When we stopped at this garden in Palmerston North several years ago, I
had no idea how special it was.
Opened in 1968, the garden has three sections: the formal rose beds, the trial grounds and the plant variety rights collection. The garden contains over 5000 roses in named beds. The garden was named after Dugald MacKenzie the Superintendent of Parks and Reserves from 1946 to 1966. He contributed significantly to the gardens development.
The garden is also home of the New Zealand Rose Society International Rose Trial Grounds.
9 comments:
What a beautiful garden - and some stunning blooms too! Love the wee library there by the seat. Thanks for sharing this treasure Batty
Stay safe
Blessings
Maxine
What a wonderful place to visit and I see they have a little free library, that is great!
I bet that was a fun place to visit...going to see the winners now.
I love rose gardens. The roses are beautiful.
What is not to like about a rose garden? The fragrance must have been amazing!
Hi There, How are you? Do you have that horrible Covid-19 Virus in New Zealand? I hope not...
Love your pictures --especially the roses. Some of them look just like the Roses in our yard blooming now... What a gorgeous garden.... Thanks for sharing.
Due to the virus, we haven't done much so far in 2020. BUT--last week we celebrated our Anniversary by taking a little trip... It felt SO good getting out in nature again...
Take care and stay healthy.
Hugs,
Betsy
Pretty! It looks like they have nice design features to go along with the flowers.
I've just planted up a rose I bought from my work, can't wait to see it bloom. I didn't know there were rose gardens in Palmy, I'll have to visit next time we are there.
I love roses ;)
wonderful photos
Rosi
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