24” in height for shape and vitality. and shape for height in 24” volunteer services at 503-823-5121. at services volunteer volunteers who contribute their time and expertise. and time their contribute who volunteers
and rain. In early spring, roses are pruned to 18- to pruned are roses spring, early In rain. and Contact the Garden at 503-823-3636 or PP&R PP&R or 503-823-3636 at Garden the Contact public awareness and recruiting of hundreds of of hundreds of recruiting and awareness public
roses to 36-48” in height to protect from wind wind from protect to height in 36-48” to roses and improve the garden through increasing increasing through garden the improve and coordinating volunteer efforts. efforts. volunteer coordinating
PP&R, the Friends support efforts to maintain maintain to efforts support Friends the PP&R, Every fall, PP&R staff and volunteers prune the the prune volunteers and staff PP&R fall, Every •
garden tours, maintaining inventory records, and and records, inventory maintaining tours, garden
and enhance the Garden. In partnership with with partnership In Garden. the enhance and
fungicides or insecticides. insecticides. or fungicides fundraising, updating educational materials, leading leading materials, educational updating fundraising, a nonprofit, whose mission is to preserve, protect, protect, preserve, to is mission whose nonprofit, a
located along the tennis courts and receive no no receive and courts tennis the along located Non-garden tasks include strategic planning, planning, strategic include tasks Non-garden
The Friends of International Rose Test Garden is is Garden Test Rose International of Friends The
United States for David Austin David for States United roses. They are are They roses. pruning, sign painting, and improvement projects. projects. improvement and painting, sign pruning,
®
waparkrosefriends.org waparkrosefriends.org
The Garden is one of five testing sites in the the in sites testing five of one is Garden The • Volunteer tasks include deadheading, planting, planting, deadheading, include tasks Volunteer
Rose Test Garden Garden Test Rose
Garden along with a key to locate specific roses. specific locate to key a with along Garden kiosk along the promenade or volunteering. or promenade the along kiosk
an alphabetical listing of all the roses in the the in roses the all of listing alphabetical an free. You can support the Garden by visiting a donation donation a visiting by Garden the support can You free. riends of International International of riends F
The kiosk on the upper-level promenade includes includes promenade upper-level the on kiosk The • Admission to the International Rose Test Garden is is Garden Test Rose International the to Admission
market, ready to plant in your garden. garden. your in plant to ready market,
Support the Garden the Support
encouraging the use of roses in the landscape. landscape. the in roses of use the encouraging
performs will determine if it makes it onto the the onto it makes it if determine will performs educational programs on rose culture and and culture rose on programs educational
introductions for evaluation. How each variety variety each How evaluation. for introductions
Society is a nonprofit organization offering offering organization nonprofit a is Society per person. Call 503-823-3664 to make arrangements. make to 503-823-3664 Call person. per
Rose companies send potential variety variety potential send companies Rose •
Founded in 1889, the Portland Rose Rose Portland the 1889, in Founded groups of 11 or more are available for a nominal fee fee nominal a for available are more or 11 of groups
significant or can be sourced commercially. commercially. sourced be can or significant approximately 10 minutes prior. Guided tours for for tours Guided prior. minutes 10 approximately 503-777-4311 | portlandrosesociety.org | 503-777-4311
of the Garden feature roses that are historically historically are that roses feature Garden the of
Tour guests should gather at the Rose Garden Store Store Garden Rose the at gather should guests Tour
Portland Rose Society Rose Portland
between sections B and C. The remaining parts parts remaining The C. and B sections between Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. weekend. Day Labor through weekend Day Memorial
evaluation programs in designated test beds beds test designated in programs evaluation Free public tours are offered at 1:00pm daily from from daily 1:00pm at offered are tours public Free
The Garden is home to a variety of formal rose rose formal of variety a to home is Garden The •
Garden Tours Tours Garden 10:00am–4:00pm Winter and Fall
About the Garden the About
9:00am–7:00pm Summer
10:00am–5:00pm Spring or book online at portlandoregon.gov/parks/permits. at online book or
trails, and statues. statues. and trails,
events in Washington Park. Call 503-823-PLAY (7529) (7529) 503-823-PLAY Call Park. Washington in events The store is closed during January and February. and January during closed is store The
Forestry Center, in addition to various memorials, memorials, various to addition in Center, Forestry
Hold your wedding, picnic, concert, or other private private other or concert, picnic, wedding, your Hold Store is open daily during seasonal hours below. below. hours seasonal during daily open is Store
Arboretum, Portland Children’s Museum, and World World and Museum, Children’s Portland Arboretum,
& Recreation’s general fund. The Rose Garden Garden Rose The fund. general Recreation’s & Special Event Rentals Event Special
the Portland Japanese Garden, Oregon Zoo, Hoyt Hoyt Zoo, Oregon Garden, Japanese Portland the proceeds from sales help support Portland Parks Parks Portland support help sales from proceeds
region. Within the park’s nearly 410 acres, you’ll find find you’ll acres, 410 nearly park’s the Within region. and classified as a nonprofit museum store– museum nonprofit a as classified and
removing roses or rose plants. rose or roses removing
Operated by the Portland Rose Festival Foundation Foundation Festival Rose Portland the by Operated Park, one of the oldest and most-visited parks in the the in parks most-visited and oldest the of one Park,
Please help us preserve the Garden by not picking or or picking not by Garden the preserve us help Please
Portland Parks & Recreation’s (PP&R’s) Washington Washington (PP&R’s) Recreation’s & Parks Portland 503-227-7033 | rosefestival.org/buy/rose-garden-store | 503-227-7033
Portland City Code 20.12.100 ( $500 fine) $500 ( 20.12.100 Code City Portland The International Rose Test Garden sits within within sits Garden Test Rose International The
850 SW Rose Garden Way, Portland, Oregon 97205 Oregon Portland, Way, Garden Rose SW 850
Leave No Trace No Leave Park Washington About
Rose Garden Store Garden Rose
(Floribunda) Pride Violet’s Amphitheatre Garden Test Rose International Kelley Lee by Fountain Memorial Beach Frank ™
The International Rose Test Garden The International Rose Test Garden in Washington Park in Washington Park
Roses are in bloom from late May through October, and Roses are in bloom from late May through October, and best viewed from dawn to dusk. best viewed from dawn to dusk.
Admission is free to all. Directions Before the roses in 1918 400 SW Kingston Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97205
By car, take US26 to Exit 72 for Oregon Zoo/ History Forestry Center, then follow the signs to the Garden.
