Roseraie du Val-de-Marne
Roseraie du Val-de-Marne is a rose garden in l'Haÿ-les-Roses (eight kilometers south of Paris ) in France .
The Rosarium is the first garden of its size to be exclusively dedicated to the " Queen of Flowers ". It was founded in 1899 by the rose collector Jules Gravereaux (1844–1916), a wealthy businessman, in what was then called L'Haÿ , a suburb of Paris. The design of the complex was carried out by the landscape architect Édouard André (1840–1911) and soon gained national fame. In honor of the rose garden, the city of L'Haÿ officially adopted the name L'Haÿ-les-Roses ("L'Haÿ-the-roses") in May 1914 .
In 1936 the garden was acquired by the Seine department and transferred to the Val-de-Marne department in 1968 . In 1994 the rosarium was renamed “Roseraie du Val-de-Marne”.
The "Rose Garden of Val-de-Marne " now extends over 1.5 hectares and houses over 3,000 rose varieties in 13 sections: wild roses , cultivated roses , old and modern roses from all over the world. The focus of the collection is on old rose varieties, especially from the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century.
The garden is open to visitors. It is also a meeting place for scientists, botanists and rose growers.
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Coordinates: 48 ° 46 '34.8 " N , 2 ° 20' 5.2" E