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Olds College Rose Garden
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Address: Olds, Alberta
Specialties: Species and shrubs, many early Canadian
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Calgary Zoo Rose Garden |
Address: Calgary, Alberta
Admission Charge: Yes
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Devonian Rose Garden - The Beta Sigma Phi Rose Garden |
Address:
University of Alberta, Edmonton Alberta. T6G 2E1
Admission Charge: General admission
for whole botanic garden - no extra admission charge for Rose Arboretum
or any other part of the Garden : Adult- $6.50, Senior - $5.75,
Youth/Student (12-17 years) - $5.75, Child (2-11 years) - $4.00
(children under 2 - FREE), FAMILY - $20.00 (2 adults and up to 3
children under 12 years)
Number of Rose Plants: Between 150 - 200 different kinds
of Roses or groups of Roses
Main Bloom Period: June - July
Administered by: Dr. Michael Hickman (Associate Director)
Contact: Barry Greig, Devonian Botanic Garden (address as
above), Telephone:(780) 987-3054, Fax: (780) 987-4141,
Email:bgreig@ualberta.ca
Rose Specialties: Species Roses
Website:
www.discoveredmonton.com/devonian
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Elliston
Park Garden |
Address:
60th street, 17th Avenue SE, Calgary, Alberta.
Admission Charge: No admission charge. Maintenance costs by donation.
Number of Rose Plants: 144 rose garden, consisting of hardy Canadian shrub roses including some rare Alberta species.
Main Bloom Period: June - July
Administered by: The Friends of Elliston Park Society
Contact: Ken Miklos,
Telephone: 403.650.6880,
Email:km@woodlandresources.ca
Rose Specialties: Canadian Shrub and Species Roses
Overlooks 50 acre lake and has benches.
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St. Albert Rose Garden
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Address: Red Willow Park, St.Albert, Alberta
Number of Plants: 500
Contact:
Administered by: Society of Friends for the St.Albert
Public Gdn.
33 Ash Crescent, St.Albert,Alberta. T8N 3J6
Specialties: Species and shrubs, Hardy Canadian Roses
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Burnaby Centennial Rose Garden
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Address: Burnaby Mountain Park, Burnaby, British Columbia
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Minter Gardens |
Address: Trans Canada Highway and #9, Chilliwack,
British Columbia. ( located 90 minutes east of downtown Vancouver,
B.C. on the Trans-Canada Hwy.#1 at exit #135.)
Admission Charge: Yes
Specialities: Cross section of all types of roses, including
miniatures
Website: Minter
Gardens
Comments: Conveniently nestled against 7000 foot Mt.Cheam in the coastal
mountains of beautiful British Columbia, Minter Gardens consists of
11 theme gardens s on 27 acres.
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Centennial Rose Garden |
Address: Dogwood Pavilion 621 Poirier St., Coquitlam,
British Columbia
Specialities: Modern H.T.'s and Floribundas
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Peter Wing Rotary Rose Garden, Riverside Park |
Address: 1st and Lorne Street, Kamloops,Located in Riverside Park (Next to park band shell).
British Columbia
Admission Charge: None
Number of Rose Plants: 350-400 (significant losses over the 2003/04 winter).
Main Bloom Period: June – Oct (frost). 1st bloom usually appears June 1.
Administered by: City of Kamloops Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department – Horticulture Section.
Contact: Dave Hilton, Parks Manager
250-828-3506
E-Mail: dhilton@kamloops.ca
Specialties: Dedicated section in Memory of Princess Diana
Bed created August 31, 1998 to honour the memory of Princess Diana.
Foundation Plantings:
Lady Di (G.F.)
Royal Highness (H.T.)
Royal William (H.T.)
- Royal Beauty Weeping Crab Apple
Comments: The current Kamloops – Riverside Park Rose Garden was officially opened May 8, 1982 “The Rotary Rose Garden”. Re-Dedicated August 1999 “Peter Wing Rotary Rose Garden” to honor former Kamloops Mayor Peter Wing (first mayor in North America of Chinese descent).
The garden is a focal point for wedding pictures and recently received upgrades to include a new Explorer Rose bed focusing on Canadian explorers, new benches and a 2nd arbor.
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Park and Tilford Gardens
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Address: 240 Colton St., North Vancouver, British
Columbia
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Butchart Gardens |
Address: Saanich, Vancouver Island (20k north
of Victoria),
British Columbia
Admission Charge: Yes
Website: http://carver.pinc.com/butchart
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Agriculture Canada Station |
Address: Summerland, British Columbia
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University of British Columbia Rose Garden |
Address: UBC, Crescent Road, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1
Located on Crescent Road at the north end of Main Mall, between
the University Centre (former Faculty Club) and the Chan Centre
for the Performing Arts. The Rose Garden Parkade is beneath the
Rose Garden, with the entrance on North West Marine Drive, across
from the Museum of Anthropology.
