Rose garden facts for kids

Roseraie du Val-de-Marne in L'Haÿ-les-Roses, France

A Rose garden or Rosarium is a garden or park, often open to the public, in which roses are grown. While some rose gardens have only a decorative purpose, most of them are used to present and grow various types of roses.

The first known rose garden was planted by French empress Joséphine de Beauharnais in Malmaison. When she died, in 1814, the garden had around 250 types of garden roses. Another old rose garden is the Rosenhöhe Park in Darmstadt, Germany created in 1810 by Princess Wilhelmine of Baden

Growing roses for commercial purposes started in the 19th century. The important rose gardens created for commercial rose breeding were:

"Roseraie du Val-de-Marne" in L'Haÿ-les-Roses, France
"Dolná Krupá rosarium in Austria-Hungary (now Slovakia
"Europa-Rosarium in Sangerhausen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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, .

Images for kids

Aramaki rose park, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
Emilia in the rosegarden, Anjou, ~1460
Jules Gravereaux in Roseraie du Val-de-Marne, 1900
Ruston's Roses in South Australia
Roses with protection against freezing – Volksgarten, Vienna
1905 Dickie bandstand in Nieuwesteeg Heritage Rose Garden, Bacchus Marsch, Victoria
International rose garden of Kortrijk, Belgium
University of British Columbia Rose Garden
Parc de Bagatelle in Paris

Rosengarten Rose Garden in Bad Kissingen

Wedding in Różanka Rose Garden in Szczecin, Poland
Queen Mary Gardens in Regent's Park, London
Tyler is called the "Rose Capital of America" for its rose-growing industry, large municipal rose garden and annual Texas Rose Festival
Rose Garden at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Bamberg Rose Garden, Germany
Rose garden at Hever Castle in Kent, United Kingdom
El Retiro rose garden in Madrid, Spain
International Rose Test Garden in Portland, Oregon, United States
Coloma rose garden, Belgium
Rosedal del Prado, Montevideo, Uruguay
Różanka Rose Garden in Szczecin, Poland
The Government Rose Garden in Ooty, India
A dog enjoys the Thomasville Rose Garden
Rose garden at Vytautas Magnus University Botanical Garden in Kaunas, Lithuania