Work on the Rose Garden at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden is actually ahead of schedule!

We are all excited about the new Rose Garden—not only for the beauty and interest it will bring, but also for the stories it can tell. The roses that will be featured were specially bred for fragrance, re-bloom, and disease and pest resistance. Learn more here.

And if you’d like to see some of the roses that will be planted in the new Rose Garden in mid to late April, take a look at these wonderful images courtesy of Peter Kukielski, curator of the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden at New York Botanical Garden. Peter has been consulting with us on the rose selection here at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden.

Rosa ‘Abraham Darby’ (David Austin English rose)

Rosa ‘Evelyn’ (English Musk rose)

Rosa ‘Grimaldi’ (Floribunda rose)

Rosa ‘Nastarana’ (Noisette rose)

Rosa ‘Sally Holmes’ (Hybrid Musk rose)

Rosa ‘Audubon’ (Shrub rose)



Now imagine 1,800 of these beauties (including approximately 80 other varieties)—won’t we have something to look forward to this summer and fall?

Beth Monroe is public relations director at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden

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