Hours: Open 7:00 a.m. to dusk year-round. No admission fee.
Location: (some gps map locators do not send you to a viable entrance)
By Automobile: The street address for the Columbus Park of Roses is 3901 N. High St. The garden entrance is one-half mile west on Hollenback Road within Whetstone Park. There’s plenty of free parking. All the gardens are located to the east of the Whetstone Shelterhouse at the top of the steps.
Please check out this video to get a preview of the garden.
ADA parking for step-free, easy access is available at the east end of the garden off Roselea Place.
By COTA: Take Bus #2 (E. Main and N High) on North High Street to Acton Road where Whetstone Library is located. The park is a half-mile walk west on Hollenback Road. You will pass the library, tennis courts and ball diamonds. At the bottom of the hill, the path turns to the right crossing a small bridge. The park is on your right, behind the Shelterhouse.
Restrooms: Only portable restrooms are available at the park unless you are attending an event at the shelterhouse. Portable restrooms are located at the east end of the park next to the ADA parking and just north of the shelterhouse near the Backyard Garden.
Treat Yourself to Our Dogwood Walk
Learn more about dogwood specimens at the Columbus Park of Roses on a self-guided tour! Take a look at photos and descriptions on the linked document from your smart phone. For locations, consult map in free brochure located in dispensers on garden kiosks.
Depending on species, you’ll find these trees and shrubs flowering late winter through early summer. Enjoy their spectacular foliage and berry displays in autumn through early winter. A list of the outstanding collection of shrubs in the garden that provide blooms from very early spring, through the summer, and into the very late fall is located under Visit > Plant Lists
Autumn is a great time to take our Conifer Self-Guided Tour
Learn more about conifers by taking The Columbus Park of Roses (CPOR) self-guided tour! You can access the linked document at from your smart phone. CPOR has a varied collection of conifers; you will see a sampling of them.
This self-guided tour will take you through the entire garden. The distance is about one mile. Begin at the northwest end of the park behind the shelter house. Walk northward toward the Backyard Garden where you will find the first tree across the path from the Backyard Garden sign
Plant Lists
Rose List with commercial name, rose type, color, location, year introduced and who hybridized; viewable on smart phones
Shrub List with botanical name, common name and location; viewable on smart phones.
Tree List with botanical name, common name and location; viewable on smart phones.
Native Plant List of plants found in front of Shelterhouse with botanical name, common name, bloom time and sources for native plants.
Map of Garden:
