kids encyclopedia robot

Rose garden facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts
Pavillon normand
Roseraie du Val-de-Marne in L'Haÿ-les-Roses, France

A Rose garden or Rosarium is a garden or park, often open to the public, in which roses are grown. While some rose gardens have only a decorative purpose, most of them are used to present and grow various types of roses.

The first known rose garden was planted by French empress Joséphine de Beauharnais in Malmaison. When she died, in 1814, the garden had around 250 types of garden roses. Another old rose garden is the Rosenhöhe Park in Darmstadt, Germany created in 1810 by Princess Wilhelmine of Baden

Growing roses for commercial purposes started in the 19th century. The important rose gardens created for commercial rose breeding were:

  • Jardins de roses, André Gayraud, éditions du Chêne, ISBN: 2-84277-041-2
  • Roseraies et jardins de roses, H. Fuchs in Le Bon jardinier, encyclopédie horticole, tome 1, La Maison rustique, Paris, 1964, ISBN: 2-7066-0044-6.

Images for kids

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Rosaleda para niños

kids search engine
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. Cite this article:
Rose garden Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.