Portland International Rose Test Garden
Portland, Oregon, is lovingly (and officially) known as “The City of Roses.” It is home to the spectacular International Rose Test Garden.
Founded in 1917, Portland’s International Rose Test Garden is the oldest official, continuously operated public rose test garden in the United States. In the beginning, even though World War I was raging in Europe, hybridists sent roses from around the world to Portland’s garden for testing and to keep the new hybrids safe from being destroyed by the bombing in Europe (via Rose Garden website.)
Here are a few photos I took today as my family and I strolled through this inspirational and fragrant garden:
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