Lake Harriet Rose Garden is located in Lyndale Park

Lake Harriet Rose Garden is located in Lyndale Park in Minneapolis. The park is run by Minneapolis Parks and Recreation, the garden was first established in 1929 and rebuilt in 1983. There is free street parking available along with restrooms located near the parking lot and bird sanctuary and Weddings are able to be held at the gardens.

The garden was originally designed as a testing area to find, which annual and perennial plants would survive the Minnesota climate. At the lower end of the garden is Peace Garden, which has an Asian influence with two peace stones from Nagasaki and Hiroshima. A peace pole was dedicated to peace between Japan and the United States along with a crooked path bridge.

There are 3,000 rose plants of 100 different varieties at the garden. The gardens are the second oldest public rose garden in the US, and are located in the northeast corner of Lake Harriet. The garden is 1.5 acres in size with a designated All American Rose Selections test rose garden area. Along with the peach garden another feature is the Heffelfinger Fountain, which is located on the patio at the rose garden. The roses start blooming around mid-June and will last until early-October.