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Scenic & Romantic
Stop and Smell 3,500 Roses
Stanley Park's 1920 rose garden hits 3,500 blooms in late June, with a climbing-rose arbour nobody outside Vancouver knows about.
Scenic & Romantic
Stanley Park's 1920 rose garden hits 3,500 blooms in late June, with a climbing-rose arbour nobody outside Vancouver knows about.
Telling someone to stop and smell the roses is a cliche right up until you are standing inside 3,500 of them, which the Stanley Park Rose Garden has been offering since 1920. The signature is the west-coast arbour, where clematis and climbing roses tangle overhead in a way that makes you walk slower without quite knowing why, and it is one of the most quietly romantic spots in the park that the city has somehow managed not to ruin with crowds. Time it for late June when the beds are at their loud, fragrant, photogenic peak. Go slowly. The whole place is small enough to feel like a discovery. It is free year-round, and immediately paired with the Pavilion next door if you want a drink to go with the standing around looking very pleased with yourselves.
