Rose Garden Center (Tyler, Texas)
Tyler Municipal Rose Garden | |
Tyler Rose Garden Center | |
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Location | 420 Rose Park Drive, Tyler, Smith County, Texas, U.S. |
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Coordinates | 32°20′43″N 95°19′17″W / 32.345393°N 95.321371°W |
Area | 14 acres (5.7 ha) |
NRHP reference No. | 100003539[1] |
Added to NRHP | March 22, 2019 |
The Rose Garden Center, or the Tyler Municipal Rose Garden, is a historic, municipal garden of roses in Tyler, Texas.[2] It is the largest collection of roses in the United States.[3] It is one of the largest tourist attractions in Tyler, it is the location of the Tyler Rose Museum, and is part of the annual Texas Rose Festival.[4][5][6]
The Rose Garden Center is listed on the National Register of Historic Places since March 22, 2019, for its role in regional and state tourism.[5]
History
[edit]![Rose Garden Center (March 2009) in Tyler, Texas](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Tyler_Rose_Garden.jpg/220px-Tyler_Rose_Garden.jpg)
The Rose Garden Center was a 1938 Works Progress Administration (WPA) park project, and was mostly completed in 1941; but due to World War II, the center did not open to the public until 1952.[5] In 1956, the lawn at the Rose Garden Center started hosting the Queen's Tea event, a part of the annual Texas Rose Festival.[4] In 1992, they rebuilt the associated building and expanded its size, in order to home the Tyler Rose Museum.[4]
It is a 14-acre (5.7 ha) rose garden with more than 38,000 bushes and at least 500 varieties, including 50 types of heritage roses.[6] It is the largest public collection of roses in the United States.[3] It is also an All-America Rose Selections (AARS) test garden.[2]
It is one of the largest tourist attractions in Tyler, it is the location of the Tyler Rose Museum, and is part of the annual Texas Rose Festival in October.[5][6][4] In 2022, the center added QR codes near the plants in order to facilitate the identification of rose varieties.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b Elvin, McDonald. Texas Public Gardens. Pelican Publishing. p. 170. ISBN 978-1-4556-1292-5.
- ^ a b c Searles, Sam (April 7, 2022). "Scan your way through the Tyler Rose Garden with QR codes". CBS19.tv. Retrieved January 27, 2023.
- ^ a b c d Reed, Robert Earl (2009). Tyler. Arcadia Publishing. p. 127. ISBN 978-0-7385-7178-2.
- ^ a b c d Wright, Jeff; Chavez, Jeff (September 16, 2019). "Tyler Rose Garden designated as 'national treasure' in register of historic places". KLTV. Retrieved January 27, 2023.
- ^ a b c "Tyler Rose Garden in full bloom". Longview News-Journal. Tyler Morning Telegraph. 2019. Retrieved January 27, 2023.
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