Rose Arch Pergola at Gardens of the Rose, RNRS

The Royal National Rose Society Gardens, also known as The Gardens of The Rose, were the gardens and headquarters of The

Royal National Rose Society The Royal National Rose Society (RNRS) (1876-2017) was a specialist horticultural organization in the United Kingdom dedicated to the cultivation and appreciation of roses. Founded in 1876 as the "National Rose Society", it was the world's olde ...

at Bone Hill,

Chiswell Green Chiswell Green is a village, to the south of St. Albans, in the parish of St Stephen and district of City of St Albans in Hertfordshire. It has a population of approximately 2,800. It is in the civil parish of St. Stephen. It is located on the N ...

St Albans St Albans () is a cathedral city in Hertfordshire, England, east of Hemel Hempstead and west of Hatfield, Hertfordshire, Hatfield, north-west of London, south-west of Welwyn Garden City and south-east of Luton. St Albans was the first major ...

Hertfordshire Hertfordshire ( or ; often abbreviated Herts) is one of the home counties in southern England. It borders Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire to the north, Essex to the east, Greater London to the south, and Buckinghamshire to the west. For govern ...

in the

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...

. The Royal National Rose Society was established in 1876 and the gardens were opened over 50 years ago by Mary, Princess Royal who was a Patron of the society at the time. The Society's stated aim was to create a "living dictionary" of roses. The gardens contain 2,500 different

rose A rose is either a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus ''Rosa'' (), in the family Rosaceae (), or the flower it bears. There are over three hundred species and tens of thousands of cultivars. They form a group of plants that can be ...

cultivar A cultivar is a type of cultivated plant that people have selected for desired traits and when propagated retain those traits. Methods used to propagate cultivars include: division, root and stem cuttings, offsets, grafting, tissue culture, ...

s among 15,000 rose bushes. File:RNRS gardens inc pergola.JPG, Royal National Rose Society Gardens (2013) File:Rose Arch at RNRS gardens of the Rose.JPG, Royal National Rose Society Gardens (2010) File:Path through Gardens of the Rose, RNRS.JPG, Royal National Rose Society Gardens (2013) File:Silver Birch and Rose Beds at Gardens of the Rose, RNRS.JPG, Royal National Rose Society Gardens (2010) The Royal National Rose Society went into administration on 15 May 2017. The Gardens are permanently closed.

Royal Entomological Society

The

Royal Entomological Society The Royal Entomological Society is devoted to the study of insects. Its aims are to disseminate information about insects and improving communication between entomologists. The society was founded in 1833 as the Entomological Society of London ...

refurbished the mansion at Bone Hill to become the society's headquarters known as

Butterfly World Butterfly World is located in Tradewinds Park in Coconut Creek, Florida, United States. It opened in 1988, and is the largest butterfly park in the world, and the first park of its kind in the Western Hemisphere. The facility houses around 20,000 ...

. Following a £27 million build, the project was launched in March 2008 at an event at the Royal Society in London. In December 2015, it was closed.

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