International Rose Test Garden

The roses are beautiful year-round. The grounds are meticulously maintained and rose bushes labeled. You can park on the street and walk in but drop off the children with a chaperone before you park .

The Francis Meilland is the most amazing smelling rose - find it's location on the alphabetically listed map and hunt it down! Oh, and the gardens are gorgeous in general... Great photo ops to be had.

Beautiful flowers and no charge to get in! Would be a great place to have a romantic picnic or to sit on a bench and read a good book . And I love the Shakespeare garden !

Over 550 types of roses throughout the garden . It's extremely well taken care of and so beautiful! A great place for a walk or a date.

I cannot believe this place is free to the public. It is unbelievably beautiful with roses of all colors and scents. Great date location with views of Portland and Mt Hood.

Deserving of its reputation: MAGNIFICENT rose garden populated by 10'000 roses covering 600 species.

Opened in 1917, the garden houses over 7,000 rose plants of approx. 550 varieties. It's the oldest continuously operating public rose test garden & exemplifies Portland's nickname 'The City of Roses '.

Really beautiful overlook near Pittock Mansion where you can lounge in the grass and see Mt. Hood if it's out. Also there are tennis courts and Japanese gardens , if you get that far.

Worth the trip for Washington Park and the variety of roses . Free place to visit and recoup.

The variety and quantity of roses is amazing! Just wish more of them were giving off a scent.

No matter what the season, this is a place that may be enjoyed by all ages. A pleasant reminder as to why Portland is known as the City of Roses .

Huge rose garden that is a pinnacle of Portland. Definitely come here in the Spring when the flowers are in bloom.

You can see Mt. Hood from the garden (not showing up in this photo). The harp player is nice. Some take blankets and snacks and lay out in the evenings.

Follow the bees for the best smelling roses . Then stop to smell them (but only after the bee leaves)

Amazing views and loads of space for a casual picnic

Large, neat walking area with a stunning view of Portland and Mt. Hood! Beautiful flowers too.

Lovely and free for all, spacious and beautiful, much better than the Japanese gardens .

Absolutely beautiful! Free to get in but you pay for parking . Fully in bloom during early September.

Soon after its opening in 1917, European horticulturists began to send samples of their finest hybrids to this garden for safekeeping from the fires of World War I. (From Aerial America) Read more

Find the section with the first place winners from each year over the past several decades. See if you can find a trend.

Enjoy a cigar while taking in one of the best views of the city .

My favorite place here is the big open area that you can go and sit at. It's surrounded by roses and it's so relaxing

Did you know? During World War I, out of fear that unique rose hybrids would be lost to the bombings in Europe, hybridists abroad sent plants to Portland to keep them safe. Read more

If you go to the statue of the man tipping his fedora, the artist engraved a dolphin symbol near his left heel.

Free admission . Very close to Portland Japanese Garden , recommend doing both of them.

Much better to visit in spring or summer , really amazing landscape

This a must see if you are in Portland!!!!

Massive rose garden in the hills of downtown Portland. http://www.portlandonline.com/parks/finder/?PropertyID=1113&action=ViewPark

It's called Rock n Roll and a rose by any other name could never smell as sweet...most pungent sweet smelling rose ... EVER!

Two of the best roses ? Black Magic(In the test garden I believe) and the Whisper(Gold Medal Garden )

Amazing tiered garden where they test new strains of roses . Highly recommend.

If you arrive having forgotten it’s not rose season and none are in bloom, check out the nearby Portland Japanese Garden .

An amazing place to walk around and spend a day literally smelling the roses

The Shakespeare Garden , built in 1945, was originally intended to contain only those trees , flowers and other plants which appear in Shakespeare’s plays, but now contains roses named after the charact Read more

So many roses . I walked through this on the way back from the Japanese garden and was blown away.

Did you know Portland is known to be the city of roses ? Come here to find out why. Also a great spot to get an amazing view of the city .

Beautiful garden ! Well worth a day trip. Bring a lunch and have a picnic .

So many beautiful roses ! Every color you could imagine. They don't call it the Rose City for nothing.

The garden was wonderful, but the weather the time we visited was not.

You can't visit the City of Roses without a stop here. There are like a bazillion roses here. Pretty pretty.

Hard to believe a place like this exists and that it’s so accessible and free

such a relaxing place. bring a picnic and some friends!

Huge rose garden with a variety of roses . Come on the spring.

Free guided tour at 1 pm.

Go when roses in season. Smells great.

I love this place. There are so many roses !

Such a beautiful garden with endless roses .

Beautiful as always. A PDX must.

Free. Take a picnic and have a day!

Fred, Carrie, and Alexandra come here for a super French photo shoot on Bastille Day in Portlandia S3 E9.