Columbus Rose Garden

Although it s not technically a secret most people don t know that columbus is home to a stunning park of roses.

Columbus rose garden. Within whetstone park is the award winning columbus rose garden. So me and my wife visited friends in columbus today. With more than 12 000 rose specimens. There s plenty of free parking.

The columbus park of roses is one of the largest public rose gardens in the u s. There s a beautiful rose garden hiding in ohio and it s so worth a visit. The picture above is from that era. The platform is ideal for landscape photography.

At first i saw vast beds of hts very nice. Historic rose garden beds are full of fragrance in june. There are also loads of examples of every kind of rose you can imagine. Apparently they have a r.

Year round color of companion plants paints this garden in beautiful hues of reds yellows pinks blues whites and rose garden read more. In addition to visually stunning roses the park features many gardens. The main rose garden the heritage garden with turn of the century roses the earth kind rose garden the herb garden and the. In 1951 members of the columbus rose club the central ohio rose society and city officials formed a committee to create a municipal rose garden in columbus.

The columbus park of roses is a 13 acre plot in whetstone park that showcases 11 000 total roses consisting of more than 350 different types. All the gardens are located to the east of the whetstone shelterhouse at the top of the steps. It was designed in the formal italianate garden landscape style of geometric shapes and symmetry. They know of my rose condition and after i mentioned the upcoming open house at the garden of roses of legend and roses suggested we go to the columbus rose garden.

The next year columbus city council issued bonds to develop the garden and in june 1953 the columbus park of roses opened to the public. Best rose garden in columbus. In keeping with the tradition of this garden style each rose bed is planted with the same variety with no interplanting of other flowers trees or shrubs. High st the garden entrance is one half mile west on hollenback road within whetstone park.

In addition there are other perrennial gardens with herbs and sustainable themes. The garden s extensive variety of plantings and more than one mile of paved walkways with benches make the columbus park of roses an setting with year round appeal for visitors. The only thing better than spending the day in a truly beautiful place is accidentally stumbling upon a truly a beautiful place. Welcome to the columbus park of roses a unique public garden in columbus ohio.

Recognized in 2006 by usa today as one of the top ten places to admire roses it is made up of. Once the headquarters for the american rose society it is a formally designed garden with a victorian wrought iron viewing platform.