Rose Garden Bern, Public rose garden in Schosshalde, Switzerland.
The Rose Garden Bern sits on a hilltop in Schosshalde and displays over 200 rose varieties arranged in organized beds. From this vantage point, visitors can see the Aare River and the Old Town below, while the garden is divided into several themed sections.
The grounds served as a cemetery from 1765 until the Schosshalden cemetery opened in 1877. In 1913 the site was converted into a public park, and rose cultivation began in 1917. Since 1918 the pond has featured Karl Hänny's two monumental groups, Europa and Neptun; the park was redesigned in 1956.
The garden serves as a gathering place where locals and visitors experience the changing seasons through blooming flowers. The maintained pathways and seating areas invite people to spend time outdoors and absorb the surroundings at their own pace.
Bus line 10 toward Ostermundigen stops at Rosengarten, a few minutes from the centre. Parking for private cars nearby is scarce and usually full, so arriving by bus is the practical choice.
The linden-lined Kreuzallee still follows the line of the former cemetery, replanted in 1997 with twelve new trees. A 1937 bust of writer Jeremias Gotthelf by Arnold Huggler was moved in 1960 to stand before the pavilion housing the dialect library.
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