Jesse A. Currey, a former Rose Society president, By transit, take TriMet MAX Light Rail Red or chose the current site in Washington Park (known Blue line trains to the Washington Park station. Use at the time as City Park), and convinced city the free Explore Washington Park seasonal shuttle or leaders in 1917 to inaugurate a rose test garden TriMet Line 63 to reach the Garden. with the support of the American Rose Society. At that time, Portland had 200 miles of Madame By bike or on foot, from the NW 23rd Avenue Caroline Testout (pronounced ‘test-oo’) rose- shopping district use paved pathways into the park bordered streets–a strategy to draw attention to that begin at NW 24th Place and W Burnside Street. the 1905 Lewis and Clark Centennial celebration. BIKETOWN bikes can be locked at the hub just As a result, Portland was dubbed the City of Roses. below the Garden. Purpose Parking The primary purpose of the Garden is to serve Parking for cars is very limited in Washington Park, as a testing ground for new rose varieties. In especially during warm, sunny weekends. About the beginning, while World War I was raging, 40% of all visitors skip the parking and arrive by hybridists sent roses from around the world to rideshare, walking, biking, or riding TriMet. Once Portland’s garden for testing. you’re in the park, use the free seasonal shuttle to More than 10,000 individual rose bushes bloom explore the park. in the Garden from late May through October, representing over 610 different rose varieties. The For parking and transit options, visit majority of roses in the Garden are commercially explorewashingtonpark.org. Honey Nectar™ (Grandiflora) available. About 10 to 20 varieties are replaced each year with some of the best new roses PORTLANDPARKS.ORG released onto the market. Commissioner Nick Fish | Director Adena Long
24” in height for shape and vitality. and shape for height in 24” volunteer services at 503-823-5121. at services volunteer volunteers who contribute their time and expertise. and time their contribute who volunteers
and rain. In early spring, roses are pruned to 18- to pruned are roses spring, early In rain. and Contact the Garden at 503-823-3636 or PP&R PP&R or 503-823-3636 at Garden the Contact public awareness and recruiting of hundreds of of hundreds of recruiting and awareness public
roses to 36-48” in height to protect from wind wind from protect to height in 36-48” to roses and improve the garden through increasing increasing through garden the improve and
coordinating volunteer efforts. efforts. volunteer coordinating
PP&R, the Friends support efforts to maintain maintain to efforts support Friends the PP&R, Every fall, PP&R staff and volunteers prune the the prune volunteers and staff PP&R fall, Every •
garden tours, maintaining inventory records, and and records, inventory maintaining tours, garden
and enhance the Garden. In partnership with with partnership In Garden. the enhance and
fungicides or insecticides. insecticides. or fungicides fundraising, updating educational materials, leading leading materials, educational updating fundraising,
a nonprofit, whose mission is to preserve, protect, protect, preserve, to is mission whose nonprofit, a
located along the tennis courts and receive no no receive and courts tennis the along located Non-garden tasks include strategic planning, planning, strategic include tasks Non-garden
The Friends of International Rose Test Garden is is Garden Test Rose International of Friends The
United States for David Austin David for States United roses. They are are They roses. pruning, sign painting, and improvement projects. projects. improvement and painting, sign pruning,
®
waparkrosefriends.org waparkrosefriends.org
The Garden is one of five testing sites in the the in sites testing five of one is Garden The • Volunteer tasks include deadheading, planting, planting, deadheading, include tasks Volunteer
Rose Test Garden Garden Test Rose
Garden along with a key to locate specific roses. specific locate to key a with along Garden kiosk along the promenade or volunteering. or promenade the along kiosk
an alphabetical listing of all the roses in the the in roses the all of listing alphabetical an free. You can support the Garden by visiting a donation donation a visiting by Garden the support can You free. riends of International International of riends F
The kiosk on the upper-level promenade includes includes promenade upper-level the on kiosk The • Admission to the International Rose Test Garden is is Garden Test Rose International the to Admission
market, ready to plant in your garden. garden. your in plant to ready market,
Support the Garden the Support
encouraging the use of roses in the landscape. landscape. the in roses of use the encouraging
performs will determine if it makes it onto the the onto it makes it if determine will performs
educational programs on rose culture and and culture rose on programs educational
introductions for evaluation. How each variety variety each How evaluation. for introductions
Society is a nonprofit organization offering offering organization nonprofit a is Society
per person. Call 503-823-3664 to make arrangements. make to 503-823-3664 Call person. per
Rose companies send potential variety variety potential send companies Rose •
Founded in 1889, the Portland Rose Rose Portland the 1889, in Founded groups of 11 or more are available for a nominal fee fee nominal a for available are more or 11 of groups
significant or can be sourced commercially. commercially. sourced be can or significant
approximately 10 minutes prior. Guided tours for for tours Guided prior. minutes 10 approximately 503-777-4311 | portlandrosesociety.org | 503-777-4311
of the Garden feature roses that are historically historically are that roses feature Garden the of
Tour guests should gather at the Rose Garden Store Store Garden Rose the at gather should guests Tour
Portland Rose Society Rose Portland
between sections B and C. The remaining parts parts remaining The C. and B sections between Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. weekend. Day Labor through weekend Day Memorial
evaluation programs in designated test beds beds test designated in programs evaluation Free public tours are offered at 1:00pm daily from from daily 1:00pm at offered are tours public Free
The Garden is home to a variety of formal rose rose formal of variety a to home is Garden The •
Garden Tours Tours Garden 10:00am–4:00pm Winter and Fall
About the Garden the About
9:00am–7:00pm Summer
10:00am–5:00pm Spring
or book online at portlandoregon.gov/parks/permits. at online book or
trails, and statues. statues. and trails,
events in Washington Park. Call 503-823-PLAY (7529) (7529) 503-823-PLAY Call Park. Washington in events The store is closed during January and February. and January during closed is store The
Forestry Center, in addition to various memorials, memorials, various to addition in Center, Forestry
Hold your wedding, picnic, concert, or other private private other or concert, picnic, wedding, your Hold Store is open daily during seasonal hours below. below. hours seasonal during daily open is Store
Arboretum, Portland Children’s Museum, and World World and Museum, Children’s Portland Arboretum,
& Recreation’s general fund. The Rose Garden Garden Rose The fund. general Recreation’s & Special Event Rentals Event Special
the Portland Japanese Garden, Oregon Zoo, Hoyt Hoyt Zoo, Oregon Garden, Japanese Portland the proceeds from sales help support Portland Parks Parks Portland support help sales from proceeds
region. Within the park’s nearly 410 acres, you’ll find find you’ll acres, 410 nearly park’s the Within region. and classified as a nonprofit museum store– museum nonprofit a as classified and
removing roses or rose plants. rose or roses removing
Operated by the Portland Rose Festival Foundation Foundation Festival Rose Portland the by Operated Park, one of the oldest and most-visited parks in the the in parks most-visited and oldest the of one Park,
Please help us preserve the Garden by not picking or or picking not by Garden the preserve us help Please
Portland Parks & Recreation’s (PP&R’s) Washington Washington (PP&R’s) Recreation’s & Parks Portland 503-227-7033 | rosefestival.org/buy/rose-garden-store | 503-227-7033
Portland City Code 20.12.100 ( $500 fine) $500 ( 20.12.100 Code City Portland The International Rose Test Garden sits within within sits Garden Test Rose International The
850 SW Rose Garden Way, Portland, Oregon 97205 Oregon Portland, Way, Garden Rose SW 850
Leave No Trace No Leave Park Washington About
Rose Garden Store Garden Rose
(Floribunda) Pride Violet’s Amphitheatre Garden Test Rose International Kelley Lee by Fountain Memorial Beach Frank ™
The International Rose Test Garden The International Rose Test Garden in Washington Park in Washington Park
Roses are in bloom from late May through October, and Roses are in bloom from late May through October, and best viewed from dawn to dusk. best viewed from dawn to dusk.
