National Rose Garden, Rose garden in Parkes, Australian Capital Territory.

The National Rose Garden is a rose garden in Parkes, in the Australian Capital Territory, featuring a large collection of roses in a range of colors and growth forms. The plants are laid out in symmetrical beds arranged across a neatly structured open space.

The garden was founded in 1933 as Australia's first national gardening project, built through cooperation between the Commonwealth and the individual states. More than 38 public organizations took part in bringing it to life.

The gardens were planned as a physical expression of cooperation between the Commonwealth and the States: roses came from all Australian states, and 38 public bodies plus many private donors contributed plants. Parliamentary clerk Robert Broinowski solicited donations from Canada, Japan, the Netherlands and the United States. The first rose, a Daily Mail donated by the Victorian Mothers' Clubs, was planted by Minister for the Interior John Perkins on 12 September 1933.

The best time to visit is during the flowering season, when the roses are at their most colorful. The garden is open throughout the year, so a visit at any season is possible, though the display changes considerably.

The beds are laid out in plan as the petals of a fully opened rose: a central circular bed ringed by punctuated annulus beds in a formal quartered configuration. The pattern is a ground plan, so a visitor on the paths walks between the petals rather than seeing the whole rose at once.