The Gardens of the American Rose Center

The American Rose Center
The Gardens of the American Rose Center is located in Louisiana
The Gardens of the American Rose Center
TypeRose garden
LocationShreveport, Louisiana
Coordinates32°27′34″N 93°57′03″W / 32.459545°N 93.950717°W / 32.459545; -93.950717
Area118 acres
Created1974
DesignerJackson & Perkins
Operated byThe American Rose Society
OpenApril 1 – October 31[1]
Plants20,000[2]
Species100[2]
Collections65 individual rose gardens[3]
Websiterose.org

The American Rose Center is a rose garden in Shreveport, Louisiana owned and operated by The American Rose Society. There are over 20,000 rose bushes of 100 varieties in 65 separate rose gardens on 118 acres of pine forests and woodlands.[4]

  1. ^ "Welcome to the American Rose Center: America's Rose Garden". American Rose Society. Archived from the original on 2020-06-14. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
  2. ^ a b Streeter, Robert (September 5, 2019). "Stop and smell the roses at the Gardens of the American Rose Center". Ark-La-Tex Weekend. Archived from the original on September 18, 2020. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
  3. ^ "Regional Gardens". Northwest Louisiana Master Gardeners. Archived from the original on 2020-09-18. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  4. ^ Fonseca, Mary (1999). Louisiana Gardens. Pelican Publishing. pp. 17–19. ISBN 9781455607761. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2020.