Park Of Roses Library
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Park of roses library. Soccer tennis and baseball games fitness trail the bike trail dog park fishing pond skimming stones on the river festivals along high street the cool park of roses. The park of roses is part of whetstone park a former horse farm that s been a public recreation space since the late 1940s. The columbus park of roses is a 13 acre plot in whetstone park that showcases 11 000 total roses consisting of more than 350 different types. Find traveler reviews and candid photos of dining near whetstone park park of roses in columbus ohio.
My favorite books are to kill a mockingbird and outliers i was on the ohio state university synchronized swim team and i m a national champion with a ring to prove it. Rose garden photo gallery embed the rose garden was originally created in 1908 for the private enjoyment of henry and arabella huntington. The garden was designed primarily for display providing copious quantities of cut blooms for the large elaborate floral arrangements favored in their home. The seeds of a rose garden sprouted among active civic groups in the early 50s and it opened in 1953.
There are soccer baseball tennis courts a children s playground and a library situated in the park. A recent addition the whetstone prairie planted in may 2004 converted 5 1 acres of whetstone park into native ohio prairie with vernal pools and woodland buffer. The street address for the columbus park of roses is 3901 n. High st the garden entrance is one half mile west on hollenback road within whetstone park.
Once the headquarters for the american rose society it is a formally designed garden with a victorian wrought iron viewing platform. Within whetstone park is the award winning columbus rose garden. 614 645 3300 3923 n high st columbus oh 43214. The park of roses is a park within the park a 13 acre rose garden that showcases over 350 varieties of roses and 11 000 total roses.
There s plenty of free parking. All the gardens are located to the east of the whetstone shelterhouse at the top of the steps. The main rose garden the heritage garden with turn of the century roses the earth kind rose garden the herb garden and the. In addition to visually stunning roses the park features many gardens.