Admission is free to all. Directions Before the roses in 1918 400 SW Kingston Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97205
By car, take US26 to Exit 72 for Oregon Zoo/ History Forestry Center, then follow the signs to the Garden.
Jesse A. Currey, a former Rose Society president, By transit, take TriMet MAX Light Rail Red or chose the current site in Washington Park (known Blue line trains to the Washington Park station. Use at the time as City Park), and convinced city the free Explore Washington Park seasonal shuttle or leaders in 1917 to inaugurate a rose test garden TriMet Line 63 to reach the Garden. with the support of the American Rose Society. At that time, Portland had 200 miles of Madame By bike or on foot, from the NW 23rd Avenue Caroline Testout (pronounced ‘test-oo’) rose- shopping district use paved pathways into the park bordered streets–a strategy to draw attention to that begin at NW 24th Place and W Burnside Street. the 1905 Lewis and Clark Centennial celebration. BIKETOWN bikes can be locked at the hub just As a result, Portland was dubbed the City of Roses. below the Garden. Purpose Parking The primary purpose of the Garden is to serve Parking for cars is very limited in Washington Park, as a testing ground for new rose varieties. In especially during warm, sunny weekends. About the beginning, while World War I was raging, 40% of all visitors skip the parking and arrive by hybridists sent roses from around the world to rideshare, walking, biking, or riding TriMet. Once Portland’s garden for testing. you’re in the park, use the free seasonal shuttle to More than 10,000 individual rose bushes bloom explore the park. in the Garden from late May through October, representing over 610 different rose varieties. The For parking and transit options, visit majority of roses in the Garden are commercially explorewashingtonpark.org. Honey Nectar™ (Grandiflora) available. About 10 to 20 varieties are replaced each year with some of the best new roses PORTLANDPARKS.ORG released onto the market. Commissioner Nick Fish | Director Adena Long
24” in height for shape and vitality. and shape for height in 24” volunteer services at 503-823-5121. at services volunteer volunteers who contribute their time and expertise. and time their contribute who volunteers
and rain. In early spring, roses are pruned to 18- to pruned are roses spring, early In rain. and Contact the Garden at 503-823-3636 or PP&R PP&R or 503-823-3636 at Garden the Contact public awareness and recruiting of hundreds of of hundreds of recruiting and awareness public
roses to 36-48” in height to protect from wind wind from protect to height in 36-48” to roses and improve the garden through increasing increasing through garden the improve and coordinating volunteer efforts. efforts. volunteer coordinating
PP&R, the Friends support efforts to maintain maintain to efforts support Friends the PP&R, Every fall, PP&R staff and volunteers prune the the prune volunteers and staff PP&R fall, Every •
garden tours, maintaining inventory records, and and records, inventory maintaining tours, garden
and enhance the Garden. In partnership with with partnership In Garden. the enhance and
fungicides or insecticides. insecticides. or fungicides fundraising, updating educational materials, leading leading materials, educational updating fundraising, a nonprofit, whose mission is to preserve, protect, protect, preserve, to is mission whose nonprofit, a
located along the tennis courts and receive no no receive and courts tennis the along located Non-garden tasks include strategic planning, planning, strategic include tasks Non-garden
The Friends of International Rose Test Garden is is Garden Test Rose International of Friends The
United States for David Austin David for States United roses. They are are They roses. pruning, sign painting, and improvement projects. projects. improvement and painting, sign pruning,
®
waparkrosefriends.org waparkrosefriends.org
The Garden is one of five testing sites in the the in sites testing five of one is Garden The • Volunteer tasks include deadheading, planting, planting, deadheading, include tasks Volunteer
Rose Test Garden Garden Test Rose
Garden along with a key to locate specific roses. specific locate to key a with along Garden kiosk along the promenade or volunteering. or promenade the along kiosk
an alphabetical listing of all the roses in the the in roses the all of listing alphabetical an free. You can support the Garden by visiting a donation donation a visiting by Garden the support can You free. riends of International International of riends F
The kiosk on the upper-level promenade includes includes promenade upper-level the on kiosk The • Admission to the International Rose Test Garden is is Garden Test Rose International the to Admission
market, ready to plant in your garden. garden. your in plant to ready market,
Support the Garden the Support
encouraging the use of roses in the landscape. landscape. the in roses of use the encouraging
performs will determine if it makes it onto the the onto it makes it if determine will performs educational programs on rose culture and and culture rose on programs educational
introductions for evaluation. How each variety variety each How evaluation. for introductions
Society is a nonprofit organization offering offering organization nonprofit a is Society per person. Call 503-823-3664 to make arrangements. make to 503-823-3664 Call person. per
Rose companies send potential variety variety potential send companies Rose •
Founded in 1889, the Portland Rose Rose Portland the 1889, in Founded groups of 11 or more are available for a nominal fee fee nominal a for available are more or 11 of groups
significant or can be sourced commercially. commercially. sourced be can or significant approximately 10 minutes prior. Guided tours for for tours Guided prior. minutes 10 approximately 503-777-4311 | portlandrosesociety.org | 503-777-4311
of the Garden feature roses that are historically historically are that roses feature Garden the of
Tour guests should gather at the Rose Garden Store Store Garden Rose the at gather should guests Tour
Portland Rose Society Rose Portland
between sections B and C. The remaining parts parts remaining The C. and B sections between Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. weekend. Day Labor through weekend Day Memorial
