Rose garden featuring over 10,000 rose bushes of approximately 650 varieties
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Open all year though fully accessible for only four months during summer, owing to the very heavy winter snowfall
Overview
The International Rose Test Garden in Washington Park is a 4.5-acre garden with more than 10,000 rose bushes of over 650 varieties, on several terraces facing downtown Portland and, on clear days, Mount Hood. It began in 1917-18 to protect European hybrid roses during World War I, and is the oldest continuously operating public rose test garden in the U.S. Roses bloom from May to October, and peak in June. Admission is free.
Highlights
- Test gardens: American Rose Selections test beds, where new roses are known by number instead of name
- Gold Award Garden (1970): winners of the top test-garden prize
- Queens Walk: brick path with plaques for each Rose Festival queen
- Miniature Rose Garden: and the Shakespeare Garden
- Nearby: the Portland Japanese Garden and Oregon Zoo, in Washington Park
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