Rapperswil Rose Gardens, Rose garden in Rapperswil, Switzerland.

The Rapperswil Rose Gardens are a group of public and private rose gardens in the old town of Rapperswil, in Rapperswil-Jona, Canton of St. Gallen. The official city garden lies on the Schlossberg below the Lindenhof, split by the Endingerstrasse into a larger part of about 3,000 plants from 150 varieties and a smaller section by the Einsiedlerhaus, divided into four beds by crossing paths.

Rapperswil's rose gardens are documented from 1913, when the Verkehrs- und Verschönerungsverein planted a first official bed at what is now Fischmarktplatz, followed by beds at the harbour in the early 1920s. From 1965 the town created its own gardens: the Curti family leased land on the Schlossberg, where around 3,000 plants of 150 varieties were set out, and in 1974 a second garden followed at the Einsiedlerhaus.

Rapperswil's two red roses on silver in its coat of arms echo the three roses of the House of Rapperswil. Since 1913 the Verkehrs- und Verschönerungsverein and later the town's women have planted roses at Fischmarktplatz, the harbour and streets; in 1958 the tourist association called for "more roses in the rose town", and in July 1999 experts at Nöggenschwiel named Rapperswil the international centre of fragrant roses.

The site can be visited year-round, but roses bloom mainly from May through October, with summer offering the best display. There is no entrance fee, and the terraced paths make for easy walking, though some sections do slope uphill.

One section features a large collection of fragrant roses with Braille labels, allowing people with vision loss to explore the variety through touch and scent. This makes it an unusual garden experience that engages multiple senses.