evaluation programs in designated test beds beds test designated in programs evaluation Free public tours are offered at 1:00pm daily from from daily 1:00pm at offered are tours public Free
The Garden is home to a variety of formal rose rose formal of variety a to home is Garden The •
Garden Tours Tours Garden 10:00am–4:00pm Winter and Fall
About the Garden the About
9:00am–7:00pm Summer
10:00am–5:00pm Spring or book online at portlandoregon.gov/parks/permits. at online book or
trails, and statues. statues. and trails,
events in Washington Park. Call 503-823-PLAY (7529) (7529) 503-823-PLAY Call Park. Washington in events The store is closed during January and February. and January during closed is store The
Forestry Center, in addition to various memorials, memorials, various to addition in Center, Forestry
Hold your wedding, picnic, concert, or other private private other or concert, picnic, wedding, your Hold Store is open daily during seasonal hours below. below. hours seasonal during daily open is Store
Arboretum, Portland Children’s Museum, and World World and Museum, Children’s Portland Arboretum,
& Recreation’s general fund. The Rose Garden Garden Rose The fund. general Recreation’s & Special Event Rentals Event Special
the Portland Japanese Garden, Oregon Zoo, Hoyt Hoyt Zoo, Oregon Garden, Japanese Portland the proceeds from sales help support Portland Parks Parks Portland support help sales from proceeds
region. Within the park’s nearly 410 acres, you’ll find find you’ll acres, 410 nearly park’s the Within region. and classified as a nonprofit museum store– museum nonprofit a as classified and
removing roses or rose plants. rose or roses removing
Operated by the Portland Rose Festival Foundation Foundation Festival Rose Portland the by Operated Park, one of the oldest and most-visited parks in the the in parks most-visited and oldest the of one Park,
Please help us preserve the Garden by not picking or or picking not by Garden the preserve us help Please
Portland Parks & Recreation’s (PP&R’s) Washington Washington (PP&R’s) Recreation’s & Parks Portland 503-227-7033 | rosefestival.org/buy/rose-garden-store | 503-227-7033
Portland City Code 20.12.100 ( $500 fine) $500 ( 20.12.100 Code City Portland The International Rose Test Garden sits within within sits Garden Test Rose International The
850 SW Rose Garden Way, Portland, Oregon 97205 Oregon Portland, Way, Garden Rose SW 850
About Washington Park Washington About Leave No Trace No Leave
Rose Garden Store Garden Rose
Frank Beach Memorial Fountain by Lee Kelley Kelley Lee by Fountain Memorial Beach Frank Violet’s Pride Violet’s Amphitheatre Garden Test Rose International (Floribunda) ™
The International Rose Test Garden The International Rose Test Garden in Washington Park in Washington Park
Roses are in bloom from late May through October, and Roses are in bloom from late May through October, and best viewed from dawn to dusk. best viewed from dawn to dusk.
Admission is free to all. Directions Before the roses in 1918 400 SW Kingston Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97205
By car, take US26 to Exit 72 for Oregon Zoo/ History Forestry Center, then follow the signs to the Garden.
Jesse A. Currey, a former Rose Society president, By transit, take TriMet MAX Light Rail Red or chose the current site in Washington Park (known Blue line trains to the Washington Park station. Use at the time as City Park), and convinced city the free Explore Washington Park seasonal shuttle or leaders in 1917 to inaugurate a rose test garden TriMet Line 63 to reach the Garden. with the support of the American Rose Society. At that time, Portland had 200 miles of Madame By bike or on foot, from the NW 23rd Avenue Caroline Testout (pronounced ‘test-oo’) rose- shopping district use paved pathways into the park bordered streets–a strategy to draw attention to that begin at NW 24th Place and W Burnside Street. the 1905 Lewis and Clark Centennial celebration. BIKETOWN bikes can be locked at the hub just As a result, Portland was dubbed the City of Roses. below the Garden. Purpose Parking The primary purpose of the Garden is to serve Parking for cars is very limited in Washington Park, as a testing ground for new rose varieties. In especially during warm, sunny weekends. About the beginning, while World War I was raging, 40% of all visitors skip the parking and arrive by hybridists sent roses from around the world to rideshare, walking, biking, or riding TriMet. Once Portland’s garden for testing. you’re in the park, use the free seasonal shuttle to More than 10,000 individual rose bushes bloom explore the park. in the Garden from late May through October, representing over 610 different rose varieties. The For parking and transit options, visit majority of roses in the Garden are commercially explorewashingtonpark.org. Honey Nectar™ (Grandiflora) available. About 10 to 20 varieties are replaced each year with some of the best new roses PORTLANDPARKS.ORG released onto the market. Commissioner Nick Fish | Director Adena Long
24” in height for shape and vitality. and shape for height in 24” volunteer services at 503-823-5121. at services volunteer volunteers who contribute their time and expertise. and time their contribute who volunteers
and rain. In early spring, roses are pruned to 18- to pruned are roses spring, early In rain. and Contact the Garden at 503-823-3636 or PP&R PP&R or 503-823-3636 at Garden the Contact public awareness and recruiting of hundreds of of hundreds of recruiting and awareness public
roses to 36-48” in height to protect from wind wind from protect to height in 36-48” to roses and improve the garden through increasing increasing through garden the improve and
coordinating volunteer efforts. efforts. volunteer coordinating
PP&R, the Friends support efforts to maintain maintain to efforts support Friends the PP&R, Every fall, PP&R staff and volunteers prune the the prune volunteers and staff PP&R fall, Every •
garden tours, maintaining inventory records, and and records, inventory maintaining tours, garden
and enhance the Garden. In partnership with with partnership In Garden. the enhance and
