Rose (public) Garden  

Listing last updated on Thu Nov 2024

Near Malton
Yorkshire
United Kingdom

[From A Heritage of Roses, by Hazel Le Rougetel, p. 136:] Castle Howard Rose Garden, near York, where Jim Russell, who [as was Graham Stuart Thomas] had also been associated with Sunningdale nursery, has amassed a comprehensive collection. This was originally conceived as a tribute to the memory of Lady Cecilia Howard and was completed in 1978... wide borders of old roses, including a particularly lovely one of Albas, are well planted with foliage plants and succeeding flowerers -- phlox, for example...

[From 2001 The Rose, published by The Royal National Rose Society, Volume 95, Part 1, page 15. 
Lin Hawthorne who lives and works on the estate, takes us on a tour of The Rose Gardens at Castle Howard.