Oh, formerly lush and attended to rose garden what happened to you?
Not sure if this was just an off year (it's been so hot) but the garden that we used to love spending time in sniffing roses, taking photos, enjoying the sculptures, and sitting on benches watching pollinators fly around, was looking barren and dried out. Most of the formerly lush rose bushes were reduced to thin branches and the other plants and greenery like hydrangeas, ground cover, etc. were missing.
It isn't a huge garden by any stretch, just a corner of a block right downtown, but it was always such a beautiful oasis amongst all the shops and bustling tourists walking around. Located right across from Kilwins we also loved getting an ice cream cone and sitting in the flowers with our cones.
I do hope this was just an anomaly of a year due to weather and they didn't have to cut the city resources allocated to care for it. It would be a shame if this was the permanent look of the garden from now on. read more