Roses For Lincoln

Displays of roses have been grown in Lincoln's parks since the 1930s, first in Sunken Gardens and then in the first municipal rose display garden established at this location in Antelope Park in the early 1940's. In May of 1944, the Lincoln Journal reported that this garden included more than 3,000 rose bushes with blossoms of 200 different colors. In 1945, the Cornhusker Rose Society sponsored a project dedicating a portion of the garden to trial and display roses suited to Nebraska's climate and growing conditions. The display of roses and companion plantings suited to growing in Lincoln has remained an emphasis of the garden. A second rose display garden was established in the northwest corner of Woods Park along O Street in 1960, and the Woods Park rose garden was consolidated with the rose garden in Antelope Park in 1993. In 2006, the Lincoln Rose Society partnered with the Lincoln Parks Foundation to raise funds to preserve, renovate and enhance Lincoln's municipal rose garden, and the newly renovated Hamann Rose Garden at Antelope Park was dedicated in 2008 through the dedicated effort of the campaign committee and generosity of donors.

Lincoln, Nebraska · United States