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Tuesday, August 18, 2015

International Rose Test Garden at Washington Park in Portland, OR

…Continued from Reservoirs.

IMG_2349 Entrance to the International Rose Test Garden at Washington Park in Portland, Oregon on February 15, 2010
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.

IMG_2350 International Rose Test Garden at Washington Park in Portland, Oregon on February 15, 2010
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.

IMG_2342 International Rose Test Garden at Washington Park in Portland, Oregon on February 15, 2010
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.)

IMG_2341 Shakespeare Garden at the International Rose Test Garden at Washington Park in Portland, Oregon on February 15, 2010
Shakespeare Garden on February 15, 2010

One of these garden is the Shakespeare Garden, dedicated by the LaBarre Shakespeare Club on April 23, 1946.

IMG_2338 Shakespeare Garden Plaque at the International Rose Test Garden at Washington Park in Portland, Oregon on February 15, 2010
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."

IMG_2343 Frank E. Beach Memorial Fountain at the International Rose Test Garden at Washington Park in Portland, Oregon on February 15, 2010
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.

IMG_2523 In A Garden Plaque at the International Rose Test Garden at Washington Park in Portland, Oregon on February 27, 2010
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.

IMG_2348 Rose Garden Ampitheater at Washington Park in Portland, Oregon on February 15, 2010
Rose Garden Amphitheater on February 15, 2010

Adjacent to the International Rose Test Garden is the Washington Park Rose Garden Amphitheater.

IMG_2347 Rose Garden Amphitheater at Washington Park in Portland, Oregon on February 15, 2010
Rose Garden Amphitheater on February 15, 2010

The Washington Park Rose Garden Amphitheater hosts concerts in the summer.

IMG_2636 View from the International Rose Test Garden at Washington Park in Portland, Oregon on February 27, 2010
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.

IMG_2634 View of the US Bancorp Building from the International Rose Test Garden at Washington Park in Portland, Oregon on February 27, 2010
View from International Rose Test Garden on February 27, 2010

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