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Several bright pink roses

Rose Garden

Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden
April–October

The Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden is among the most popular destinations at the Garden from May to October, when more than 650 varieties of roses are in peak bloom. The roses planted here include heirloom varieties selected for their intoxicating perfumes and modern selections chosen for their resistance to disease and pests as well as their beauty. The sights—and scents—are truly dazzling.

The Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden Tour

Winter Spring Summer Fall

Rose garden covered in snow.

SOPH Students working in the rose garden during the winter.

SOPH Students working in the rose garden during the winter.

Photo of a rose

Photo of a rose

Photo of the Rose Garden

Close up of small magenta roses growing from bushes with dark green leaves.

Closeup of pink and yellow roses and rose buds growing from green stems.

Aerial shot of Rose Garden with people walking on grey pathways, sections of green grass, rose bushes with small pink and white roses, green trees and blue skies.

Photo of the Rose Garden in summer

Photo of the Rose Garden in summer

Photo of the Rose Garden in summer

Photo of the Rose Garden in summer

Close up of roses that have shades of pink, orange and yellow in them all growing from dark green stems.

Aerial shot of Rose Garden showing grey pathways, green trees, and rose bushes of various shades of pink, red, orange and white.

Small light and dark pink roses growing from a green bush through a dark green gate.

Two people taking photos amongst fully bloomed rose bushes with shades of pink of white, green trees, and a vine-covered gazebo.

Angled shot of rose bushes in various shades of pink, and green gazebo covered in flowering vines, green trees and blue skies.

Aerial shot of Rose Garden including gray pathways leading to a stone staircase, pink, white, red and yellow roses, green grass, green trees all below blue skies.

Photo of a rose

Photo of the Rose Garden

Rose Garden - Fall

Photo of a rose

Small red and pink roses in green bushes, surrounded by a dark green gate underneath trees that have green, golden and red leaves.

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