This has now gone into administration. bbc website in May 2017 reported closure. butterfly world nearby also closed.

I visit Rose Garden every year in June. There are so many kind of roses in this beautiful and looked after rose gardens.

We live quite close to the Royal National Rose Society Gardens and have visited it on a few occasions, the first being when my then partner and I got married and had our wedding photos taken with the garden backdrop. It looked a bit different...More

We visited here on the last day of this years opening season and it was still very enjoyable despite some the roses having finished flowering or not been at their best. Volunteers/ staff all very friendly and a nice little tea room which welcomed all...More

Visited on the last day to educate myself more on roses. I found a lot of the beds empty and quite unkempt, they needed deadheading badly, and most of the stock not named so not helping me going forward with educated choices. The refreshment area...More

The Gardens of the Rose is a marvellous place to visit and dogs are welcome, which is a real plus. We have been visiting these gardens every year for the last 23 years and are never disappointed. There were many roses in bloom when we...More

We expected more from a national garden with a hefty £6 entrance fee for what was on offer. We saw far too many roses which needed managing and not a gardener in sight. We were in and out in under an hour.