fungicides or insecticides. insecticides. or fungicides fundraising, updating educational materials, leading leading materials, educational updating fundraising, a nonprofit, whose mission is to preserve, protect, protect, preserve, to is mission whose nonprofit, a
located along the tennis courts and receive no no receive and courts tennis the along located Non-garden tasks include strategic planning, planning, strategic include tasks Non-garden
The Friends of International Rose Test Garden is is Garden Test Rose International of Friends The
United States for David Austin David for States United roses. They are are They roses. pruning, sign painting, and improvement projects. projects. improvement and painting, sign pruning,
®
waparkrosefriends.org waparkrosefriends.org
The Garden is one of five testing sites in the the in sites testing five of one is Garden The • Volunteer tasks include deadheading, planting, planting, deadheading, include tasks Volunteer
Rose Test Garden Garden Test Rose
Garden along with a key to locate specific roses. specific locate to key a with along Garden kiosk along the promenade or volunteering. or promenade the along kiosk
an alphabetical listing of all the roses in the the in roses the all of listing alphabetical an free. You can support the Garden by visiting a donation donation a visiting by Garden the support can You free. riends of International International of riends F
The kiosk on the upper-level promenade includes includes promenade upper-level the on kiosk The • Admission to the International Rose Test Garden is is Garden Test Rose International the to Admission
market, ready to plant in your garden. garden. your in plant to ready market,
Support the Garden the Support
encouraging the use of roses in the landscape. landscape. the in roses of use the encouraging
performs will determine if it makes it onto the the onto it makes it if determine will performs educational programs on rose culture and and culture rose on programs educational
introductions for evaluation. How each variety variety each How evaluation. for introductions
Society is a nonprofit organization offering offering organization nonprofit a is Society
per person. Call 503-823-3664 to make arrangements. make to 503-823-3664 Call person. per
Rose companies send potential variety variety potential send companies Rose •
Founded in 1889, the Portland Rose Rose Portland the 1889, in Founded groups of 11 or more are available for a nominal fee fee nominal a for available are more or 11 of groups
significant or can be sourced commercially. commercially. sourced be can or significant
approximately 10 minutes prior. Guided tours for for tours Guided prior. minutes 10 approximately 503-777-4311 | portlandrosesociety.org | 503-777-4311
of the Garden feature roses that are historically historically are that roses feature Garden the of
Tour guests should gather at the Rose Garden Store Store Garden Rose the at gather should guests Tour
Portland Rose Society Rose Portland
between sections B and C. The remaining parts parts remaining The C. and B sections between Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. weekend. Day Labor through weekend Day Memorial
evaluation programs in designated test beds beds test designated in programs evaluation Free public tours are offered at 1:00pm daily from from daily 1:00pm at offered are tours public Free
The Garden is home to a variety of formal rose rose formal of variety a to home is Garden The •
Garden Tours Tours Garden 10:00am–4:00pm Winter and Fall
About the Garden the About
9:00am–7:00pm Summer
10:00am–5:00pm Spring
or book online at portlandoregon.gov/parks/permits. at online book or
trails, and statues. statues. and trails,
events in Washington Park. Call 503-823-PLAY (7529) (7529) 503-823-PLAY Call Park. Washington in events The store is closed during January and February. and January during closed is store The
Forestry Center, in addition to various memorials, memorials, various to addition in Center, Forestry
Hold your wedding, picnic, concert, or other private private other or concert, picnic, wedding, your Hold Store is open daily during seasonal hours below. below. hours seasonal during daily open is Store
Arboretum, Portland Children’s Museum, and World World and Museum, Children’s Portland Arboretum,
& Recreation’s general fund. The Rose Garden Garden Rose The fund. general Recreation’s & Special Event Rentals Event Special
the Portland Japanese Garden, Oregon Zoo, Hoyt Hoyt Zoo, Oregon Garden, Japanese Portland the proceeds from sales help support Portland Parks Parks Portland support help sales from proceeds
region. Within the park’s nearly 410 acres, you’ll find find you’ll acres, 410 nearly park’s the Within region. and classified as a nonprofit museum store– museum nonprofit a as classified and
removing roses or rose plants. rose or roses removing
Operated by the Portland Rose Festival Foundation Foundation Festival Rose Portland the by Operated Park, one of the oldest and most-visited parks in the the in parks most-visited and oldest the of one Park,
Please help us preserve the Garden by not picking or or picking not by Garden the preserve us help Please
Portland Parks & Recreation’s (PP&R’s) Washington Washington (PP&R’s) Recreation’s & Parks Portland 503-227-7033 | rosefestival.org/buy/rose-garden-store | 503-227-7033
Portland City Code 20.12.100 ( $500 fine) $500 ( 20.12.100 Code City Portland The International Rose Test Garden sits within within sits Garden Test Rose International The
850 SW Rose Garden Way, Portland, Oregon 97205 Oregon Portland, Way, Garden Rose SW 850
About Washington Park Washington About Leave No Trace No Leave
Rose Garden Store Garden Rose
International Rose Test Garden Amphitheatre Garden Test Rose International Kelley Lee by Fountain Memorial Beach Frank (Floribunda) Pride Violet’s ™
The International Rose Test Garden The International Rose Test Garden in Washington Park in Washington Park
Roses are in bloom from late May through October, and Roses are in bloom from late May through October, and best viewed from dawn to dusk. best viewed from dawn to dusk.
Admission is free to all. Directions Before the roses in 1918 400 SW Kingston Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97205
By car, take US26 to Exit 72 for Oregon Zoo/ History Forestry Center, then follow the signs to the Garden.
