Forty-Three Years of Tradition – and now, New Beginnings
By Marilyn Wellan
Forty-Three Years of Tradition – and now, New Beginnings
As in every year for 43 consecutive years, the Gardens at the American Rose Center will be magically transformed into a winter wonderland of twinkling lights for Christmas in Roseland in December.
The traditions of so many years past will await your visit. Of course, there will be photos with Santa, trains rides aboard the Roseland Express, the Blitzen Bar, Roasted Marshmallows, Music, Performances, Fireworks, and everyone’s favorite—Christmas Cards to the Community with 25 entries this year!
And lights, lights, lights and scenes, too!
What’s NEW THIS YEAR is, this will be the first year of Christmas in Roseland produced by the new American Rose Center and not the American Rose Society! As it always has been, it will be the largest fundraiser for the Gardens. We hope you will come and enjoy the fun and help to ensure the year 2027 is a good year for America’s Rose Garden.
Contact Information
Tours
Please call ahead to schedule.
Dates & Hours
- Monday - Friday: 8:00AM - 5:00PM
- Saturday & Sunday: 8:00AM - 12:00PM
The Gardens of The American Rose Center is a botanic garden featuring America’s national floral emblem, the Rose. The expansive Gardens feature architecturally significant, circular beds of modern and heirloom roses. The Gardens provide wide walkways for pleasurable strolls and peaceful walks and jogs under the tall, cathedral-like pine trees that surround the gardens. Visitors will find year-round interest in the setting, with azaleas, magnolias and other trees and shrubs, an herb garden, other themed gardens, a large reflecting infinity pool, art in the garden, and modern buildings and facilities including a gift shop. The Gardens are the “Home of “Christmas in Roseland” which has delighted and excited visitors every year for over forty years!