Exposition Park Rose Garden (Los Angeles, California)

USA / California / Vernon / Los Angeles, California
 garden, historic landmark
From 1871 to 1911, the site of the rose garden was part of the city's Agricultural Park. The rose garden area was then used for horse, camel, dog, and later automobile racing; it also reportedly housed the city's longest bar and "one of its most stylish brothels." In 1914, the city announced plans to construct a wildflower garden at the park, but the rose garden was not built in 1927 with the planting of 15,000 bushes of more than 100 varieties. It now features more than 20,000 rose bushes and 200 varieties of roses
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exposition_Park_Rose_Garden
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Coordinates:   34°1'1"N   118°17'10"W

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