Admission Charge: Free
The only time access might be restrict to the Rose Garden is for
a wedding party or a photo shoot which has been booked.
Number of Rose Plants: About 450 plants.
Main Bloom Period: June through September
Administered by: Plant Operations
Contact: David Smith; Tel: 604-822-0014; Fax: 604-822-6969
E-mail: david.smith@ubc.ca
Specialties: This is a display garden, with mostly hybrid
tea and floribunda roses. Not many shrubs or ramblers. There are
about 20 varieties, with some changes each year.
Comments: The Rose Garden is part of 400 acres of campus
gardens maintained by Plant Operations. The original rose garden
was established in 1949, under the direction of Frank E. Buck, Supervisor,
Campus Development. The American Rose Society designated it an Experimental
and/or Display Garden for 1951. The garden was closed in 1995 for
the construction of the Chan Centre and parkade. The Centre and
parkade opened in 1997 with a new rose garden, and attractive new
landscaping. The new rose garden was designed by Perry & Associates,
Landscape Architects. The Museum of Anthropology is across the street.
The Nitobe Japanese garden is close by. It is administered by the
UBC Botanical Gardens, which are located further along NW Marine
Drive, on the west side of the campus.
Website: None at present.
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Van Dusen Botanical Garden |
Address: 37th and Oak St., Vancouver, British
Columbia
Admission Charge: Yes
Specialities: Cross section of all types of roses, including
miniatures
Website: www.vandusengarden.org
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Stanley Park Rose Garden |
Address: Vancouver, British Columbia
Specialities: Cross section of all types of roses, including
miniatures
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Memory Lane Rose Garden
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Address: Polson Park, Vernon, British Columbia,
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Victorian Garden |
Address: Government House, Rockland Avenue, Victoria,
British Columbia
Specialities: Old Garden Roses. Collection of David Austin
Roses
Comments: A large circular rose garden in the Victorian style,
wrought iron structures, a mix of old and modern roses. The sunken
rose garden at the same address is a new garden, somewhat Italian
in style (no grass) containing 87 bushes, mainly old roses and David
Austin roses.
Both these gardens are maintained by volunteers, with some help
from full-time staff.
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The Rose Garden of Hatley Park National Historic Site
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Address: Royal Roads University
2005 Sooke Road, Victoria, British Columbia
Specialities: English Austin and Shrub roses. Comments:
This garden would be of interest to anyone who would like to see
what a certain rose looks like in a garden setting.
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Assiniboine Park |
Address: 2355 Corydon Ave., Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Agriculture Canada Research Station |
Address: Morden, Manitoba
Specialities: Canadian Shrub roses
Website: http://res2.agr.ca/winnipeg/pagetwo.htm
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| Newfoundland |
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Memorial University Garden |
Address: Sir Wilfred Grenfell Campus, Cornerbrook,
Newfoundland
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Memorial University Campus Garden
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Address: Elizabeth Avenue, St. John's, Newfoundland
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| New
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Le Jardin Botanique de New Brunswick
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Address: Saint-Jacques, New Brunswick
Admission Charge: Yes
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| Nova
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The Historic Garden |
Address: Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia
441 St. George Street
Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia B0S 1A0
Specialities: Old Garden Roses
Admission Charge: Adults - $6.00 Seniors: $5.00
Admission Times: The Annapolis Royal Historic Gardens are open daily from
May 15 - Oct 11.
May / June and September / October 9am - 5pm
July / August 8am - dusk
Comments:
The Themed Gardens are linked by paths through other display areas including several plant collections, the largest being the Rose Collection which displays more than 230 cultivars in their historical context.
providing a dazzling summer display. The earliest varieties, including Gallicas, Albas, Damasks, Musks, and Centifolias are followed counterclockwise from the left by the later Hybrid Perpetuals, Hybrid Teas, Floribundas and Grandifloras.A rose maze containing hardy Rugosa varieties is situated beyond the Rose Garden, bringing the number of rose bushes in this extensive collection to more than 2000.
Website: http://www.historicgardens.com
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Halifax Public Garden
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Address: Spring Garden Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Haliburton House |
Address: Clifton Avenue, Near Hwy 101, Windsor,
Nova Scotia
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Millennium Memorial Rose Garden |
Address: 205 Lakeshore Dr., Barrie, Ontario (beside the South Shore   Community Centre)
Administered by: Huronia Rose society
Admission: None
Specialty: Hardy Canadian rose shrubs,  (Explorers and   Parkland series)
Number of Plants: Thirty five
Bloom time: All Summer
Contact: HuroniaRoseSociety@hotmail.com       Tel:(705) 721-0484
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Central Park |
Address: New Street, Burlington, Ontario
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Nelson Park |
Address: New Street, Burlington, Ontario
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Royal Botanical Gardens |
Address: 680 Plains Rd.
