…Continued from Reservoirs.
International Rose Test Garden on February 15, 2010
The International Rose Test Garden was founded by Jesse A. Currey in 1917. The garden was originally located where the parking lots are now. The oldest rose in the current garden is the Grand Duchess Armstrong, planted by the Grand Duchess in 1943.
International Rose Test Garden on February 15, 2010
Today the garden consists of 4.5 acres with over 7,000 rose plantings of approximately 550 varieties.
International Rose Test Garden on February 15, 2010
The garden is divided into a number of smaller gardens organized around themes or sponsored and maintained by particular groups. (These photos were taken in February when roses aren't in bloom.)
Shakespeare Garden on February 15, 2010
One of these garden is the Shakespeare Garden, dedicated by the LaBarre Shakespeare Club on April 23, 1946.
Shakespeare Garden on February 15, 2010
The Shakespeare Garden includes an engraving of William Shakespeare with the quotation from him: "Of all flowres methinks a rose is best."
Frank E. Beach Memorial Fountain on February 15, 2010
The Frank E. Beach Memorial Fountain in the International Rose Test Garden was dedicated in 1974. Frank E. Beach was a rose enthusiast who is credited with dubbing Portland "The Rose City." The stainless steel sculpture by Oregon artist Lee Kelly is titled Water Sculpture.
In a Garden Plaque on February 15, 2010
On this plaque at one of the International Rose Test Garden's staircases is the poem In a Garden by Dorothy F. B. Gurney, which reads:
The kiss of the sun for pardon
The song of the birds for mirth,
One is nearer God's heart in a garden
Than anywhere else on earth.
Rose Garden Amphitheater on February 15, 2010
Adjacent to the International Rose Test Garden is the Washington Park Rose Garden Amphitheater.
Rose Garden Amphitheater on February 15, 2010
The Washington Park Rose Garden Amphitheater hosts concerts in the summer.
View from International Rose Test Garden on February 27, 2010
These views of downtown Portland and the US Bancorp Tower are from near the International Rose Test Garden's Rose Garden Store.
View from International Rose Test Garden on February 27, 2010
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