The rose is known throughout the world as the queen of flowers. The colour, form and fragrance of a rose bring so much pleasure to our lives, but when travelling in Canada, obtaining information on rose gardens can be difficult. The travel agent or tourist board may know of a large botanical garden but not the rose gardens in smaller cities and towns. Even people who live within a short distance may not notice or know of the beautiful roses in their area.

The following information on rose gardens has been compiled by various members of the Canadian Rose Society and its affiliate societies. Some of these gardens are large while others are small; some charge for admission; some are open to the public year round while others have specific times and some are by appointment only. We advise you to check before visiting the gardens as some particulars may change.

We hope you will enjoy planning and visiting the rose gardens listed on this website. Let us know which ones you visited and enjoyed the most. We would like to include the number of roses and any special features for each garden so if you can provide us with more information on a garden or you know of a garden that is not recorded please email us at info@canadianrosesociety.org so this list can be kept updated.
Barbara Clarke
Past President
Canadian Rose Society

Alberta | British Columbia | Manitoba | Newfoundland | New Brunswick

Nova Scotia | Ontario | Prince Edward Island | Quebec

 

Alberta
Olds College Rose Garden Address: Olds, Alberta
Specialties: Species and shrubs, many early Canadian
 
Calgary Zoo Rose Garden Address: Calgary, Alberta
Admission Charge: Yes
 
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
 

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.

 

St. Albert Rose Garden
 

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
 

British Columbia
Burnaby Centennial Rose Garden
 

Address: Burnaby Mountain Park, Burnaby, British Columbia

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.
 
Centennial Rose Garden

Address:  Dogwood Pavilion 621 Poirier St., Coquitlam, British Columbia
Specialities: Modern H.T.'s and Floribundas
 

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.

 Park and Tilford Gardens

Address: 240 Colton St., North Vancouver, British Columbia
 
Butchart Gardens Address: Saanich, Vancouver Island (20k north of Victoria),
British Columbia
Admission Charge: Yes
Website: http://carver.pinc.com/butchart
 
Agriculture Canada Station

Address:  Summerland, British Columbia

 

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.
 

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
 
Stanley Park Rose Garden Address: Vancouver, British Columbia
Specialities: Cross section of all types of roses, including miniatures
 
Memory Lane Rose Garden
 
Address: Polson Park, Vernon, British Columbia,
 
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.
 
The Rose Garden of Hatley Park National Historic Site

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.

Manitoba
Assiniboine Park

Address: 2355 Corydon Ave., Winnipeg, Manitoba
 

Agriculture Canada Research Station Address: Morden, Manitoba
Specialities: Canadian Shrub roses
Website: http://res2.agr.ca/winnipeg/pagetwo.htm
 
Newfoundland
Memorial University Garden
 
Address: Sir Wilfred Grenfell Campus, Cornerbrook, Newfoundland
 
Memorial University Campus Garden
 
Address: Elizabeth Avenue, St. John's, Newfoundland
 
New Brunswick
Le Jardin Botanique de New Brunswick

Address: Saint-Jacques, New Brunswick
Admission Charge: Yes
 

Nova Scotia
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
 

Halifax Public Garden
 
Address: Spring Garden Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia
 
Haliburton House Address: Clifton Avenue, Near Hwy 101, Windsor, Nova Scotia
 
Ontario
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
 

Central Park

Address: New Street, Burlington, Ontario
 

Nelson Park Address: New Street, Burlington, Ontario
 
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
 
University of Guelph Arboretum
 
Address: Hwy. 6, Guelph, Ontario
 
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.
 
Rayner Rose Garden
 
Address: Springbank and Wonderland, London, Ontario
 
St. Lawrence Park Commission
 
Address: Morrisburg, Ontario
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
 

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
  .
Gairloch Estate

Address: 1306 Lakeshore Rd. E., Oakville, Ontario
Specialities: Modern H.T.'s and Floribundas
 

Agriculture Canada Central Experimental Farm
 

Address: Prince of Wales Drive, Ottawa, Ontario

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.
 

Edwards Gardens Address: Lawrence Avenue at Leslie, Toronto, Ontario
Specialities: Modern H.T.'s and Floribundas, Old Garden roses
 
Canadian National Exhibition Park

Address: Lakeshore Ave. W., Toronto, Ontario
Specialities: Modern H.T.'s and Floribundas
 

Casa Loma Historical Garden Address: Spadina at Davenport Rd., Toronto, Ontario
Admission Charge: Yes
Specialities: Modern H.T.'s, Floribundas, Old Garden Roses
 
Humber Arboretum Address: Humber Boulevard, Toronto, Ontario
Specialities: Shrub Roses
 
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.
 

Chippawa Park Address: Welland, Ontario
 
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.
 
Prince Edward Island
Malpeque Gardens

Address: Blue Heron Drive, Route 20, Malpeque, Prince Edward Island

Quebec
Roseraie du Temiscouata
 

Address: Fort Ingall, Cabano, Quebec
 

City of Montreal Rose Garden Address: Ile Ste. Helene, Quebec
Specialities: Modern H.T.'s and Floribundas
 
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
 

The Connaught Rose Garden

Address: Mount Royal, Quebec
Specialities: Modern H.T.'s and Floribundas
 

Les Floralies Rose Garden Address: Ile Ste. Helene, Montreal, Quebec
Specialities: Modern H.T.'s and Floribundas
 
 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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