Cool International Rose Garden Portland Map References. Recommended line 63 bus 12 min $2 line 20 bus 20 min $2. By transit, take trimet max light rail red or blue line trains to the washington park station.

It was founded in 1917 to preserve and test rose species considered to be in danger by the bombings happening in europe during wwi. Each year hundreds of thousands of visitors from around the world visit this garden. Not only are the rose beds stunning, but the location of the garden offers.