A Roundup of 5 Distinctive Rose Gardens Around the World, the Last One Is Unexpected

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Roses are so beautiful. It is a beauty that is hard to describe; no amount of words can truly capture it.

Pierre de Ronsard rose wall

An arch trellis covered in climbing roses

A maiden statue surrounded by roses in mass bloom

A little hedgehog beneath the rose bushes

A rose border with staggered heights

You can also let roses cover a whole pergola

She is too rich in character. When passionate, she is like blood, so alluring it stings; when pure, she is like milk, as if even the air has never touched her.

A soft pink rose walkway

A dreamy rose garden entrance

The spectacular repeat-blooming effect of climbing roses

Rose pillars

Tree roses

The love for and pursuit of roses is worldwide. Beautiful rose gardens can be found everywhere around the world, too many to count. Today, let us simply enjoy five of them~

No. 1 Mottisfont Abbey Garden

Location: United Kingdom

Tag: The most beautiful rose garden in the UK

Mottisfont Abbey is an ancient abbey in Hampshire in southern England. It was founded in the 12th century and has a history of more than 800 years. In 1957 it was given to the National Trust and opened to the public. Today this abbey receives more than 350,000 visitors each year and is one of the most famous tourist attractions in the UK.

Besides the historic house museum and regularly held art exhibitions, the abbey also hides a world-class rose garden - designed and created in the 1970s by one of the most important figures in 20th-century British horticulture, Graham Thomas, a classic rose garden famous for collecting many old varieties that have become extremely rare.

Graham Thomas

Fellow flower lovers may remember the name Graham Thomas. Yes, the rose variety of the same name introduced by Austin was named in his memory and after him.

Passing through the abbey's wall gate brings you to the most classic view in this garden: climbing roses cover the arch trellis, and each spring when they bloom they form a dreamy passageway.

At the center of the passageway is a circular fountain pool, surrounded by 8 Irish yews. Walking further in, you reach the focal point: a white wooden chair. It seems that sitting on it lets you possess the entire garden.

This classic view is one of Thomas's proudest designs.

As for this garden, in Thomas's own words: Few better sites could have been found for a garden of old roses than this. Yes, you are unlikely to find a better classic rose garden than this one.

No. 2 The Rose Valley of Bulgaria

Location: Bulgaria

Tag: God's back garden

Bulgaria is the famous "Land of Roses." In the center of the country there is a long, narrow valley, the Tundzha River valley. To the north, the towering Balkan Mountains block the extremely cold air from the north, while the warm, moist Mediterranean air flows in along the valley, bringing abundant rainfall and providing the most suitable growing environment for roses. For more than one hundred kilometers, the valley is almost entirely planted with roses, which is why it earned the reputation of the Rose Valley.

After more than 300 years of accumulated cultivation experience, the Rose Valley now grows thousands of rose varieties and has become a tourist destination that attracts visitors from many countries. It is said that each year between May and June, when the roses bloom in the valley, the fragrant breeze drifts far away, and people can find this place just by following the scent.

Visitors on the way to the Rose Valley

The first Sunday of June each year is the local traditional folk festival, the "Rose Festival." On that day people go to the Rose Valley to hold grand celebrations. In their view, the splendor and fragrance of the rose now symbolize the diligence, wisdom, and love of nature of the Bulgarian people, while the thorns all over the rose are the embodiment of the Bulgarian people's bravery, unyielding spirit, and perseverance in the face of invaders such as the Nazis.

A beautiful Rose Maiden

On that day, beautiful "Rose Maidens" scatter rose petals over the crowd in the square, helicopters spray perfume over the people from the air, and everyone celebrates to the fullest. This is probably the liveliest rose garden in the world.

No. 3 Roseraie du Val-de-Marne

Location: Paris, France

Tag: The world's first rose garden

In 1892, Jules Gravereaux purchased a large property in L'Hay, about 8 km south of Paris, in 1892. His mad love for roses made him obsessed with rose hybridization and research, so he began collecting roses, and by 1894 he had already collected more than 1,600 varieties!

