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Roses

Portland’s mild, wet winters and warm, dry summers make it a paradise for roses.

botanical gardens

A Botanical Showdown Planted the Seed for Portland’s International Rose Test Garden

Portland, Oregon is known as the City of Roses, but clinching this title was no easy feat.

Sponsored By Travel Portland

Jayantrao Tilak Rose Garden

Unassuming public garden with hundreds of rose varieties.

<em>Apicius</em> doesn't specify decorating this dish with rose petals, but it adds a nice touch.

Make Ancient Roman Brain and Rose Soufflé

Somebody in the fifth century combined these ingredients into one recipe, and probably no one has since.

Andrew Coletti November 14, 2023

The Secret History & Hidden Wonders of Charlotte, North Carolina

Between tree-lined streets and a boom town feel, Charlotte surprises with a deep-rooted history and plenty of must-see spots.

Sponsored By Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority

Trail through rose bushes.

Tyler Rose Garden

The largest public collection of roses in the United States.

Vartanush

Armenian monks at an island monastery in the Venetian Lagoon make a rare rose petal jam.

Podcast: The Thousand-Year Rose

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team April 21, 2021

Indianapolis, Indiana

Chatham Passage

This multisensory alley has the ability to remind bustling citygoers to stop and smell the roses.

Srinagar, India

Arq-e-Gulab

An old curiosity shop holds on to a centuries-old tradition of manually-distilled rose water.

A worker picks roses as butterflies dance over the fields.

Every Spring, an Idyllic Iranian Town Turns Fields of Roses Into Rose Water

By distilling their harvest of pink roses, locals make a fragrant ingredient.

Shervin Abdolhamidi May 29, 2019

National Museum of Qatar.

National Museum of Qatar

The building is a gigantic piece of art inspired by the shape of a desert rose.

Picking the Mohammadi rose in Qamsar.

Kashan Rose Water Festival

Iran’s annual celebration of its signature flower makes this desert region fragrant.

Falooda

A 2,500-year-old Persian dessert evolved into this Indian summertime favorite.

Portland, Oregon

International Rose Test Garden

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

Brinchang, Malaysia

Rose Centre

A lush terraced garden full of thousands of colorful roses and mystical art.

Permanently Closed

Museum display.

Noble, Oklahoma

Timberlake Rose Rock Museum

A collection of beautiful crystals shaped like freshly plucked roses.

A sweet spread, replete with roses.

The Downfall of Rose Water, Once America's Favorite Flavor

Until the 1840s, adding a dash of rose water to sweets was the norm.

Jaya Saxena October 18, 2017