I had a wonderful experience here! It was beautiful! The Japanese Garden was closed but this Rose Garden was open to the public. I would definitely recommend that you visit this place before it gets too cold.

Visiting the Test Garden while its in full bloom on a sunny day is a treat. It smells amazing everywhere and all the roses are lovely.Additionally there are several benches to sit on if you decide that sitting to enjoy is the best way to go.The garden is big enough that its fairly easy to social distance even if there are a lot of people there.Not a good variety of shaded places though, so be prepared to get lots of sunshine (if its not raining)!The Pay To Park areas are decent enough, but on a busy day be prepared to have to park not as close.Overall, its free to go (except parking) so if the chance to visit arises, I recommend going!

Ive never seen so many roses in my life! A hidden gem and a beautiful sight to see. The smell is also amazing. Surprisingly there are trees to shade you so even on a hot day going to the garden is bearable.There is paid parking available.

Nice experience of what the city of Roses is working with. I was inspired for my personal residence landscaping and I hope you are to. We took the opportunity to practice mindfulness towards tuning into nature, walking slowly (something that can be hard to do when we go, go, go all day). Bring a mask to wear while you walk around. We went mid day and it wasn’t crowded or busy at all. Picnicking, reading, yoga, practicing photography, breaking away for a 30 minute reset, this is the place to be. The roses smell sensational!

The roses were very beautiful. They all smelled different. Many different varieties. This garden has been in place and growing for 103 years. The fountain was my favorite part. It wasnt running but still logged very cool; like a vehicle from Tron.The visit was as expensive as the parking because that was the only cost.Id go again in a heart beat.

Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous. Open to the public and no admission charge. You can smell the flowers while youre walking around. Absolutely worth the drive up. Lots of space. Lots of colors! Theres an amphitheatre that makes a great picnic lunch space.

Gorgeous and absolutely breathtaking. Take a chance to visit, just be sure to check the blooming season. 4 acres of everything smelling like roses, plus so many other places to explore and walk to. A must see and a perfect place for picture taking

The International Rose Test Garden has always been one of my favorite places in Portland. There are roses of almost every color, beautiful views of the city, pretty floral arches, and lots of benches to sit and take it all in. Make sure to explore the Shakespeare Garden for a greater variety of leafy plants.

I wandered through here while I waited for the Japanese gardens to open. The amount and variety of roses is impressive. It would be even better if they added more/better signage to know what youre looking at.

The Intl Rose Test Garden is free and displays the most beautiful roses I have ever seen. This is a must visit if you are in Portland for any reason. Enjoy!

Perfect day for a visit to a place that surely will be one of our favorite places to bring our guests! Beautiful roses for as far as the eye can see! Many varieties and colors that looked beautiful!

Post covid reviewWent up in the early morning. Parking is easy. It isn’t too crowded and the flowers are fantastic in August. Highly recommended.

One of my favorites places to stroll in Portland! Beautiful flowers, well-kept paths, good parking, and 10,000 different types of roses.

Really great park. The Shakespeare area is lovely and a little tucked away if youd like to sit and read or chat.

What a relaxing way to spend an afternoon! Beautiful rose Garden with a rich history.

What an absolutely wonderful place to visit! The roses are so well kept and more varieties than I have ever seen. Think beautiful tranquility.

WOW so amazing. Great place for a date or to spend a bit walking around

Stop and smell the roses! This is a beautiful, well maintained rose garden. You can spend the day here just meandering around. Theres a small parking lot at the front entrance, but plenty of parking around washington park. Youll need to pay to park, its a reasonable $2/hr or $8 for the day. There are easily accessible parking pay stations, but they only accept change or cards. There are some ADA ramps to get in the garden, but some hills are steep. The views here are amazing and there are Roses galore. At the edge of the park theres an amphitheater where you can rest and have lunch or let little ones run around on the grass. Washington park, the Oregon zoo, the arboretum, and forest park are all easily accessible from here. Theyre all worth a visit! Plenty of trails to explore even out of the garden. There is a public restroom that is open here, but the gift shop is currently closed (due to COVID-19). It seems that the water features are also not operating. Please social distance here or wear a mask. We went at a less busy time and didnt have any issue with social distancing.

This is an excellent place to go for a walk among some amazing flowers. Portland’s climate is ideal for rose growing and this garden doesn’t disappoint- there are roses from around the world to see here!