Jesse A. Currey, a former Rose Society president, By transit, take TriMet MAX Light Rail Red or chose the current site in Washington Park (known Blue line trains to the Washington Park station. Use at the time as City Park), and convinced city the free Explore Washington Park seasonal shuttle or leaders in 1917 to inaugurate a rose test garden TriMet Line 63 to reach the Garden. with the support of the American Rose Society. At that time, Portland had 200 miles of Madame By bike or on foot, from the NW 23rd Avenue Caroline Testout (pronounced ‘test-oo’) rose- shopping district use paved pathways into the park bordered streets–a strategy to draw attention to that begin at NW 24th Place and W Burnside Street. the 1905 Lewis and Clark Centennial celebration. BIKETOWN bikes can be locked at the hub just As a result, Portland was dubbed the City of Roses. below the Garden. Purpose Parking The primary purpose of the Garden is to serve Parking for cars is very limited in Washington Park, as a testing ground for new rose varieties. In especially during warm, sunny weekends. About the beginning, while World War I was raging, 40% of all visitors skip the parking and arrive by hybridists sent roses from around the world to rideshare, walking, biking, or riding TriMet. Once Portland’s garden for testing. you’re in the park, use the free seasonal shuttle to More than 10,000 individual rose bushes bloom explore the park. in the Garden from late May through October, representing over 610 different rose varieties. The For parking and transit options, visit majority of roses in the Garden are commercially explorewashingtonpark.org. Honey Nectar™ (Grandiflora) available. About 10 to 20 varieties are replaced each year with some of the best new roses PORTLANDPARKS.ORG released onto the market. Commissioner Nick Fish | Director Adena Long
24” in height for shape and vitality. and shape for height in 24” volunteer services at 503-823-5121. at services volunteer volunteers who contribute their time and expertise. and time their contribute who volunteers
and rain. In early spring, roses are pruned to 18- to pruned are roses spring, early In rain. and Contact the Garden at 503-823-3636 or PP&R PP&R or 503-823-3636 at Garden the Contact public awareness and recruiting of hundreds of of hundreds of recruiting and awareness public
roses to 36-48” in height to protect from wind wind from protect to height in 36-48” to roses and improve the garden through increasing increasing through garden the improve and
coordinating volunteer efforts. efforts. volunteer coordinating
PP&R, the Friends support efforts to maintain maintain to efforts support Friends the PP&R, Every fall, PP&R staff and volunteers prune the the prune volunteers and staff PP&R fall, Every •
garden tours, maintaining inventory records, and and records, inventory maintaining tours, garden
and enhance the Garden. In partnership with with partnership In Garden. the enhance and
fungicides or insecticides. insecticides. or fungicides fundraising, updating educational materials, leading leading materials, educational updating fundraising,
a nonprofit, whose mission is to preserve, protect, protect, preserve, to is mission whose nonprofit, a
located along the tennis courts and receive no no receive and courts tennis the along located Non-garden tasks include strategic planning, planning, strategic include tasks Non-garden
The Friends of International Rose Test Garden is is Garden Test Rose International of Friends The
United States for David Austin David for States United roses. They are are They roses. pruning, sign painting, and improvement projects. projects. improvement and painting, sign pruning,
®
waparkrosefriends.org waparkrosefriends.org
The Garden is one of five testing sites in the the in sites testing five of one is Garden The • Volunteer tasks include deadheading, planting, planting, deadheading, include tasks Volunteer
Rose Test Garden Garden Test Rose
Garden along with a key to locate specific roses. specific locate to key a with along Garden kiosk along the promenade or volunteering. or promenade the along kiosk
an alphabetical listing of all the roses in the the in roses the all of listing alphabetical an free. You can support the Garden by visiting a donation donation a visiting by Garden the support can You free. riends of International International of riends F
The kiosk on the upper-level promenade includes includes promenade upper-level the on kiosk The • Admission to the International Rose Test Garden is is Garden Test Rose International the to Admission
market, ready to plant in your garden. garden. your in plant to ready market,
Support the Garden the Support
encouraging the use of roses in the landscape. landscape. the in roses of use the encouraging
performs will determine if it makes it onto the the onto it makes it if determine will performs
educational programs on rose culture and and culture rose on programs educational
introductions for evaluation. How each variety variety each How evaluation. for introductions
Society is a nonprofit organization offering offering organization nonprofit a is Society
per person. Call 503-823-3664 to make arrangements. make to 503-823-3664 Call person. per
Rose companies send potential variety variety potential send companies Rose •
Founded in 1889, the Portland Rose Rose Portland the 1889, in Founded groups of 11 or more are available for a nominal fee fee nominal a for available are more or 11 of groups
significant or can be sourced commercially. commercially. sourced be can or significant
approximately 10 minutes prior. Guided tours for for tours Guided prior. minutes 10 approximately 503-777-4311 | portlandrosesociety.org | 503-777-4311
of the Garden feature roses that are historically historically are that roses feature Garden the of
Tour guests should gather at the Rose Garden Store Store Garden Rose the at gather should guests Tour
Portland Rose Society Rose Portland
between sections B and C. The remaining parts parts remaining The C. and B sections between Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. weekend. Day Labor through weekend Day Memorial
evaluation programs in designated test beds beds test designated in programs evaluation Free public tours are offered at 1:00pm daily from from daily 1:00pm at offered are tours public Free
The Garden is home to a variety of formal rose rose formal of variety a to home is Garden The •
Garden Tours Tours Garden 10:00am–4:00pm Winter and Fall
About the Garden the About
9:00am–7:00pm Summer
10:00am–5:00pm Spring
or book online at portlandoregon.gov/parks/permits. at online book or
trails, and statues. statues. and trails,
events in Washington Park. Call 503-823-PLAY (7529) (7529) 503-823-PLAY Call Park. Washington in events The store is closed during January and February. and January during closed is store The
Forestry Center, in addition to various memorials, memorials, various to addition in Center, Forestry
Hold your wedding, picnic, concert, or other private private other or concert, picnic, wedding, your Hold Store is open daily during seasonal hours below. below. hours seasonal during daily open is Store
Arboretum, Portland Children’s Museum, and World World and Museum, Children’s Portland Arboretum,
& Recreation’s general fund. The Rose Garden Garden Rose The fund. general Recreation’s & Special Event Rentals Event Special
the Portland Japanese Garden, Oregon Zoo, Hoyt Hoyt Zoo, Oregon Garden, Japanese Portland the proceeds from sales help support Portland Parks Parks Portland support help sales from proceeds
region. Within the park’s nearly 410 acres, you’ll find find you’ll acres, 410 nearly park’s the Within region. and classified as a nonprofit museum store– museum nonprofit a as classified and
removing roses or rose plants. rose or roses removing
Operated by the Portland Rose Festival Foundation Foundation Festival Rose Portland the by Operated Park, one of the oldest and most-visited parks in the the in parks most-visited and oldest the of one Park,
Please help us preserve the Garden by not picking or or picking not by Garden the preserve us help Please
Portland Parks & Recreation’s (PP&R’s) Washington Washington (PP&R’s) Recreation’s & Parks Portland 503-227-7033 | rosefestival.org/buy/rose-garden-store | 503-227-7033
Portland City Code 20.12.100 ( $500 fine) $500 ( 20.12.100 Code City Portland The International Rose Test Garden sits within within sits Garden Test Rose International The
850 SW Rose Garden Way, Portland, Oregon 97205 Oregon Portland, Way, Garden Rose SW 850
Leave No Trace No Leave Park Washington About
Rose Garden Store Garden Rose
Frank Beach Memorial Fountain by Lee Kelley Kelley Lee by Fountain Memorial Beach Frank (Floribunda) Pride Violet’s Amphitheatre Garden Test Rose International ™
The International Rose Test Garden The International Rose Test Garden in Washington Park in Washington Park
Roses are in bloom from late May through October, and Roses are in bloom from late May through October, and best viewed from dawn to dusk. best viewed from dawn to dusk.
Admission is free to all. Directions Before the roses in 1918 400 SW Kingston Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97205
By car, take US26 to Exit 72 for Oregon Zoo/ History Forestry Center, then follow the signs to the Garden.
