Rose Garden

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The idea to found the Rose Garden was presented in England by a group "Lidice will live" whose chairman was Barnett Stross, the deputy of British parliament. This idea was imediately widely supported by many different countries. Due to a desert of famous roses growers Wheatcroft from Ruddington near Nottingham. Great Britain gave this garden the largest and the most beautiful variety of roses.

In Juni 1955 the Garden was finally established. Its building was entrusted to the academic architect F. Marek. He cooperated with the expert advisers Doc. Dr. B. Kavka and a team of other specialists. Prof. Stefan and an academic sculpturer Hladik enriched the Garden by interesting statues. The gardening works were performed by communal services of town Kladno, lead by the gardener K. Stribrny. In 1961 the garden was being modified and the roses given by individual countries were placed in the centre. The garden is located on an area of 3,5 ha, 340 m above sea, between the original and newly established Lidice and it slopes down to the south where the mass grave of the executed men is.

The garden was built according to a plan that had to be a model of all the principles and needs of a modern garden architecture of that time.

Most work had to be done to modify the slope because it was important to decide where to place paths and some other structures in an appropriate way. The projectant tried to organize the collections of plants mostly in the middle of the garden so that the most impressive ones were concentrated in the centre and on the south slope. On the ground of the results of the earth examination it was necessary to add some fertilizers and for roses vital potassium and phosphorus.