Any visit to Portland, the City of Roses, should include a trip to the International Rose Test Garden. May thru July tend to be best to see the thousands of varieties of roses, from miniature roses to giant saucer sized varieties. The garden also boasts some great peek-a-boo views of the downtown skyline and Mt. Hood on clear days. Bring a picnic lunch and enjoy the meal amongst the flowers.

One of the most beautiful places in Portland. Early mornings are amazing and the least crowded time. I love the fact that you are right in the middle of Portland but the Rose Gardens are so peaceful.

So nice that this place is free to the public. Its beautiful and I could spend all day here with my camera. Only reason I cant give 5 stars is because you have to pay for parking, so it would cost you to spend all day here. Also you have to be sure to go at the right time of year. Was a nice place to relax and smell the roses, pun intended

TOURISTS: Beautiful, and in a clear day you can get pics of the garden AND Mount hood in one shot! Parking is hard to come by on a busy day, so get here early. Also bring some comfortable shoes, because theres lots of walking an elevation. Water stations are around, but no so easily marked, so a full water bottle isnt a bad idea.

Breathtaking Roses. Free to public. Nice park for a summer day.

Im a local, and this place never disappoints. Beautiful gardens, views, fragrances and so many varieties of roses. I love bringing out of town visitors here to sample the best Roses Portland has to offer!

Free of charge, this place is one of the best getaways within the city of Portland. It’s literally like a huge park filled with hundreds of premium roses. Some spots are very charming and you feel like you’re in a secret garden which is amazing for photo ops. Please visit during spring and summer as these roses start to fade away going in to Fall season.

A very peaceful place above the city. The variety of roses is quite something to see.

I love coming here always best in the summer

Lots of wheelchair accessable areas, although there are some step grades around. Beautiful views and a meticulously well kept garden. There are restrooms, a gift shop, and what appeared to be a permanent food kiosk.

As someone who is not particularly familiar with roses, I was blown away by the sheer variety and beauty of the subjects in this garden. The beds are extremely well organized and many of the roses were in full bloom during our visit. If you have even a shred of interest in flowers, I would highly recommend a visit to this stunning garden.

Roses, Roses and In so many colors and gorgeous places around it, Washington Park, Portland Holocaust Memorial and so many hiking trails #NWPDX #NWPDXInternationaleRoseTestGarden.

Theres no reason not to visit this beautiful place. All of the rose garden is free to the public. Japanese garden you have to pay for.Its a great place to sit down and smell the flowers

Very nice. My teen girls loved taking pics of the roses. I bet its even prettier in the Spring/Summer. We went end of September.

A beautiful free space to stretch your legs and literally smell the roses. You can see Mt. Hood in the distance on a clear day. Worth a visit.

Love these gardens! Peaceful, quiet and the fragrant roses so wonderful. I love it so much Im planning to get married there.

Beautiful garden with lovely roses! Worth visiting :)

Go to this place. Avoid imperialist Japanese Garden and their $18 admission fee.Rose garden lots of nice flowers and fresh air. You can even play some tennis.Parking is scarce on sunny weekends. Its a short Uber ride from downtown.Dog friendly. Public restroom.Ten minute walk to bonus archery range if you want to practice some white knighting.

It is always a wonderful visit at the Rose Test Garden. We love all the varieties of roses!

Beautiful place. If youre in Portland between June and August and love roses you have to check it out.

Really awesome rose garden with different coloured rose. Perfect spot for pictures/wedding pictures. They also hold free opera concert occasionally. The entire garden filled with flower smell. Each rose have a different scent. There is no admission fee to this garden. Highly recommended.

Omg, did I stumble into a magnificent place! I was visiting the Japanese Garden and overheard someone taking about this place across the street. I slipped between the tennis courts and walked down the steps and was simply overcome with the beauty of this garden in full bloom. The fragrance is intoxicating. And the gardens go on forever it seems. Every color under the rainbow! Every size, every delicate petal shape, its unlike anything Ive ever seen. Millions of blooms as far as the eye can see!It was also the night they were having a free concert in the park!!! What a fortuitous day!Go. Youll not regret it!

Omg this place is so beautiful! This is an awesome place for photos!!

Nice place.... great view....A place to visit whit the family

This was the first time visiting the Rose Garden!The sights and smells were a peaceful way to unwind in these devastating trouble time of Corona virus.

We had a wonderful time at the Rose garden today. My three kids really enjoyed it as well. Its beautiful and the roses smell amazing! Only negative is parking takes quite a bit of time to find.

Free, beautiful, I visited on 5.25.2019 and not all the roses are bloom yet. Maybe couple more weeks it would be awesome. Still decent amount to look around. There is a big childrens playground close by. Pretty good too.