Jesse A. Currey, a former Rose Society president, By transit, take TriMet MAX Light Rail Red or chose the current site in Washington Park (known Blue line trains to the Washington Park station. Use at the time as City Park), and convinced city the free Explore Washington Park seasonal shuttle or leaders in 1917 to inaugurate a rose test garden TriMet Line 63 to reach the Garden. with the support of the American Rose Society. At that time, Portland had 200 miles of Madame By bike or on foot, from the NW 23rd Avenue Caroline Testout (pronounced ‘test-oo’) rose- shopping district use paved pathways into the park bordered streets–a strategy to draw attention to that begin at NW 24th Place and W Burnside Street. the 1905 Lewis and Clark Centennial celebration. BIKETOWN bikes can be locked at the hub just As a result, Portland was dubbed the City of Roses. below the Garden. Purpose Parking The primary purpose of the Garden is to serve Parking for cars is very limited in Washington Park, as a testing ground for new rose varieties. In especially during warm, sunny weekends. About the beginning, while World War I was raging, 40% of all visitors skip the parking and arrive by hybridists sent roses from around the world to rideshare, walking, biking, or riding TriMet. Once Portland’s garden for testing. you’re in the park, use the free seasonal shuttle to More than 10,000 individual rose bushes bloom explore the park. in the Garden from late May through October, representing over 610 different rose varieties. The For parking and transit options, visit majority of roses in the Garden are commercially explorewashingtonpark.org. Honey Nectar™ (Grandiflora) available. About 10 to 20 varieties are replaced each year with some of the best new roses PORTLANDPARKS.ORG released onto the market. Commissioner Nick Fish | Director Adena Long Queen’s Walk in section D Thomas à Becket™ (English) Sections A, B, C, E, and Test Beds
Garden Sections and Features
Rose Type Definitions Specialty Gardens
Climbing Roses Landscape Shrub Roses The entire Garden encompasses over four acres, This class of rose is dominated by its habit to grow These roses are vigorous and fast growing, tolerant of including specialty gardens within the Gardens. long arching canes that are perfect to train and tie poor growing conditions, very disease resistant, and Royal Rosarian Garden up to fences, walls, and sturdy trellis. Climbing roses winter hardy. They need little or no spraying, pruning, This garden honors past Royal Rosarian “prime offer a wide range of flower forms, shapes, and colors. or deadheading. minister” members with namesake roses. Royal David Austin® Roses Miniature Roses Rosarians play an important role in the history Also known as English roses, these roses are famed The miniature rose, known for it diminutive size, will and support of the garden, and serve as goodwill for their fragrance, good health characteristics, reach a height of 15-30”. The flower form and foliage ambassadors for the City of Roses. shrubby growth, and romantically shaped flowers. is a ‘mini’ version of the hybrid tea and the floribunda. Gold Medal Garden English roses originated from a cross of certain old The Gold Medal Garden was established in 1969 Polyantha Roses garden roses, hybrid teas, and floribundas. as a section to feature all the Gold Medal Award These roses are much lower growing than hybrid winners. The award itself has been around since Floribunda Roses teas and are great for mass planting. Polyantha roses 1919. The Portland Rose Society bestows this Floribunda roses resulted from crossing hybrid produce lots of small flowers in clusters all season long. prestigious honor on roses for their outstanding teas with polyanthas, and are characterized by their The flowers can be single, semi-double, or double. The performance in the Pacific Northwest. ability to bear flowers in large trusses with more than bushes usually stay around 2’ tall and are hardier than one bloom in flower at any time. This class of rose is hybrid teas. Shakespeare Garden (southeast corner) hardy, easy to care for, and reliable in wet weather. Originally intended to include herbs, trees, and Shrub Roses flowers mentioned in William Shakespeare’s plays, Grandiflora Roses Shrub roses are known for their hardy upright, this garden continues to honor the Bard with By crossing the hybrid tea rose with the floribunda sprawling habit. They can grow 3-10’ in height and roses named after characters in his plays. rose the grandiflora was born. It can be 6-8’ in 5-15’ in every direction. These roses are hardy and height, and can bear large trusses of blooms. The vigorous, and produce large clusters of flowers. Test Garden Queen Elizabeth rose was the first rose to be The testing section holds several concurrent classified as a grandiflora. Tree Roses independent trial programs, each one spanning Tree roses are sometimes called standard roses and can two years. Hybrid Tea Roses be hybrid teas, floribundas, grandifloras, or miniatures. • American Rose Society Award of Excellence Quite possibly one of the most popular roses, the The top (blooming part) of the rose is grafted onto a Miniature Trials (AOE) hybrid tea is characterized for its large shapely sturdy stalk of an understock rose. Established in 1975, this garden is one of only blooms that can contain up to 50 petals. The flowers six testing grounds of miniflora and miniature are borne on long, straight stems either singly or roses for the American Rose Society (ARS) with several side buds. miniature rose test program. • American Garden Rose Selection (AGRS) This garden is one of 12 sites in the United States used for new rose testing. This national rose evaluation system recognizes roses on several attributes including vigor, foliage proportion, plant habit, flowering effect and bloom abundance, rebloom habit, bloom form, aging quality, fragrance, and weather hardiness. No spraying occurs on these roses. Information kiosk in section A Moonlight Romantica® (Hybrid tea)
24” in height for shape and vitality. and shape for height in 24” volunteer services at 503-823-5121. at services volunteer volunteers who contribute their time and expertise. and time their contribute who volunteers
and rain. In early spring, roses are pruned to 18- to pruned are roses spring, early In rain. and Contact the Garden at 503-823-3636 or PP&R PP&R or 503-823-3636 at Garden the Contact public awareness and recruiting of hundreds of of hundreds of recruiting and awareness public
roses to 36-48” in height to protect from wind wind from protect to height in 36-48” to roses and improve the garden through increasing increasing through garden the improve and
coordinating volunteer efforts. efforts. volunteer coordinating
PP&R, the Friends support efforts to maintain maintain to efforts support Friends the PP&R, Every fall, PP&R staff and volunteers prune the the prune volunteers and staff PP&R fall, Every •
garden tours, maintaining inventory records, and and records, inventory maintaining tours, garden
and enhance the Garden. In partnership with with partnership In Garden. the enhance and
fungicides or insecticides. insecticides. or fungicides fundraising, updating educational materials, leading leading materials, educational updating fundraising, a nonprofit, whose mission is to preserve, protect, protect, preserve, to is mission whose nonprofit, a
located along the tennis courts and receive no no receive and courts tennis the along located Non-garden tasks include strategic planning, planning, strategic include tasks Non-garden
The Friends of International Rose Test Garden is is Garden Test Rose International of Friends The
