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{{short description|Rose garden in Shreveport, Louisiana}}▼
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| type = [[Rose garden]]
| location = [[Shreveport, Louisiana]]
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| designer = [[Jackson & Perkins]]
| operator = The American Rose Society
| plants = 20,000<ref name="arklatex">{{Cite web|url=http://www.arklatexweekend.com/stop-and-smell-the-roses-at-the-gardens-of-the-american-rose-center/|title=Stop and smell the roses at the Gardens of the American Rose Center|date=September 5, 2019|website=Ark-La-Tex Weekend|first=Robert|last=Streeter|access-date=May 31, 2020|archive-date=September 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918035009/http://www.arklatexweekend.com/stop-and-smell-the-roses-at-the-gardens-of-the-american-rose-center/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| collections = 65 individual rose gardens<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nwlamg.weebly.com/regional-gardens.html|title=Regional Gardens|website=Northwest Louisiana Master Gardeners|access-date=2020-09-18|archive-date=2020-09-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918035009/https://nwlamg.weebly.com/regional-gardens.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| open = April 1 – October 31<ref name="visitors">{{cite web|url=https://www.rose.org/visit-public-gardens|title=Welcome to the American Rose Center: America's Rose Garden|publisher=American Rose Society|access-date=2020-05-31|archive-date=2020-06-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614064031/https://www.rose.org/visit-public-gardens|url-status=live}}</ref>
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The '''American Rose Center''' is a [[rose garden]] in [[Shreveport, Louisiana]] owned and operated by The American Rose Society. There are over 20,000 rose bushes of 100 varieties in 65 separate rose gardens on 118 acres of [[pine|pine forests]] and [[woodland]]s.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fonseca |first1=Mary |title=Louisiana Gardens |date=1999 |publisher=Pelican Publishing |isbn=9781455607761 |pages=17–19 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OF-kE2SxUh8C&dq=%22the+American+Rose+Center%22&pg=PA18 |access-date=31 May 2020 |archive-date=18 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918035010/https://www.google.com/books/edition/Louisiana_Gardens/OF-kE2SxUh8C?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22the+American+Rose+Center%22&pg=PA18&printsec=frontcover |url-status=live }}</ref>
==America's Rose Garden==
The center's Mission & Vision statement is "Presenting the Rose, America's National Floral Emblem, in a natural setting of majestic pines and companion plants - for pleasure, education, and for the preservation and understanding of the beauty and significance of our favorite flower, the Rose."
The American Rose Center has supported the development and use of sustainable growing practices that do not degrade the environment; the grounds include a test garden for disease-resistant Hybrid Tea roses to demonstrate that exhibition-form roses can be grown without chemical intervention.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Shanley |first1=Pat |last2=Wellan |first2=Marilyn |title=The Sustainable Rose Garden: A Reader in Rose Culture |date=2011 |publisher=Casemate Publishers |isbn=9781612000428 |pages=2–3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R3abFZd_qOEC&dq=%22the+American+Rose+Center%22&pg=PA3 |access-date=31 May 2020 |archive-date=18 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918035023/https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Sustainable_Rose_Garden/R3abFZd_qOEC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22the+American+Rose+Center%22&pg=PA3&printsec=frontcover |url-status=live }}</ref>
▲Today, there are thousands of beautiful roses to see — the gardens feature roses of all types: the most modern hybrid tea roses, miniature roses, single petaled roses, heritage roses and species. There is much more to come as the Great Garden Restoration Project progresses and the new "clockworks" gardens are installed. The gardens are recognized as the largest [[park]] in the United States dedicated to roses.