Beautiful Roses , calm relaxing place to meditate during a beautiful sunny day! They are amazing of keeping their roses nice and fresh all watered and made sure they were no dead roses . Free shuttles too you can get from the Portland Zoo to the international Rose test garden and back! Shuttles come out every few minutes with great clean seats and shuttles! I would recommend this place if you love roses!

Even in the off season, this was fun to visit. I highly recommend for dates, as theres lots of food options in the city, or bring your own food and have a picnic!

SPECIAL!! I love coming up here and wandering down the rows of roses. I never used to be a big rose fan until I came to this garden. There are so many different colors and shapes and SMELLS. It’s such a fun, relaxed atmosphere. Bring a blanket and make a picnic in the amphitheater right by the roses!

They must stop place for anyone who visits Portland. I’ve visited this place for different times and I am always amazed by a variety of roses.

So many roses, gorgeous, and free! Definitely worth doing whether youre a tourist or a local or hosting family and friends.

The road garden is spectacular! There are more varieties of rose than seems imaginable of all colors, shapes, sizes and scents and the garden is enormous. We spent a couple hours walking around and getting a guided tour and felt like we didn’t see even half of the garden. This would be a wonderful place to study, go on a date or just go on a peaceful and beautiful walk.

Why go? Besides the great outdoors.. it is lovely here.Beautiful flowers of course. Whats even better is they are all in different stages of bloom. Come back in 1 week 2 weeks you will see a different just bloomed garden

Beautiful space to go along with family or by yourself. Make sure you visit this place in late spring and summer as itll be full of blooms & fragrance. Theres food, restrooms, sitting area available. There is no entry fee & Japanese garden is across the street and paid parking is available. The garden has 3 levels and there are a few stairs to get to the garden, theyve also got wheelchair access entry & exit points on both the corners on the garden.

Beautiful Rose garden. A great place to visit during summer time. Located about 3 hours away from Seattle. Huge place to walk around and see tons of roses, many many variations. All this free of cost! Be ready to wait long to take photographs.

So beautiful. We decided to come here while driving through Portland and Im glad we stopped here.

Such a beautiful place - 600 varieties of roses, 10,000+ plants. Not every plant is labeled, so I am posting my photos of the garden map and key. I almost missed the entrance from the north side, hidden behind some gorgeous blue hydrangeasI took the #20 bus to get there, which meant a pretty steep hike up through the park with stairs, but that was also beautiful.

Beautiful Garden with many varities of roses! Great family outing, plus it is free!

Winter is not best time to visit but you will enjoy walking around, different refreshing experience. Summer is best time

When I went here in mid-June, there were thousands of roses in bloom. There are so many varieties of roses here, and there are placards staked in the ground to let you know what their names are. If a variety doesnt have a placard next to it, you can refer to a map located in the park that lists the roses names.A few years ago, I went to the garden with my mom, who loved the floribunda Rhapsody in Blue bushes that we saw. This year for Mothers Day, I bought her a Rhapsody in Blue rosebush online (its not commonly found in stores). She loves it! I have the International Rose Test Garden to thank for the good idea for a special present for my mom!

Incredible Rose garden. Impeccably kept

Beautiful place to stop and smell the roses...literally lol. June is full bloom so dont miss it!!

I absolutely adore this garden. The best place for a walk and a picnic!

Beautiful roses. Best rose garden I’ve been to

If youre in Portland between June and August, the International Rose Test Garden in Washington Park is stunning, to say the least. Even on a warm late summer evening before sunset, with parking free, it is a lovely place to take a walk among the flowers. The history behind the gardens founding is interesting too, stemming from the destruction from WWI in Europe.

Absolutely gorgeous. An easy walk for pretty much anyone. Would highly recommend going even if youre not a huge fan of flowers. The colors and vibrancy of the gardens are extraordinary.

One of the most beautiful places I have been to. Anyone with slightest interest in gardening or flowers would absolutely fall for it

Beautiful and tranquil place to visit, rain or shine. Parking is affordable, and entry into the garden is free!

I’m a senior portrait photographer and love love LOVE this spot in the summer!! It’s seriously gorgeous and has so much variety between the flowers and the forest-y areas. It’s also right next to Washington Park which is huge and a great location as well! All photographers should shoot here at least once!

This place is gorgeous. The whole of Washington Park is a gem but this is definitely a highlight with so many different rose varieties it will blow ya damn mind! Even when not in peak bloom this place is worth the visit.

A lot of beautiful roses different colors

Beautiful park that really isn’t too crowded (due to how large it is.) definitely worth a stop if you are visiting Portland, plus, it is free!

