Maplewood Rose Garden

Terribly maintained!

Just awful today - I met one landscaper, who was doing a great job, but 70% of it is overrun with weeds. The bushes all have blackspot, and they are not deadheaded. As a master gardener and rose lover...

Smelling the Roses

I’ve been several times on different years through this park, but either it was towards the end or off seasons. Today I was driving by and saw the blooms and stopped for a little bit, and they were p...

Late Fall visit

Because we were there in October a lot of the roses were done for the year, but some were still in bloom. We appreciated that they were labeled and that the park is free,. This is a short walk to the ...

Neglecting Rochester Tourism

Neglected, weed-filled, badly maintained plants. Probably volunteers responsible for upkeep are overwhelmed. Straggly plants, no pruning. . .but ID signs still in place.City of Rochester seems unable ...

It's five star in June

This is a pretty decent sized rose garden with a large variety of styles and colors - lots of "wow". We went in mid-June, so that helped, of course. No charge, there is parking. We took a lot of pi...