She regularly purchased silks from Lyon, which was an important center for rose breeding. Madame Caroline Testout was a late 19th-century French dressmaker from Grenoble, the proprietor of fashionable salons in London and Paris. In 1888, Georgiana Burton Pittock, wife of publisher Henry Pittock, invited her friends and neighbors to exhibit their roses in a tent set up in her garden thus the Portland Rose Society was established. Portland has long had a love affair with roses. The Washington Park free shuttle is fully accessible and connects to the Washington Park TriMet MAX Station and various parking areas in Washington Park. Note that parking is very limited in Washington Park on sunny weekends and most days during the summer months. Visitors may park in these spaces and follow signs to the ramp access into the garden. Read more about these improvements on our Parks Replacement Bond page.Īccessible parking is located on SW Rose Garden Way and SW Kingston Ave. The Washington Park International Rose Test Garden celebrated its Centennial anniversary in 2017. With funding from the Parks Replacement Bond, this project removed ADA accessibility barriers from the main promenade within the Rose Garden and improved the connection to the parking lot, so that all Portland residents and visitors can equally enjoy this space for the next 100 years. Miniature Roses (in the test garden) one of eleven test gardens nationally.David Austin Roses (near tennis courts) one of five test gardens nationally.No fungicide spraying occurs roses receive only basic maintenance.Eleven attributes are judged (disease resistance, vigor, foliage proportion and attractiveness, plant habit, flowering effect/bloom abundance, rebloom habit, bloom form/attractiveness, aging quality of blooms, fragrance, hardiness, general impression).Each site has two judges making seven evaluations per growing season.During the testing period, all roses are only identified by code numbers.Five rose breeders entered the 2013 trials with seven varieties of roses.Other independent rose testing ongoing at IRTG: Portland, Oregon (Washington Park International Rose Test Garden).The American Garden Rose Selections (AGRS) has replaced All American Rose Selections (AARS). Please see Tips For a Safe Park visit to learn more how you can help reduce the chance of your vehicle becoming a target. For information on Rose Society programs or membership, write or call Portland Rose Society, PO Box 515, Portland, 97207, voice mail: 50.Ĭar prowls occur throughout the City of Portland including within Washington Park. Portland Rose Societyįounded in 1889, the Portland Rose Society is a nonprofit organization offering educational programs on rose culture and encouraging the use of roses in the landscape. Contact the Rose Garden at 50 or Volunteer Services at 50. Non-garden tasks include strategic planning, fundraising, updating educational materials, leading garden tours, maintaining inventory records, and coordinating volunteer efforts. Garden tasks include deadheading, planting, pruning, sign painting, and garden improvement projects.
Volunteer opportunities are available in both garden and non-garden work. Memorial Day through Labor day individuals, families and small groups can take a daily tour at 1 pm which meets at the Rose Garden Store. Guided tours for groups of are available seasonally starting in the spring, for a nominal fee per person.
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