In 1899, he hired the then highly renowned garden designer and horticulturist Edouard Andre to design and build the world's first dedicated rose garden - the Roseraie du Val-de-Marne.

Jules Gravereaux

At its peak, this rose garden housed more than 8,000 varieties, possessing almost every rose variety in the world at that time.

Today, the Roseraie du Val-de-Marne is divided into 13 specimen gardens, with more than 13,000 rose plants in total and more than 3,000 varieties. 10 gardeners are responsible for maintaining the 1.7-hectare garden and the surrounding 14-hectare park.

One side of the garden features modern varieties, while the other side features old varieties. The design has a strong French gardening style: various roses extend naturally according to the shapes of their supports - flower stands, arches, tower gates, and so on - full of vitality, tension, and a strong sense of space.

It is the world's first rose garden and also a living museum of old rose varieties. Through many efforts, the Roseraie du Val-de-Marne was added to the supplementary list of World Heritage sites, and its uniqueness has been recognized.

If you ever have the chance to travel to Paris, do not miss this rose garden!

No. 4 Keisei Rose Garden in Japan

Location: Tokyo, Japan

Tag: A holy land for rose lovers

Keisei Rose Garden is located between Tokyo and Narita Airport and is a very famous rose garden for tourism in Tokyo. The park contains more than 1,600 varieties and more than 10,000 rose plants of various kinds. Each year, May to June in spring and September to November are the best seasons to visit.

Rose-flavored soft-serve at Keisei Rose Garden

Besides the rose garden, there is also a rose specialty shop selling rose-scented perfume, black tea, jam, soft-serve ice cream, and other specialties. Most of the varieties seen in the garden are available for sale as potted plants, and themed garden events are held regularly, making it a popular spot for rose lovers.

Keisei Rose Garden is operated by Keisei Rose Nursery, also one of the top rose breeding companies in the world. Each year it releases varieties it has bred itself, which are not only sought after by gardening enthusiasts but have also repeatedly won awards in world-class rose competitions.

A variety bred by Keisei Rose Garden: Kaoruno

A variety bred by Keisei Rose Garden: Quick Fist

A variety bred by Keisei Rose Garden: Yui

In 2015, Keisei Rose Garden also received the Award of Excellence in Garden certification from the World Federation of Rose Societies, making it one of the gardens most worth visiting in the world.

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No. 5 Tasha's Rose Garden

Location: Hangzhou, China

Tag: Your rose garden in the palm of your hand

Hehe, are you surprised!

The reason we listed Tasha's Rose Garden as the 5th world-class rose garden recommended to everyone today is that we really like a saying: "There is no rose garden you want in this world unless you plant it with your own hands."

Plant a rose garden of your own, just like planting your own fairy tale. Through spring, summer, autumn, and winter, plant those colorful romances into bloom and fade. Open the door and windows, and there is the fragrance of roses. Just as this saying goes, a rose garden planted with your own hands is the most unique and most worth-visiting rose garden in the world.

Tasha's Rose Garden packaging

Tasha's Rose Garden is Tasha's third store. We want to plant, package, and carefully deliver more varieties to your hands. We gave her a dreamy name: "Tasha's Rose Garden."

Throughout the entire preparation process, we were anxious. Tasha has been around for 6 years, and the reason we had never made our own plants for regular sale was that we worried we could not achieve the quality we hoped for during care and transportation. So we spent some extra time polishing things, and before we knew it, nearly half a year had passed. From renting land and building greenhouses to adjusting and testing plant packaging, thank you all for your patient company.

This time, we carefully prepared more than 80 varieties and spent as much time as possible on selecting and caring for the plants, hoping that every pot of roses will fully meet your expectations.

Seedling condition photos from Tasha's Rose Garden

These past few days, we are still conducting the final tests before opening. Thank you to the Tasha friends who participated in the test experience over the past two weeks. With different perspectives, your suggestions are especially valuable.

Reviews from the internal test

Tasha's Rose Garden will officially open in 3 days. We look forward to your attention, and may we walk hand in hand with you on the road of growing roses from now on~

Tasha, it is so good to meet you

This Thursday at 10 a.m.

At our Tasha's Rose Garden, be there or be square~