Annual events include
Rosie, a [[working dog]] and designated member of the staff, was used for several years to keep wildlife out of the gardens, particularly
In 2016, the
In 2018, the gardens hosted the dedication ceremony for the [[U.S. Postal Service]]'s newly issued [[Forever stamp]] celebrating the [[Peace Rose]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ksla.com/story/38005479/us-postal-service-issues-new-forever-stamp-for-peace-rose|title=U.S. Postal Service issues new forever stamp for Peace Rose|website=[[KSLA]]|date=April 20, 2018|access-date=May 31, 2020|archive-date=April 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180421040406/http://www.ksla.com/story/38005479/us-postal-service-issues-new-forever-stamp-for-peace-rose|url-status=live}}</ref>
==American Rose Society==
'''The American Rose Society''' (ARS) is a [[nonprofit corporation]] in [[Louisiana]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sos.la.gov/BusinessServices/SearchForLouisianaBusinessFilings/Pages/default.aspx|title=Search for Louisiana Business Filings|website=www.sos.la.gov|access-date=2020-09-18|archive-date=2020-02-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213081506/https://www.sos.la.gov/BusinessServices/SearchForLouisianaBusinessFilings/Pages/default.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> (formerly of Ohio<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://businesssearch.ohiosos.gov/|title=Ohio Secretary of State Business Search-Business Name|website=businesssearch.ohiosos.gov|access-date=2020-09-18|archive-date=2020-09-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200916195430/https://businesssearch.ohiosos.gov/|url-status=live}}</ref> and Pennsylvania<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.corporations.pa.gov/search/corpsearch|title=Search Business Entity ("The American Rose Society")|access-date=June 1, 2020|archive-date=August 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820235542/https://www.corporations.pa.gov/Search/corpsearch|url-status=live}}</ref>) which owns the property of The American Rose Center.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.actdatascout.com/RealProperty/Louisiana/Caddo|title=Caddo Parish, Louisiana Real Property Search - actDataScout|website=www.actdatascout.com|access-date=2020-09-18|archive-date=2020-09-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918035039/https://www.actdatascout.com/RealProperty/Louisiana/Caddo|url-status=live}}</ref> The gardens have been the home and national headquarters of the American Rose Society since 1974, when the non-profit organization moved from [[Columbus, Ohio]], and before that, from [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania]]. The Society was founded in 1892 in Harrisburg.
According to the ARS bylaws,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rose.org/board-materials|title=ARS Bylaws (Revised 2018)|access-date=June 1, 2020|publisher=[[American Rose Society]]|archive-date=September 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918035032/https://www.rose.org/board-materials|url-status=live}}</ref> their objectives are: {{Blockquote |text="to encourage amateur and professional rose culture; to provide rose horticulture education for ARS members and for the public; to increase the general understanding of and interest in all aspects of roses, including but not limited to the history of roses, hybridization, growing, exhibiting, artistic designing and judging, research, and thereby to improve the standard of excellence of the rose for all people; to record, publish and establish priority on rose cultivar names, and rose cultivar ratings."}}
ARS held its first [[rose show]] in 1900,<ref>{{cite journal|last=Bowermaster|first=Russ|title=Judging: From Whence to Hence|journal=The American Rose Annual|year=1993|pages=72–73}}</ref> and accredits judges for rose shows. Accreditation requires experience with growing roses, successful exhibition of roses, working as a show clerk, completing an accredited judging school, passing an exam, and apprenticing under an accredited judge.<ref>{{cite web|title=Requirements to become a Judge|url=http://scvrs.homestead.com/JudgeRequirements.html|publisher=Santa Clarita Valley Rose Society|access-date=June 1, 2020|archive-date=February 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203165739/http://scvrs.homestead.com/JudgeRequirements.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
ARS publishes several periodicals including ''American Rose'' magazine and ''American Rose Annual'', and has published or co-authored several books such as ''Encyclopedia of Roses'', ''Handbook for Selecting Roses: A Rose Buying Guide'', ''A Guide to Creating Rose Arrangements'', ''Standardized Rose Names'', ''Guidelines and Rules for Judging Roses'', ''Guidelines for Judging Rose Arrangements'', and ''Consulting Rosarian Reference Manual''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au:American+Rose+Society.&qt=hot_author|title=Results for 'au:American Rose Society.'|website=[[WorldCat]]|access-date=2020-09-18|archive-date=2020-06-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611012923/https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3AAmerican+Rose+Society.&qt=hot_author|url-status=live}}</ref>
