Roseiral de Serralves - Porto, Portugal - Rose Gardens on Waymarking.com

"Designed in 1932 as the Jardin Potager – Horticultural Garden, or more commonly, the Vegetable Garden – next to the then western border of the estate, the Rose Garden is now one of the Park’s most important locations, characterised by the rigorously geometric design of the boxwood flower beds that house roses on the lower level and a pergola of climbing roses on the upper level, with a gently modernized classical design.

The Rose garden was originally enclosed to the South and West, by fences that supported climbing plants, and thus constituted an open-air salon surrounded by walls of green vegetation. The garden still maintains this character, although the walls have since been substituted by hedges. The small circular fountain close to the centre of the garden, formerly pertained to the garden in Carlos Alberto Cabral’s family estate..."
From the official Park website: (visit link)

Garden Name: Roseiral de Serralves Location: park, museum Hours: 10-19h Fees: 18 € Website: [Web Link] Parking: Not Listed

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