Roses are a big part of Timaru District landscape. They are beautiful and smell amazing. Did you know they can also be the center of our customs and tradtions, symbolic, decorative and even theme wars.

Pine cones can reveal a lot about the evolution of flowers, can you find a wooden rose?

Symbols have been a silent language used on tombstones for centuries. Learn what they mean and see if you can find some at the Timaru Cemetery...

Did you know Timaru has a rose named after it? 

Can you find a white iceberg rose linked to NZ women the vote?

Can you find a healthy dose of vitamin C and part of the Rose life cycle...

Can you find a rose window at St Mary's Church nicknamed angels on bicycles?

Roses brough women together, can you find a Women's Institute that features a rose?

Can you find gold by a famous Scottish poet?

Can you find medieval history living in the species rose garden?

Timaru has a vibrant red floribunda rose called 'Trumpeter' which is named after Louis Armstrong, the renowned trumpet player.