Guadalupe Gardens Heritage Rose Garden — Attraction in San Jose

For some reason, I expected this garden to be a bit more organized. It was difficult to identify from the street and Google Maps utterly failed to guide us in, nearly putting us on the freeway, instead. There was no informational center and the garden is part of a larger park with various other attractions. A central sign did indicate that visitors could walk through in a specific direction to view the rose varieties in an order that would essentially demonstrate the history of rose cultivation, but we took a pass on figuring it out. The only other signage was small placards indicating the names of the different kinds of roses, most with dedications. It was a pleasant visit, overall. The roses were mostly in bloom. I reckon it would be tough to catch them all in full bloom at the same time, given the variety. Many of them are from Germany. All are quite lovely. Parking and...

Went to visit this garden on a bright Saturday evening with three other people. It made me very uncomfortable because the place was empty except for homeless people. We felt very out of place and it seemed unsafe. It made me feel scared and also sad for the people that live there because their lives must be very difficult. The roses were lovely but they did not make up for our discomfort or the fact that we saw a...

Very nice rose garden. We come here every year. Very beautiful and elegant in spring. definitely deserves more attention than it gets nowadays. The garden contains a lot of roses from early 20th century, or even 19th century, when there were such thing as a current standard rose with almost no aroma... - so variety of colors and rose aromas is much bigger than you would expect from a regular...