Experience more than 20,000 roses in bloom as the Gardens of the American Rose Center. The Gardens are open from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. on Sundays. Admission is $5 for ages 12 and older, $4 for seniors 60+, $3 for children 6 - 12, 5 and younger are free. For more information, 318-938-8051.
The Gardens of the American Rose Center is the home of the American Rose Society, created in 1974 through the contributions of rose lovers around the world. The 118-acre park contains more than 65 individual gardens with each bed and planting specially designed to demonstrate ways roses can be grown in the average home garden. It is conveniently located just off of I-20, Exit 5, in Shreveport, LA.
By: Maria Scott, ARS
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Green Thumb Seminars at The Gardens of the American Rose Center
The Gardens of the American Rose Center is hosting a Green Thumb Seminar with former Shreveport Rose Society President Charlotte Haring on Saturday, April 10 at 10:00 a.m. in the Klima Rose Hall, the American Rose Society Education & Visitor Center. Haring will be discussing “David Austin and his English Roses.” The seminar is free and open to the public. For more information 318-938-8051.
Charlotte Haring is a former President of the Shreveport Rose Society, a Consulting Rosarian of the American Rose Society and a Past President of the Louisiana State Museum Landscape and Grounds Advisory Board.
Green Thumb Seminars are held each month at the Gardens of the American Rose Center and features a new gardening topic and speaker. Gardens of the American Rose Center
It is the home of the American Rose Society, created in 1974 through the contributions of rose lovers around the world. The 118-acre park contains more than 65 individual gardens with each bed and planting specially designed to demonstrate ways roses can be grown in the average home garden. It is conveniently located just off of I-20, Exit 5, in Shreveport, LA.
By: Maria Scott, ARS