Since 1955, the American Rose Society has been the designated [[International Cultivar Registration Authority]] for the [[Rose|Rosa genus]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ishs.org/sci/icralist/14.htm|title=ICRA - AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY (A.R.S.)|website=[[International Society for Horticultural Science]]|access-date=2020-09-18|archive-date=2020-08-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801234214/https://www.ishs.org/sci/icralist/14.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> and maintains an online database called the Modern Roses Database.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rose.org/modernroses|title=Modern Roses Database and Registration|publisher=[[American Rose Society]]|access-date=2020-09-18|archive-date=2020-09-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918035032/https://www.rose.org/modernroses|url-status=live}}</ref> Guided by the [[International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants]], the registration process prevents duplicate use of cultivar names, and ARS is charged with ensuring that new names are formally established.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ishs.org/nomenclature-and-cultivar-registration/icra|title=ICRA|website=[[International Society for Horticultural Science]]|access-date=2020-09-18|archive-date=2020-07-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714011503/https://www.ishs.org/nomenclature-and-cultivar-registration/icra|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Restoration project==
In 2017, ARS created a five-year master plan for the total restoration of the gardens called the ''Great Garden Restoration'' project.<ref name="arklatex" /><ref name="shrev">{{Cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/life/luxuryliving/sceneandheard/2018/11/23/gardens-american-rose-center-receive-1-m-redo/1904099002/|title=Gardens of the American Rose Center to receive $1M redo|website=[[Shreveport Times]]|date=November 23, 2018|first=Maggie|last=Martin|access-date=September 18, 2020|archive-date=April 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422224628/https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/life/luxuryliving/sceneandheard/2018/11/23/gardens-american-rose-center-receive-1-m-redo/1904099002/|url-status=live}}</ref> The project is a complete makeover for the gardens, consolidating the rambling multiple gardens into one core garden suitable for visitors. The project calls for the cutting back some of the encroaching pine forest and installing deer fencing.<ref name="318forum">{{Cite web|url=https://theforumnews.com/article-permalink-3276.html|title=American Rose Society|website=theforumnews.com|date=January 2, 2019|first=Betsy|last=St. Amant Haddox|access-date=September 18, 2020|archive-date=September 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918035039/https://theforumnews.com/article-3276-american-rose-society.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
The design for the garden layout resembles the gears of a vintage watch and the theme is "The History of the Rose in America".<ref name="318forum" /> The design includes the stories of great roses such as [[Rosa Peace|Peace]] which has been the parent of many roses through hybridization, and [[Rosa 'Harison's Yellow'|Yellow Rose of Texas]] which traversed the country with early settlers of America. The story of the [[Grandiflora (rose)|Grandiflora]] and [[Garden roses#Patio|Miniflora]] classes will be told, and the mission of "Rose Rustlers" who locate and preserve old lost roses found in cemeteries and old homesteads.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/25/style/cuttings-out-of-the-west-rose-rustlers.html|title=CUTTINGS; Out of the West, Rose Rustlers|first=Anne|last=Raver|date=October 25, 1992|via=NYTimes.com|access-date=September 18, 2020|archive-date=January 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116080703/http://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/25/style/cuttings-out-of-the-west-rose-rustlers.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
Part of the garden is dedicated to the "Father of the American Rose Society" [[J. Horace McFarland]], an early leader, editor and publisher for the organization.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rose.org/single-post/2018/06/04/J-Horace-McFarland-Named-Father-of-the-American-Rose-Society|date=June 4, 2018|first=Marilyn|last=Wellan|title=J. Horace McFarland: Named Father of the American Rose Society|publisher=American Rose Society|access-date=September 18, 2020|archive-date=September 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918035038/https://www.rose.org/single-post/2018/06/04/J-Horace-McFarland-Named-Father-of-the-American-Rose-Society|url-status=live}}</ref> This area of the gardens was named "McFarland Plaza" and a rose was named in his honor.<ref name="shrev" />
The American Rose Society will name the new garden ''America's Rose Garden'', home of America's [[Floral emblem#United States|national floral emblem]], the rose.<ref name="shrev" />
Other parts of the master plan include reaching [[botanical garden]] status, becoming recognized on the [[National Register of Historic Places]], and becoming established internationally as a [[Rose trial grounds|rose trial garden]].<ref name="shrev" />
==Gallery==
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== See also ==
* [[List of botanical gardens in the United States]]
* [[List of Rosa species]]
* [[World Federation of Rose Societies]]
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== External links ==
* {{official website|http://www.rose.org}}
* [https://www.facebook.com/AmericanRoseCenter/ American Rose Center Facebook page]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130718131239/http://www.ars.org/ The American Rose Society]
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