Wohl Rose Garden

One guide book to Jerusalem says about the Wohl Rose Garden: "...where more than 400 varieties of roses from all over the world can be seen. Walking through the park we are dazzled by the wealth of colors." True, I could see the varieties of roses but practically without seeing any fully blossoming flower! (Apparently, the local roses don't consider the local winter with +20C as a suitable season to blossom.) So I had to imagine myself the roses.

But, truly, the garden is very beautiful even without any imagination. It is divided into small section, each being prepared by some country or some organizations; the names included Germany, Switzerland, London Royal Botanic Garden, and much more. Not only they had planted some flowers but also put some decorative arbours, fountains, benches, etc.

Here are some promised pictures.


This is "France."

This composition was prepared by Japan. On the large black (in reality it is blue) stone to the left the following is written: "Love is as vital to Heart as Water to Flower".

And that's where the water from the above Japanese waterfall comes. ...Strange: a plenty of water but no flowers---the theory of black (blue) stone isn't experimentally supported!

Below are a few photos from unidentified countries. Try to guess yourself!



In this fountain(?) water "bubbles out" at the top and then finds its way around, around, and once more around the stone!

No, no, don't be scared---the four things to the right are not flowers! In the background you can see Knesset (the parliament) built in 1966. A few reds spots in the flower bed are real roses. (Not speckles added later with MS PaintBrush.)