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March 6, 2009
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Everything's Coming Up Roses at Brooklyn Botanic Garden!
Celebrate June Is Rose Month at BBG's Cranford Rose Garden
Free Tours, a Special Shop Collection, and More
Brooklyn, New York—March 6, 2009—What could be more romantic than a single rose? How about tens of thousands of them? Delight the senses with a bounty of blooming roses during June Is Rose Month—a celebration honoring the enduring beauty of the rose, New York State's official flower, at Brooklyn Botanic Garden's world-famous Cranford Rose Garden.
Noted for displaying one of the most diverse rose collections in the country, the Cranford Rose Garden is sure to kindle a sense of awe at the heart-stopping beauty of its collection—along with thoughts of romance and love that the rose has come to symbolize. The Cranford Rose Garden is home to more than 5,000 rosebushes and nearly 1,200 different Rosa species, cultivars, and hybrids. The collection includes varieties chosen by All-America Rose Selections (AARS), wild species, old garden roses, hybrid teas, grandifloras, climbers, ramblers, and miniatures. In early summer, tens of thousands of roses cascade over arches, climb up lattices, clamber over the Eileen Duggan Pavilion, and pose in formal beds. Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Cranford Rose Garden preserves the rich and vast legacy of the rose, as modern hybrids thrive alongside old garden ancestors.
Visit bbg.org/rosemonth for more information on the Cranford Rose Garden and June Is Rose Month. Plus, see visitor photos—and upload your own—at BBG's June Is Rose Month photo pool on Flickr.
June Is Rose Month: June 1 through June 30
All events free with Garden admission
June Is Rose Month Guided Garden Tour
Saturdays and Sundays at 3 p.m. in front of the Visitor Center, through June 30.
Take a guided tour of Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Cranford Rose Garden, a charming collection of America's most popular flower—from old garden roses to modern hybrids.
Seasonal Highlights Guided Tour
Saturdays and Sundays at 1 p.m. in front of the Visitor Center, ongoing.
Indulge in the Garden's exuberant display of early-summer perennials and annuals, including violets, poppies, marigolds, and blooming rosebushes.
The Cranford Rose Garden Self-Guided Tour
Pick up a brochure at the admission gates or Visitor Center to explore the rose collection, and see why artists and poets have been immortalizing this enchanting flower for centuries.
Gardener's Resource Center
View roses in botanical literature and art books, and have questions about roses answered by resource center staff.
Everything Roses:
Visit the Everything Roses shop within the Gift Shop for a unique selection of rose items, or visit online at shop.bbg.org.
bbg.org/rosemonth
Visit Brooklyn Botanic Garden's website to learn all about the Cranford Rose Garden and classifying roses.