PORTLAND, Ore. — Boasting spectacular views of the city skyline and — on a clear day — snow-covered Mount Hood, Portland's International Rose Test Garden in Washington Park is a refuge from ...

Portland, Oregon is known as the city of roses but it could also be known as the city of gardens. We visited the International Rose Test Garden, the oldest garden of its kind in the United States ...

But even the Rose Garden has seen changes. A park replacement bond approved by Portland voters in 2014 financed a new accessible promenade through the garden.. Under its current curator, Harry ...

The International Rose Test Garden turns 100 this year, and is one of Portland's most-popular attractions. But there are some things about the garden that not everyone knows.

The crown jewel of Rose City, no time spent in Portland is complete without a visit to the International Rose Test Garden. One of many worthwhile attractions at Washington Park, the garden is home ...

Harry Landers worked for and curated Portland's famous International Rose Test Garden from 1989 to 2017. In that time, he increased the garden by more than 7,000 rose plants.

Landers spent nearly 30 years as the International Rose Test Garden’s botanic specialist and curator. Since he retired in 2017, Landers said he has watched parts of the garden fall into disarray.

In its first year, the garden occupied about a block, between a playground and an elk corral. Today, it spans 4.5 terraced acres (1.8 hectares), with more than 10,000 rose bushes — more than 600 ...