This Rose Garden was created in 1955.
Its founder and inspiration was Don Ramón Ortiz Ferré, Director of Parks and Gardens of Madrid at that time, whose name the garden now bears.

In 2006, the Rose Garden received the “Award of Garden Excellence” from the World Federation of Rose Societies, recognizing it as one of the most outstanding rose gardens in the world.

It occupies an area of about 32,000 square meters within Madrid’s Parque del Oeste. This flat terrace-like space was built on a steep hillside facing southwest, using only the means available at the time — without the help of any earth-moving machinery.

In total, the garden is home to around 20,000 rose bushes, representing over 650 different varieties of modern roses (about 400 low-growing types and the rest climbing, weeping, or standard roses, among others).

The design of the rose garden is completely regular and symmetrical.

Every year, the Rosaleda hosts two major events:

• The Popular “Rose of Madrid” Contest, and
  
  

• The International Competition for New Roses “Villa de Madrid”, which attracts rose varieties from all over the world.
  
  

On both sides of the main entrance, you can see the flowerbeds featuring the award-winning varieties from previous editions of the International Competition.

The cross-shaped flowerbeds display the roses competing in the current year’s edition, while the rest of the garden is divided into plots that hold the varieties forming the permanent exhibition collection.

The Madrid Rose Garden showcases the most important varieties developed by breeders from around the world. It also includes a significant number of Spanish rose varieties. In addition to preserving this remarkable collection, the garden also serves as a testing ground to study how these roses adapt and thrive in the local climate.

Source: Madrid.es