwell Centenary Rose Garden in Morwell, Victoria, with over 4000 rose plants on an area of and a focus on rose breeders from Australia and New Zealand, both historical and modern. The WFRS granted the Award of Garden Excellence in 2009. * Victoria State Rose Garden in

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, Victoria, with an extravagant garden design, where most rose beds are part of bigger features such as The Tudor Rose, The Federation Leaf, The Heritage Perimeter Garden and The David Austin Bud. It was granted the Award of Garden Excellence in 2003. *

Nieuwesteeg Heritage Rose Garden Nieuwesteeg Heritage Rose Garden is a collection of rare and unusual roses, mostly Hybrid tea rose, hybrid teas, bred in the early 20th century. It is located in Maddingley Park, Bacchus Marsh, a town and suburb some west of Melbourne and wes ...

in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria. Roseraie Courtrai J4

Belgium

* Coloma Castle, in

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, six miles (10 km) south of

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has more than 60,000 rose plants of some 3,000 different varieties. These include a complete collection of Belgian-raised roses and an area devoted to historic roses. The largest rose garden features varieties grouped by country and by breeder. * The Garden of Roses at Hex Castle at Kasteel Hex, containing an exceptional assortment of about 250 varieties in a restored formal Renaissance garden originally laid out in 1770. It was the first rose garden in Belgium to be granted the WFRS's Award of Garden Excellence in 1998. * The International rose garden of Kortrijk in

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, on the grounds of Castle t Hooghe was redesigned in 2003/2004 after 45 years of existence. The garden has three sections: a garden presenting commercially available modern rose cultivars from around the world, a collection of historic and wild roses and an international trials garden. In 2012, it was granted the WFRS's Award of Garden Excellence. * The Rose Garden at Vrijbroek Park in

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consists of three rose gardens in a landscape park designed in the 19th century. The oldest is a formal rose garden, followed by a rose garden showcasing the history of the rose opened in 1994, and a garden presenting the wild roses of Belgium. In 2003, it was granted the Award of Garden Excellence by the World Federation of Rose Societies.

Canada

* The Rose Garden at the Montreal Botanical Garden has a collection of 10,000 roses in a modern rose garden with winding beds. It has an older section with modern varieties, needing a lot of winter protection to survive the Canadian climate, and a newer section with species, historic roses and hardy modern roses. It was granted the WFRS's Award of Garden Excellence in 2003. * Royal Botanical Gardens,

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has a Centennial Rose Garden in its

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complex. Laid out in 1967, it features Floribunda and Hybrid Tea roses, as well as collections of old varieties.Dr. D. G. Hessayon, ''The Rose Expert'', Expert Books 2004, p. 126 * The

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has a Rose Garden with Ocean and Mountain background views.

China

* Shenzhen Renmin Park in

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, Guangdong, in Southern China is a rose garden created in 2002. The garden hosts some 10 000 rose plants in a very humid climate. Most notable in the collection are the 23 ancient Chinese roses and the miniature roses grafted on species roses. The garden was granted the WFRS's Award of Garden Excellence in 2009. * Zijing Park in

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contains about 25 000 plants in over 1200 varieties and was distinguished with the WFRS's Award of Garden Excellence in 2012.

Denmark

* Gerlev Rosenpark near Frederikssund includes a large collection of historic roses and a complete inventory of roses bred by Poulsen, displayed according to the year they were introduced.

France

* Roseraie du Val-de-Marne,

, is in the southern suburbs of Paris and was laid out in 1899 for the businessman Jules Gravereaux. By 1914 the gardens had become so famous that the commune of L'Haÿ was renamed L'Haÿ-les-Roses. Like Malmaison, the garden was built with the intention of displaying every rose in the world, and in the early years of the 20th century it contained 7,000 rose cultivars. Today it has around 2,000 species and 3,000 cultivars.Charles & Brigid Quest-Ritson, "The Royal Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Roses", Dorling Kindersley 2003, p. 8 It was the first garden to be granted the WFRS's Award of Garden Excellence in 1995. * Parc de Bagatelle, in Paris was the brainchild of Commissioner of Gardens for Paris Jean-Claude Forestier, who created a classic rosegarden in strict geometric style between 1905 and 1907. Today, the park contains more than 9,000 modern roses of over 1,000 varieties in two rose gardens – the classic rose garden and a landscape rosegarden (''roseraie de paysage''). The first international competition for roses was organised here in 1907 and has been held annually ever since. It was granted the WFRS's Award of Garden Excellence in 2007. *

Parc de la Tête d'Or The Parc de la Tête d'or (English: "Park of the Golden Head") is a large urban park in Lyon, France, with an area of approximately . Located in the northern part of the 6th arrondissement, it features the Jardin botanique de Lyon, as well as a ...

