The Rose Garden/Leif Erickson Park - Duluth, MN

Opening of Leif Erickson Tunnel on I-35 (fhwa.dot.gov)







Of course, everyone must see our Rose Garden and Leif Erickson Park. This is one of my favorite places and I go here a lot during the summer, spring and fall! I know I have posted photos of the garden on this blog many times. Stacie was impressed, as are all visitors. I often talk with visitors when I'm there and there are people from other countries, as well as many from Minnesota and Duluth! The top photo of the pavilion is often the scene for wedding photos, and also for weddings!! This Rose Garden was completely moved during the construction of I-35 Interstate Hwy through Duluth, along the Lake...so it would be preserved and not lost. There is a Rose Garden Society that takes very good care of these roses and grounds. It truly is one of our best assets...and shouldn't be missed!!! By the way...our LakeWalk runs from Canal Park the whole way along the water to 26th Ave. East...and goes right by this garden and park.

More on Leif Erickson Park and The Rose Garden:

This beautiful park, along the shores of Lake Superior off London Road, is the site of a full-scale replica of a wooden Viking ship reminiscent of the type used by Norse sailors hundreds of years ago. A spectacular extension of Leif Erikson Park, Duluth's Rose Garden offers a beautiful arrangement of more than 3,000 rose bushes and other floral delights. There's also a fountain, a marble gazebo, an herb garden and plenty of benches overlooking the lake. Direct access to the Lakewalk. - from wikipedia.org

Besides being one of the midwest's few formal English style Rose Gardens, the park is architecturally significant for being constructed over Duluth's I-35 expressway. As you stroll around the beautiful park, little do you know that below your feet trucks and cars are streaming along!