Beautiful selection of roses. Peaceful garden to walk around in. Benches for a rest are spread out around the grounds. There are a fair amount of stairs. Parking is paid only. Right next to the Japanese Garden if you want something else to do, too.

The place is just beautiful. I love the volunteers who help take care of it! In the parking lot theres a little trailer that sells snacks and drinks, and he stayed open late for me because I was thirsty!

Gorgeous, huge garden with dozens of varieties. June is a great time to see lots of blooms!

Will add my accolades to this Amazing Rose garden. Over 1,000 plants lovingly tended in a 4 acre park. As an out-of-state visitor, this was my first time to the garden. Will be back! The gift shop was also very nice; I picked up some gifts for my friends who tend the community garden where I live. I also spent some time chatting with one of the volunteers, tending the roses is a labor of love.

Beautiful and free! So worth checking out. Some of the roses have very unique scents and the photo ops are endless.

Beautiful place. Lots to do. And a very nice park for the kids to play and I get to relax. Love it here. ⚘

This place has been my go to place for peace, to take a deep breath and relax. I used to live near the ocean, that was my place of peace but this was a happy replacement for me. A must see if you are in Portland.

Awesome garden! Just time it right so that you can see roses of all colors!

Friendly tip - there is a gift shop that you can get a handout to borrow to guide you through the garden.We were impressed by all the amazing roses, how vibrant and fragrant they were. It was a beautiful day to get discover all the flowers.My only wish was that it would be easier to find certain roses. There were a few we wanted to see and couldn’t find them. Still had a wonderful time!

We were a few weeks shy of blooms but it was a gorgeous space and so well maintained. We loved it way more than the Japanese gardens and it’s free! The variety and colors were impressive and the views over Portland were nice as well. Wood recommend to anyone visiting - especially if you come at the right time.

Beautiful garden, open to the public. It makes a great place to go for a walk even in the winter but is especially gorgeous when the roses are in bloom!

This was a nice place to go. I was surprised to see they still had roses in October, but there were still a lot to see. I especially liked that this place was free to visit. There is some free parking close by if you drive past the paid parking. We found plenty of street parking available.

Very nice park to walk around and enjoy the scenery. Well kept

Absolutely beautiful in summer. Plenty of places to find shade and a bench. 3 different ground levels with any rose variety you can think of. Worth the few dollars to park a vehicle and enjoy!

I came after the season was in full bloom but really enjoyed the areas. I could see all of the city of Portland for a few great photos. I enjoyed reading the names of the new roses they are trying to do experiments on Im assuming.

It was so beautiful and loved all the beautiful roses. I had a great time

This is a must see when in Portland! So many beautiful roses! You can spend hours just walking around taking in the views (we did!). Plus it’s a FREE attraction. There’s restrooms and food trucks.

Roses were mostly dead. Wasnt bad just wasnt somewhere I would return.

Beautiful place, but mind the traffic. It a tourist spot right in the middle of down town portland. I was there for about an hour and barely saw any of the park so there is plenty to look at. A few shops, vendors, and playgrounds are on the property but you may want to bring snacks and drinks for the family if your planning an all day trip. A couple of places were clearly for picnicking if thats your thing. Its exactly what I expected to see minus the roses because they bloom in may.

So many varieties of roses! Pretty crowded but it’s easy to ignore the crowd. The amphitheater is a cool place to just hang out as well

The parking is $2 for 2 hours or $8/day. The roses werent in bloom yet but the grounds were very nice and cherry blossoms looked great. It was an overcast day - I can only imagine how busy it gets when its peak season on a sunny day. Admission is free. Id go back!

Roses are starting to bloom! Everything looks great. They will be amazing in June!

Beautiful park with tons of recreational activities close like tennis courts and hiking alongside the gardens.

A lovely place but I regret visiting when the roses werent in bloom (late spring, nothing was open yet). Also, was Patton Oswalt taking creative liberties when he said there was an Orudis Blampfortt?

Beautiful, I could spend hours there but you can your it in an hour. Be sure to literally smell the roses, heavenly

So nice to visit even when the roses have already peaked. The smell of this place is magical.

Its a clean open space where you can spend a marvelous time with your family (dogs included) and friends.

Stunning garden, in fact this was one of the best parts of Portland. It was a little ways away from the city and was not worth walking, especially with the Portland rain. Took about 30 minutes to look at the whole gardens. There is also a Japanese garden attraction which we wish we could have seen, but unfortunately it was $20 a person