W., Burlington, Ontario
Admission Charge: Yes
Specialities: Cross section of all types of roses, including
miniatures
Website:
www.rbg.ca/index2.html
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University of Guelph Arboretum |
Address: Hwy. 6, Guelph, Ontario
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Freeport Hospital, Health Care Village |
Address: King St. E., Kitchener, Ontario
Specialities: Modern H.T.'s and Floribundas
Comments: The Golden Triangle Rose Society is involved in taking
care of this garden.
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Rayner Rose Garden
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Address: Springbank and Wonderland, London, Ontario
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St. Lawrence Park Commission
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Address: Morrisburg, Ontario |
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Niagara Parks Botanical Gardens |
Address: Niagara Falls, Ontario
Number of Plants: Approx. 2,300
Main Bloom Period: Mid June to late September
Contact: Niagara Parks, Tel: 905-356-8554 or Fax: 905-356-5488
Administered By: The Niagara Parks and School of Horticulture
Admission Charge: No
Specialities: Hybrid Teas, Grandifloras, Floribundas
and Modern Climbers
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Victoria Park Restaurant and Greenhouse Gardens |
Address: Niagara Parkway, Niagara Falls, Ontario
Specialities: Modern H.T.'s and Floribundas
Comments: There are several little gardens in this area but
really only a few roses.There are, of course, lots of interesting
spots at the Falls. Although there is no admission fee, the parking
is at least $8.00 per car
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Gairloch Estate |
Address: 1306 Lakeshore Rd. E., Oakville, Ontario
Specialities: Modern H.T.'s and Floribundas
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Agriculture Canada Central Experimental Farm
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Address: Prince of Wales Drive, Ottawa, Ontario
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The Canadian Heritage Garden / Jardin du Patrimoine
Canadien |
Address: Rideau Hall, Ottawa, Ontario
Contact: Visitors services (613) 998-7113 OR 1-800-465-6890
Admission Charge: No
Number of Plants: 300 rose varieties
Specialities: Hardy shrub roses Canadian heritage roses
Comments: The rose garden is the celebration of the 125th
anniversary of Confederation; it is an historical monument and reflection
of the country's cultural diversity.
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Edwards Gardens |
Address: Lawrence Avenue at Leslie, Toronto,
Ontario
Specialities: Modern H.T.'s and Floribundas, Old Garden roses
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Canadian National Exhibition Park |
Address: Lakeshore Ave. W., Toronto, Ontario
Specialities: Modern H.T.'s and Floribundas
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Casa Loma Historical Garden |
Address: Spadina at Davenport Rd., Toronto, Ontario
Admission Charge: Yes
Specialities: Modern H.T.'s, Floribundas, Old Garden Roses
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Humber Arboretum |
Address: Humber Boulevard, Toronto, Ontario
Specialities: Shrub Roses
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Rosetta Park |
Address: Kingston Rd East of Birchmount on the South side,
Toronto, Ontario
Specialities: Different types. Fifteen to twenty large beds
with approximately a hundred roses in each bed and each bed is a
different colour
Comments: Beautiful view of Lake Ontario, Annual beds are
outstanding the center has a hugh bolder and water fall for picture
taking of weddings, large rose beds are planted by colour.also has
a lot of shade planting. it's only a tiny park that few people know
about, also has a large arbor covered in wisteria which was beautiful
this year just hanging in flowers. A peaceful park for sitting looking
out at the sailboats,reading and people watching.The roses are all
varieties, and the park is open to the public . but closes its gates
in the evening once it gets dark.
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Chippawa Park |
Address: Welland, Ontario
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Dieppe Gardens |
Address: Windsor Waterfront, north side of Riverside Drive West below Ouelette Avenue.
Windsor, Ontario
Specialities: Modern H.T.'s, Floribundas, Shrubs
Comments: Memorial to veterans of the Second World War, particularly those of the Essex-Kent Scottish Regiment who fought and died at Dieppe.
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Malpeque Gardens |
Address: Blue Heron Drive, Route 20, Malpeque, Prince Edward
Island
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| Quebec |
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Roseraie du Temiscouata
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Address: Fort Ingall, Cabano, Quebec
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City of Montreal Rose Garden |
Address: Ile Ste. Helene, Quebec
Specialities: Modern H.T.'s and Floribundas
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Le Jardin Botanique de Montréal |
Address: 4101 Sherbrooke St. E., Montreal, Quebec
Number of Plants: 10,000 rose bushes
Admission Charge: Yes
Specialities: Cross section of all types of roses, including
miniatures
Website: www.ville.montreal.qc.ca/jardin/jardin.htm
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The Connaught Rose Garden |
Address: Mount Royal, Quebec
Specialities: Modern H.T.'s and Floribundas
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Les Floralies Rose Garden |
Address: Ile Ste. Helene, Montreal, Quebec
Specialities: Modern H.T.'s and Floribundas
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Gordon Park |
Address: St Lambert, facing Hotel de Ville, Quebec
City, Quebec
Specialitieis: Winter Hardy Roses, in particular the Canadian
Explorer Roses
Comments: The SQRSQ is involved in taking care of this garden
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