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of ...

was opened in 1964 in the city where modern rose hybridisation began. It contains four rose gardens, as well as trial grounds for new French varieties. It was granted the WFRS's Award of Garden Excellence in 2006.

Germany

Europa-Rosarium The Europa-Rosarium, formerly the Rosarium Sangerhausen, is a municipal rose garden located in Sangerhausen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. With 8300 cultivars and species it is one of the largest rose collection in the world, playing an important role ...

in Sangerhausen, Germany was founded by the German Rose Society in 1898, opening to the public five years later. The foundation of the huge rose collection was species roses collected by the amateur rosarian Albert Hoffmann. The gardens acquired few new varieties between 1950 and 1990, but its collection of earlier classes – Polyanthas, Hybrid Perpetuals, Noisette hybrids and ramblers – is encyclopaedic. Some 2,000 cultivars are said to be unique to the garden. It was granted the WFRS's Award of Garden Excellence in 2003. *

Rosarium Uetersen The Rosarium Uetersen is a rose garden located in the ''Rosenstadt'' Uetersen, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, and is the oldest and largest rose garden in Northern Germany. Today's rosarium was created between 1929 and 1934, and opened to the pub ...

in Uetersen, Germany was established in 1929 with assistance from Mathias Tantau and

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. It contains over 1,000 rose varieties. * Rosenneuheitengarten Beutig in Baden-Baden was created between 1979 and 1981 and is the venue of the Baden-Baden Rose Trials. It contains about 5000 plants in a demonstration garden and a trial garden where more than 400 roses are tested for four years. It was granted the WFRS's Award of Garden Excellence in 2003. * Westfalenpark in

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was developed in 1969 as the West German National Rosarium and contains around 50,000 roses within a contemporary design. It has themed rose gardens, including a romantic and a medieval garden, and glasshouses containing tender roses.

India

There are various rose gardens in India. These gardens have thousands of varieties & sub-varieties of roses and are open to the public. * Government Rose Garden (formerly ''Centenary Rose Garden'') in Udugamandalam (Ooty) in the state of Tamil Nadu has a collection of 2800 cultivars. It was granted the WFRS's Award of Garden Excellence in 2006. *

Zakir Hussain Rose Garden Zakir Hussain Rose Garden, is a botanical garden in Chandigarh, India and spread over of land, with 50,000 rose-bushes of 1600 different species. Named after India's former president, Zakir Hussain and created in 1967 under the guidance of ...

of Chandigarh (combined capital of Punjab & Haryana states). * National Rose Garden, Chanakyapuri, Delhi.

Israel

* The Wohl Rose Park in

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. Over 400 varieties of roses are grown there, many of them gifts from countries around the world. The Wohl Rose Park covers 19 acres (77,000 m2).

Italy

* Fineschi Garden, in the Cavriglia municipality of

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was created by a rose-loving surgeon over a 40-year period and now extends over more than eight

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. It has sections devoted to different varieties, including Gallica and Hybrid Perpetual roses and also to the work of different breeders. These include important collections from less well-known rose growing nations, such as

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and

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Lithuania

Vytautas Magnus University Botanical Garden Vytautas Magnus University Botanical Garden also known as the Kaunas Botanical Garden ( lt, Vytauto Didžiojo universiteto Botanikos sodas; la, Hortus Botanicus Universitati Vytauti Magni), is a university botanical garden located in the sout ...

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has the largest rose garden in Lithuania. It contains over 1,500 rose varieties.

