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Rose Garden

Welcome to QBG's Rose Garden. Redesigned in 2009, this garden consolidates two older rose gardens into a beautiful, welcoming space awash with color and fragrance.

Flower beds are arranged in a concentric circular pattern with a 
large central bed, bordered by gray paving stones recovered
during construction.  Mounded with soil, these beds demonstrate how roses can be grown in a landscape that can experience occasional flooding.

                              

Copper trellising marks entrances to the Rose Garden, made more enticing by climbing roses.  Trellising continues around the stone path providing a vertical element to the garden’s design.  Such features make the Rose Garden a favorite place for wedding ceremonies and photographs.

Roses are carefully chosen for their disease and pest resistance, eliminating the need for pesticides and fungicides.  Low-growing perennials like creeping thyme and sedum not only set off the roses, but also reduce weeds and prevent soil erosion.


We thank the following for their support of the Rose Garden:

  • The Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust
  • David Austen Roses
  • Manhattan Rose Society
  • Newflora LLC
  • Roses Unlimited
See the photo gallery documenting the creation of the Rose Garden.

 
   

Photos: H. David Stein & Shari Romar

 

Grow East Coast Lecture Series™ XIII - The Science Behind the Sustainable Roses
Saturday, June 1, 2013
Honoring Dr. Malcolm Manners & Dr. Walter Lewis


Morning Session: 10am to 12:30pm

  • 10am - Opening Remarks: Susan Lacerte, Executive Director, Queens Botanical Garden
  • 10:30 to 11am -  Presentation of The GROW™ Rose Garden Hall of Fame Awards to The San Jose Municipal Rose Garden, San Jose, CA & the Elizabeth Park Rose Garden, Hartford, CT
  • 11am to 12:30pm -  Dr David Byrne, Professor & Bayse Endowed Chair in Rose Genetics, Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University

Lunch - on your own

Afternoon Session: 1:30 to 4pm

  • Award Ceremony and Lectures by the Great Rosarians of the World™ 2013 Honorees, Dr. Malcolm Manners & Dr. Walter Lewis

Wine & Cheese Reception: 4 to 5pm

Fee: $75/Members of the Queens Botanical Garden, Manhattan Rose Society, American Rose Society or Heritage Rose Foundation,  $85/Non-Members

Registration required; call 718-886-3800 ext. 230.

For further information, contact Pat Shanley.


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