Opened in 1917, the garden houses over 7,000 rose plants of approx. 550 varieties. It's the oldest continuously operating public rose test garden & exemplifies Portland's nickname 'The City of Roses'.
Soon after its opening in 1917, European horticulturists began to send samples of their finest hybrids to this garden for safekeeping from the fires of World War I. (From Aerial America) Read more.
This is the place to hang with locals & enjoy the city’s lush greenery. As The Thermals describe it, “It’s enormous, with so many different trails, and it stretches all the way to Washington.”