Netherlands

* Westbroekpark is a public park in

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, and the large rose garden and trial grounds for testing new varieties was created in 1961. More than 20,000 rose plants are set out in large beds and the focus is on new varieties. * Rosarium Oudwijk (Wilhelminapark) is a public park in

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, and the large rose garden was created in 1913. Szczecin Rozanka slub 14

Poland

* Różanka Rose Garden is a public park in

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, established in 1928, now with nine thousand roses of 99 varieties planted on the area of two hectares. The park is situated in the central part of the city, near Jan Kasprowicz Park.

South Africa

* Durbanville Rose Garden is a rose garden in Durbanville on the outskirts of

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in South Africa. This is a garden with 500 rose varietals on 4500 bushes.

Spain

* La Rosaleda del Parque del Oeste in

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. Dedicated rose garden ("rosaleda"), stablished 1956. It contains species from 18th century on. It hosts international contests regularly. Public free access. * La Rosaleda del Retiro in

Buen Retiro Park The Buen Retiro Park (Spanish: ''Parque del Buen Retiro'', literally "Good retirement park"), Retiro Park or simply El Retiro is one of the largest parks of the city of Madrid, Spain. The park belonged to the Spanish Monarchy until the late 19th ...

, Madrid. One of the park's attractions. Created by Chief Gardener Cecilio Rodriguez in the 1930s.

Switzerland

* Parc de la Grange in

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is a terraced formal setting where a huge variety of roses are combined with statuary, pools and fountains. During the summer months the garden is floodlit after dark to show off the roses. Originally created in the aftermath of World War II, the rose garden of the Parc de la Grange has expanded and was home to the prestigious Geneva International New Rose Competition. In late 2020, after severe soil depletion, the rose garden has closed and will be reconstructed to include more than 400 feet of roses of nearly 200 different varieties, to be managed only using organic products. Queen Mary's Gardens P6110014

United Kingdom

* Mottisfont Abbey in

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is a 13th-century former

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on the banks of the

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, now owned by the

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. The rose garden is a much later addition, having been created in 1972 by

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, the British horticulturalist and rosarian. It houses a

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of historic shrub roses. * Royal National Rose Society Gardens is the official garden of the Royal National Rose Society and is located at its headquarters near

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. Reopened in 2007, after a four-year closure and redesign, it contains more than 7,000 plants of 2,500 varieties. Features include a collection showing the history of the rose, roses with

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s and designs to provide inspiration for growing roses in small gardens. * Queen Mary Gardens in

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, London is a circular rose garden surrounded by a ring of pillars where climbers and ramblers are displayed. It includes a mix of formal rose beds and more informal displays and some 40,000 roses are in bloom in the summer.

United States

The Gardens of the American Rose Center The American Rose Center is a rose garden in Shreveport, Louisiana owned and operated by The American Rose Society. There are over 20,000 rose bushes of 100 varieties in 65 separate rose gardens on 118 acres of pine forests and woodlands. Amer ...

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is headquarters of the

American Rose Society The American Rose Center is a rose garden in Shreveport, Louisiana owned and operated by The American Rose Society. There are over 20,000 rose bushes of 100 varieties in 65 separate rose gardens on 118 acres of pine forests and woodlands. Ame ...

and opened in 1974 (having relocated from

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). It contains more than 65 individual rose gardens and 20,000 roses, shown with companion plants, sculptures and fountains. *

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in San Marino, California includes a vast

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laid out in the early 20th century. While the garden is perhaps more famous for

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and

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collections, the 1908 rose garden displays varieties of all types and shows its history and development as a garden plant. * The International Rose Test Garden in

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is a public garden used for testing and growing new varieties of rose, and helped establish Portland as a "City of Roses." Established in 1917, the Test Garden is the oldest official, continuously operating rose test garden in the United States, and possesses over 7000 plants of approximately 550 varieties. There are also a handful of themed gardens, such as the Miniature Rose Garden and Shakespeare Garden. * Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden in

New York Botanical Garden The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) is a botanical garden at Bronx Park in the Bronx, New York City. Established in 1891, it is located on a site that contains a landscape with over one million living plants; the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, ...

Bronx The Bronx () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the state of New York. It is south of Westchester County; north and east of the New York City borough of Manhattan, across the Harlem River; and north of the New Y ...

