The Garden Society of Gothenburg ( sv, Trädgårdsföreningen) is a park and

horticultural Horticulture is the branch of agriculture that deals with the art, science, technology, and business of plant cultivation. It includes the cultivation of fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, herbs, sprouts, mushrooms, algae, flowers, seaweeds and no ...

garden in central

Gothenburg Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has ...

, Sweden. It is located next to

Kungsportsavenyen Avenyn ( en, The Avenue; formally Kungsportsavenyen, (en. "Kingsgate Avenue")) is the main boulevard of Gothenburg, Sweden. Designed in the mid 19th century as the first middle-class residential district outside the bastions of the fortified heart ...

. The park was founded in 1842 by King Carl XIV Johan, on initiative of the amateur botanist Henric Elof von Normann. In the park there is an acclaimed

rose garden A rose garden or rosarium is a garden or park, often open to the public, used to present and grow various types of garden roses, and sometimes rose species. Most often it is a section of a larger garden. Designs vary tremendously and roses m ...

with some 4,000

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 ...

s of 1,900 species.From the homepage of Trädgårdsföreningen
The rose garden has been awarded stars in the

Michelin Green Guide The Michelin Guides ( ) are a series of guide books that have been published by the French tyre company Michelin since 1900. The Guide awards up to three Michelin stars for excellence to a select few establishments. The acquisition or loss of a ...

. There is also a 19th-century palm house, greenhouses, sculptures, a restaurant and cafés. It is one of the best preserved 19th century parks in Sweden.

Notes and references

External links

Homepage of Trädgårdsföreningen in English
Parks in Gothenburg 1842 establishments in Sweden Avenyn Rose gardens Horticultural organizations Horticulture in Sweden Listed buildings in Gothenburg {{garden-stub