Portland rose garden's history lies in World War I

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From AF via SF Gate:

Portland rose garden's history lies in World War I

Boasting spectacular views of the city skyline and – on a clear day – snow-covered Mount Hood, Portland's International Rose Test Garden in Washington Park is a refuge from a hectic world.

But during World War I, the rose garden offered a refuge of a different sort: It was a preserve for plants that European hybridists feared might be wiped out in the bombings.

This summer marks 100 years since the start of World War I in 1914, and while the rose garden did not become a reality until after the U.S. entered the war in 1917, it was proposed not long after the war began.

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