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2012 Zijing Park..................................................Changzhou, China
More than one million people have visited Zijing Park, which contains 1200
varieties of roses and 25,000 plants.
Visitors not only enjoy the beauty of the flowers but also learn about the
rose and its culture through a rose festival every May, rose exhibitions, rose
arrangement exhibitions, the selection of the top ten citizens' rose favorites,
the rose wedding, public participation in rose planting, a rose photography
competition, and special rose-theme theatrical performances.
2012 Gardens of the Rose..................................................St Albans, England
www.rnrs.org.uk
The Gardens of the Rose, opened in 1963, is the garden of the Royal National
Rose Society. The original garden included beds of modern roses, species
roses, roses of historical significance, modern climbers , old climbers and
ramblers and the international trials of new roses.
Due to difficult circumstances the garden became neglected. It was closed to
the public in 2005, completely redesigned and refurbished and reopened in
2007. The new design, covering 5 acres, is more in keeping with modern ideas
particularly when it comes to companion planting.
2012 Trevor Griffiths Rose Garden .................................Timaru, New Zealand
Established in 2001, this garden is a collection of roses collected by world
renown rosarian Trevor Griffiths. It contains over 1100 rose varieties -
mostly heritage and Austin varieties.
2012 Gulab Bagh................................................................Islamabad, Pakistan
This is the garden of the Pakistan National Rose Society. It was established
in 1992 and is open to the public throughout the year. It contains
approximately 200 varieties of roses and 15,000 plants.
2012 Peggy Rockerfeller Rose Garden.............................Bronx, United States of
America
www.nybg.org/gardens/rose-garden/
This garden, designed in 1916 and completed in 1988, was extensively
renovated in 2006. It has more than 4000 plants and over 680 varieties of
roses.
The garden is being transformed with a mission of increased disease
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