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A Rose Garden In Pictures

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By relache


This red-and-white style of rose looks almost just like a peppermint candy.

My Rose Blossom Pictures

All of the large, singular rose pictures you see here were photographs that I took at the San Francisco Rose Garden in Golden Gate Park in August of 2006. I had a lovely trip to SF that weekend, and the friends I was staying with lived very close to the DeYoung Museum and Rose Garden areas.

I have what is now an older Fuji FinePix digital camera. The summer overcast of San Francisco often makes very even and shadow-free light for shooting outdoors, and this day was no exception. No flash required. One of these days I'm going to remember to bring my tripod along.

One thing I'm always wary of with really modern roses is that some of them have had all the smell bred right out of them. To me, a rose shouldn't have too faint a scent, nor should it be overwhelming. It's ok if standing in a rose garden on a sunny day there's a heady rose aroma, but I don't want a vase of roses that can stun from across the room.

All photos taken by Relache in the Golden Gate Park Rose Garden, San Francisco, CA, August 2006.  All rights reserved.
All photos taken by Relache in the Golden Gate Park Rose Garden, San Francisco, CA, August 2006. All rights reserved.


In real-life, this rose has an almost neon-quality to its red-orange color.
In real-life, this rose has an almost neon-quality to its red-orange color.

Rose Garden Trivia

A very beautiful and popular park wedding site in reality, the Rose Garden in Golden Gate Park was once used as a location on the television show "Millennium," the psycho-horror series from X-Files creator Chris Carter. In one first season episode, illegally dumped human cremains are found on the site, the victims of a criminal syndicate that offs people by trapping them inside a large, industrial microwave oven and then incinerating them alive. Ashes are beneficial to roses, so the criminals were disposing of the remains in the garden, hoping no one would notice they were not wood ash.


Rose Blossoms

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A beautiful dark strawberry-colored rose.
A beautiful dark strawberry-colored rose.


Care Tips for Roses in Vases

This lovely salmon-colored rose was one of my special favorites.
This lovely salmon-colored rose was one of my special favorites.

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justjanice  says:
2 years ago

This is a beautiful article. I love roses. Have often thought it must be a great honour to have a rose named after you. Your video is beautiful.

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Stacie Naczelnik  says:
2 years ago

These are beautifu, and such vibrant colors.

tiffinay  says:
2 years ago

omg i love these pictures they are great i want to learn to take pictures like this

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relache  says:
2 years ago

Tiffany, just go to a rose garden on a sunny but overcast day and go for it! The light on a day like that is just about perfect!

kavita  says:
2 years ago

They r fabulous

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esocial  says:
13 months ago

Nice news feeds here - :)

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vanidiana  says:
2 months ago

Beautiful roses...!

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