, New York displays over 4000 rose plants with over 600 varieties. * The Municipal Rose Garden in Tyler, Texas was opened in 1952 and includes over 600 varieties of rose. It is also an All American Rose Selection (AARS) test garden. It hosts the

Texas Rose Festival The Texas Rose Festival, a three-day event held annually in Tyler, Texas, celebrates the role of the rose-growing industry in the local economy. The festivities, taking place during the third weekend of October, draw thousands of tourists to the cit ...

each October. * Exposition Park Rose Garden in Los Angeles, California. * The Elizabeth Park Conservancy Rose Garden in

Hartford Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It was the seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960. It is the core city in the Greater Hartford metropolitan area. Census estimates since t ...

Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the ...

originally opened in June 1904. Today the rose garden covers 2.5 acres and has over 800 varieties and 15,000 rose bushes. * The James P. Kelleher Rose Garden in

Boston Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...

, Massachusetts is located within the Back Bay Fens, part of the city's Emerald Necklace parks. It is the location of the annual Mayor's Garden Party. It contains 200 varieties of roses and 1500 plants in total. * The Roger Williams Park Victorian Rose Garden in

Providence, Rhode Island Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. One of the oldest cities in New England, it was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams, a Reformed Baptist theologian and religious exile from the Massachusetts ...

This garden was restored and is maintained with the assistance of the Rhode Island Rose Society. One of its notable features is the Brownell Rose Bed; the Brownells were famous Rhode Island rose hybridizers and many of their now hard-to-find varieties are preserved here. *

White House Rose Garden The White House Rose Garden is a garden bordering the Oval Office and the West Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C., United States. The garden is approximately 125 feet long and 60 feet wide ( by , or about 684m²). It balances the Jacqu ...

in Washington, D.C. *Thomasville Rose Garden in Thomasville, Georgia. Once home to a world renowned test garden, the "City of Roses" boasts the second oldest Rose Show in the United States every year. The show takes place on the weekends of the fourth Friday in April and has been put on every year since 1921. The rose Garden is home to hundreds of varieties of roses.

Uruguay

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Montevideo Montevideo () is the capital and largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . Montevideo is situated on the southern co ...

was created in 1912 by the French landscape architect Charles Racine with more than 10.000 roses imported from France in 1910. Its name pays tribute to the Uruguayan writer and poet Juana de Ibarbourou.

Gallery

File:UBC Rose Garden 01.jpg, Rose Garden at the

Vancouver, British Columbia Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the city, up from 631,486 in 2016. The ...

, Canada File:Bamberg-Rosengarten.JPG,

Bamberg Bamberg (, , ; East Franconian: ''Bambärch'') is a town in Upper Franconia, Germany, on the river Regnitz close to its confluence with the river Main. The town dates back to the 9th century, when its name was derived from the nearby ' castl ...

Rose Garden, Germany File:Hever Castle rose garden with fountain.JPG, Rose garden at

Hever Castle Hever Castle ( ) is located in the village of Hever, Kent, near Edenbridge, south-east of London, England. It began as a country house, built in the 13th century. From 1462 to 1539, it was the seat of the Boleyn (originally 'Bullen') family. ...

in Kent, United Kingdom File:Rosaleda del Retiro (Madrid) 02.jpg, El Retiro rose garden in

, Spain File:RoseTestGardenPortland.jpg, International Rose Test Garden in Portland, Oregon, United States File:20080622 Coloma Sint-Pietersleeuw (048).jpg, Coloma rose garden,

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to ...

File:Parque El Prado- El Rosedal 4.jpg, Rosedal del Prado,

, Uruguay File:Ogród Różany w Szczecinie wlz 3.JPG, Różanka Rose Garden in

, Poland File:Rose Garden View.jpg, The Government Rose Garden in

Ooty Ooty (), officially known as Udhagamandalam (also known as Ootacamund (); abbreviated as Udhagai), is a city and a municipality in the Nilgiris district of the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located north west of Coimbatore and ...

, India File:Thomasville Rose Garden May 2016.png, A dog enjoys the Thomasville Rose Garden

Bibliography

* ''Jardins de roses'', André Gayraud, éditions du Chêne, * ''Roseraies et jardins de roses'', H. Fuchs in ''Le Bon jardinier, encyclopédie horticole'', tome 1, La Maison rustique, Paris, 1964, .