#Urban GardensLUGA, Service Parcs Ville de Luxembourg, associations Rousefrënn and Patrimoines Roses pour le Luxembourg
The Amélie Rose Garden
The Amélie Rose Garden, a poetically inspired garden dedicated to women.
The very first LUGA site is already visible and accessible to the public, at the foot of the statue of Amélie, right in the heart of the municipal park. It is the first landscaping project to pay tribute to women. The result of a close collaboration between LUGA asbl, the Service Parcs de la Ville de Luxembourg, and the associations Lëtzebuerger Rousefrënn and Patrimoine Roses pour le Luxembourg, this remarkable rose garden features a dazzling variety of carefully selected plants carrying feminine names in tribute to deserving women. In addition, a new rose called “Amalia Rose”, designed by French rose gardener Jean-Lin Lebrun, was unveiled during the inauguration of the rose garden.
Did you know that in the Belle Époque, Luxembourg was known as the Country of Roses?
It all began in 1855, when two young gardeners, Jean Soupert and Pierre Notting, who specialised in growing roses, set up their plant nursery in Limpertsberg. Their internationally award-winning creations attracted other companies in the early 20th century, making Luxembourg a world reference with more than 260 new rose varieties. Around 1900, the trade in Luxembourg roses boomed, with exports reaching up to 10 million plants a year worldwide, before slowing down following the world wars.
Luxembourg City’s Parks Department, based in Reckenthal, is responsible for maintaining the green spaces and floral decorations in the Luxembourg capital. This service ensures the cleanliness and upkeep of various districts thanks to several specialised gardening teams. Its tasks include the upkeep of parks and green spaces, trees and facilities such as playgrounds, the skatepark, multi-sports facilities and outdoor fitness equipment. In addition to these responsibilities, the department supervises apprentices in gardening and floristry. With a staff of 198 divided into 31 teams, the Parks Department manages six public parks and 212 leisure areas in the city.
The grand-ducal association ‘Lëtzebuerger Rousefrënn’, a member of the World Federation of Rose Societies (WFRS), aims to promote the rose by introducing new varieties of roses and helping the public rediscover Luxembourg’s rose heritage through trips, themed tours and various other activities. The association also edits the magazine ‘Lëtzebuerger Rousenzeitung’.
In order to preserve Luxembourg’s exceptional heritage of historic and modern roses, the asbl ‘Patrimoine Roses pour le Luxembourg’, created in 2013, organises a series of events. These include the sale of Luxembourg roses and related products, conferences, exhibitions, rose-themed dinners, etc., all aimed at safeguarding and promoting the country’s rose heritage.
