Rose Garden History

The present Rose Garden was built in 1929 and 1930 on the site of the Butchart's vegetable garden. Its design was developed by Seattle landscape artist Butler Sturtevant and adapted by Jennie Butchart. The head gardener at the time, Bob Ballantyne, was in charge of its installation, and his perfectionist methods greatly improved and expanded it over the next thirty years until his retirement in 1959. Between the Rose Garden and the nursery field, now the Concert Lawn, stood the Butchart family's orchard. The Rose Garden is home to 2500 roses in 250 varieties and is the only part of the garden in which the plants are labelled.

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