United States for David Austin David for States United roses. They are are They roses. pruning, sign painting, and improvement projects. projects. improvement and painting, sign pruning,
®
waparkrosefriends.org waparkrosefriends.org
The Garden is one of five testing sites in the the in sites testing five of one is Garden The • Volunteer tasks include deadheading, planting, planting, deadheading, include tasks Volunteer
Rose Test Garden Garden Test Rose
Garden along with a key to locate specific roses. specific locate to key a with along Garden kiosk along the promenade or volunteering. or promenade the along kiosk
an alphabetical listing of all the roses in the the in roses the all of listing alphabetical an free. You can support the Garden by visiting a donation donation a visiting by Garden the support can You free. riends of International International of riends F
The kiosk on the upper-level promenade includes includes promenade upper-level the on kiosk The • Admission to the International Rose Test Garden is is Garden Test Rose International the to Admission
market, ready to plant in your garden. garden. your in plant to ready market,
Support the Garden the Support
encouraging the use of roses in the landscape. landscape. the in roses of use the encouraging
performs will determine if it makes it onto the the onto it makes it if determine will performs educational programs on rose culture and and culture rose on programs educational
introductions for evaluation. How each variety variety each How evaluation. for introductions
Society is a nonprofit organization offering offering organization nonprofit a is Society
per person. Call 503-823-3664 to make arrangements. make to 503-823-3664 Call person. per
Rose companies send potential variety variety potential send companies Rose •
Founded in 1889, the Portland Rose Rose Portland the 1889, in Founded groups of 11 or more are available for a nominal fee fee nominal a for available are more or 11 of groups
significant or can be sourced commercially. commercially. sourced be can or significant
approximately 10 minutes prior. Guided tours for for tours Guided prior. minutes 10 approximately 503-777-4311 | portlandrosesociety.org | 503-777-4311
of the Garden feature roses that are historically historically are that roses feature Garden the of
Tour guests should gather at the Rose Garden Store Store Garden Rose the at gather should guests Tour
Portland Rose Society Rose Portland
between sections B and C. The remaining parts parts remaining The C. and B sections between Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. weekend. Day Labor through weekend Day Memorial
evaluation programs in designated test beds beds test designated in programs evaluation Free public tours are offered at 1:00pm daily from from daily 1:00pm at offered are tours public Free
The Garden is home to a variety of formal rose rose formal of variety a to home is Garden The •
Garden Tours Tours Garden 10:00am–4:00pm Winter and Fall
About the Garden the About
9:00am–7:00pm Summer
10:00am–5:00pm Spring
or book online at portlandoregon.gov/parks/permits. at online book or
trails, and statues. statues. and trails,
events in Washington Park. Call 503-823-PLAY (7529) (7529) 503-823-PLAY Call Park. Washington in events The store is closed during January and February. and January during closed is store The
Forestry Center, in addition to various memorials, memorials, various to addition in Center, Forestry
Hold your wedding, picnic, concert, or other private private other or concert, picnic, wedding, your Hold Store is open daily during seasonal hours below. below. hours seasonal during daily open is Store
Arboretum, Portland Children’s Museum, and World World and Museum, Children’s Portland Arboretum,
& Recreation’s general fund. The Rose Garden Garden Rose The fund. general Recreation’s & Special Event Rentals Event Special
the Portland Japanese Garden, Oregon Zoo, Hoyt Hoyt Zoo, Oregon Garden, Japanese Portland the proceeds from sales help support Portland Parks Parks Portland support help sales from proceeds
region. Within the park’s nearly 410 acres, you’ll find find you’ll acres, 410 nearly park’s the Within region. and classified as a nonprofit museum store– museum nonprofit a as classified and
removing roses or rose plants. rose or roses removing
Operated by the Portland Rose Festival Foundation Foundation Festival Rose Portland the by Operated Park, one of the oldest and most-visited parks in the the in parks most-visited and oldest the of one Park,
Please help us preserve the Garden by not picking or or picking not by Garden the preserve us help Please
Portland Parks & Recreation’s (PP&R’s) Washington Washington (PP&R’s) Recreation’s & Parks Portland 503-227-7033 | rosefestival.org/buy/rose-garden-store | 503-227-7033
Portland City Code 20.12.100 ( $500 fine) $500 ( 20.12.100 Code City Portland The International Rose Test Garden sits within within sits Garden Test Rose International The
850 SW Rose Garden Way, Portland, Oregon 97205 Oregon Portland, Way, Garden Rose SW 850
Leave No Trace No Leave Park Washington About
Rose Garden Store Garden Rose
(Floribunda) Pride Violet’s Amphitheatre Garden Test Rose International Kelley Lee by Fountain Memorial Beach Frank ™
The International Rose Test Garden The International Rose Test Garden in Washington Park in Washington Park
Roses are in bloom from late May through October, and Roses are in bloom from late May through October, and best viewed from dawn to dusk. best viewed from dawn to dusk.
Admission is free to all. Directions Before the roses in 1918 400 SW Kingston Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97205
By car, take US26 to Exit 72 for Oregon Zoo/ History Forestry Center, then follow the signs to the Garden.
Jesse A. Currey, a former Rose Society president, By transit, take TriMet MAX Light Rail Red or chose the current site in Washington Park (known Blue line trains to the Washington Park station. Use at the time as City Park), and convinced city the free Explore Washington Park seasonal shuttle or leaders in 1917 to inaugurate a rose test garden TriMet Line 63 to reach the Garden. with the support of the American Rose Society. At that time, Portland had 200 miles of Madame By bike or on foot, from the NW 23rd Avenue Caroline Testout (pronounced ‘test-oo’) rose- shopping district use paved pathways into the park bordered streets–a strategy to draw attention to that begin at NW 24th Place and W Burnside Street. the 1905 Lewis and Clark Centennial celebration. BIKETOWN bikes can be locked at the hub just As a result, Portland was dubbed the City of Roses. below the Garden. Purpose Parking The primary purpose of the Garden is to serve Parking for cars is very limited in Washington Park, as a testing ground for new rose varieties. In especially during warm, sunny weekends. About the beginning, while World War I was raging, 40% of all visitors skip the parking and arrive by hybridists sent roses from around the world to rideshare, walking, biking, or riding TriMet. Once Portland’s garden for testing. you’re in the park, use the free seasonal shuttle to More than 10,000 individual rose bushes bloom explore the park. in the Garden from late May through October, representing over 610 different rose varieties. The For parking and transit options, visit majority of roses in the Garden are commercially explorewashingtonpark.org. Honey Nectar™ (Grandiflora) available. About 10 to 20 varieties are replaced each year with some of the best new roses PORTLANDPARKS.ORG released onto the market. Commissioner Nick Fish | Director Adena Long