• America’s Best Rose Garden

    The San Jose municipal Rose Garden beat out over 100 rose garden in the U.S. to win the coveted “America’s Best Rose Garden” award.

    America’s Best Rose Garden

  • Winter Pruning

    is one of the major events of the year.  In 2010, over 900 volunteers showed up and pruned 4,000 roses in 90 minutes!  Join us January 2014!

    Winter Pruning

  • All Levels of Abilities

    are welcome at our events. We have trained volunteers that can assist the young and the old in learning about how to care for roses.  

    All Levels of Abilities

  • The Friends of the San Jose Rose Garden

    have Master Volunteers that teach people proper rose care, and they get to practice in the Garden!

    The Friends of the San Jose Rose Garden

  • Friends of the Rose Garden

    become Friends IN the Rose Garden and enjoy spending time together at the garden.  Here volunteers are displaying their gauntlet gloves donated by West County Gardener Gloves!

    Friends of the Rose Garden

Roses and Reels! Movie night at the Garden!

This upcoming season, there are going to a lot more community events, besides the typical volunteer days.  In the past, there wold be an occasional movie night, but this year, thanks to Councilmember Dev Davis, we will be kicking it up a notch!  While we can't divulge all the details YET, you are in … Read More>>>

Our LAST Newsletter! A History of our Org!

This December 2019 newsletter covers many topics! You will learn about our upcoming community rose pruning volunteer day, and how to get a FREE ROSE BUSH!!! This issue shows how long the Garden has come since the FSJRG was formed.  you will see lots of wonderful pictures and history.  Click HERE to read/download! … Read More >>>

City Presentation at Hall of Fame Ceremony

Latest news

Rose Hip Jam Recipe

As winter approaches, we stop deadheading to let the roses slow down and store their energy.  Many roses form hips, and some are quite decorative.  They are full of vitamin C and it is nit uncommon to see Rose Hip Tea in the stores. But you can also make rose Hip Jam and Jelly.  At […]

How Roses are Created

The process to create a new rose variety can take over a decade of work. As one of a few Test Garden’s in the US, we get to see the new roses before anyone else. But to get to the test rose stage, it takes years of work. There are a few great videos featuring Ping […]

Bloom Cycles

  Bloom Cycles -­‐ what are they? Well everyone knows how beautiful the first flush of blooms are in April and May. The roses have stored up lot of energy over the winter and push out new growth in the spring. What results is the best blooms of the season. But at the Rose Garden, […]