The Rose Garden Center, or the Tyler Municipal Rose Garden, is a historic, municipal garden of

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s in Tyler, Texas. It is the largest collection of roses in the United States. It is one of the largest tourist attractions in Tyler, it is the location of the Tyler Rose Museum, and is part of the annual Texas Rose Festival. The Rose Garden Center is listed on the

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since March 22, 2019, for its role in regional and state tourism.

History

The Rose Garden Center was a 1938

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(WPA) park project, and was mostly completed in 1941; but due to

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, the center did not open to the public until 1952. In 1956, the lawn at the Rose Garden Center started hosting the Queen's Tea event, a part of the annual

Texas Rose Festival The Texas Rose Festival, a three-day event held annually in Tyler, Texas, celebrates the role of the rose-growing industry in the local economy. The festivities, taking place during the third weekend of October, draw thousands of tourists to the cit ...

. In 1992, they rebuilt the associated building and expanded its size, in order to home the Tyler Rose Museum. It is a rose garden with more than 38,000 bushes and at least 500 varieties, including 50 types of heritage roses. It is the largest public collection of roses in the United States. It is also an

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(AARS) test garden. It is one of the largest tourist attractions in Tyler, it is the location of the Tyler Rose Museum, and is part of the annual Texas Rose Festival in October. In 2022, the center added QR codes near the plants in order to facilitate the identification of rose varieties.

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* {{Authority control National Register of Historic Places in Smith County, Texas Buildings and structures completed in 1952 Rose gardens in the United States Tourist attractions in Smith County, Texas History of Tyler, Texas Parks on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas Gardens in Texas

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