Hillsdale Gardens 
THE LARGEST ROSE GARDEN 
IN INDIANA 
THE HILLSDALE ROSE GARDEN represents the largest and finest planting of roses in the latest varieties 
found in the Central States. Where do you know elsewhere a rose garden that can equal this one in grandeur 
of scale, perfection of quality, artistic simplicity and range of blossom types and colors? 
Although the “Queen of Flowers’’ plays the dominant role in this panorama of beauty, in addition old-time 
favorites—dogwood, Japanese cherry, magnificent flowering crabapples, countless flowering shrubs, both 
old and new rare ones—form a veritable horticultural museum. This tapestry of colorful blossoms is bordered 
by carpets of green velvet set against a background of choicest evergreens and graceful shade trees. 
Adjacent to the main Rose Gardens are both formal and informal gardens displaying an endless procession 
of color and fragrance from bulbs in the spring to chrysanthemums in the fall. Included is a rock garden of 
superb beauty where miniature mountain torrents form tumbling cascades feeding pools of blooming lilies. 
From early in the spring until late fall, roses lead the procession all the way. A sparkling swimming pool, as 
finely designed as a gem, climaxes this series of gardens. 
The famous Hillsdale Rose Festival, an annual event increasing in beauty and size each June since 1938, 
claims thousands of devotees. Soft music forms the background for the gay ceremonies. The highlight is the 
crowning of the Rose Queen and her court of debutantes, lovely as the floral queens surrounding them. A water 
ballet, diving competition and a Yard-Parks exhibit are some of the features of this not-to-be-missed annual 
Festival of Roses at HILLSDALE GARDENS. 
HILLSDALE LANDSCAPE COMPANY «+ INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA 
R.R. 13, Box 185 
