Morcom Rose Garden

The morcom rose garden has thousands of exotic roses that are in bloom from mother s day in may through october 31st the amphitheatre of roses in the garden is an enchanting location for weddings renewals memorial celebrations and ceremonies.

Morcom rose garden. Opened in the late 1920s this eight acre municipal rose garden features more than 6 000 rose bushes of all varieties. The morcom rose garden is a rare 7 acre green oasis located on jean street one block off grand avenue in oakland ca. On june 18 2020 consistent with the oakland animal service s original request and community led outreach the california department of fish and wildlife cdfw the agency charged with regulating wildlife in the state approved the relocation of the male turkey from the morcom rose garden.

An aggressive turkey that forced the closure of the morcom rose garden in oakland s grand lake neighborhood was about to be trapped and killed. But a petition to relocate the turkey instead has. Marcom rose garden by rick lewis morcom rose garden by rick lewis hermit thrush in morcom rose garden by rick lewis on land earmarked for open space in 1911 the garden was constructed in 1932 under the auspices of the works progress administration and named for oakland s then mayor fred n.

There is also a relecting pool with some surrounding grass that perhaps you may want to sit on. The oakland morcom rose garden has been forced to close to visitors after a neighborhood turkey has begun attacking people prompting several complaints to oakland animal services about the. The exact address is 700 jean st oakland ca 94610.

The rose garden was constructed in 1932 as a project of the works progress administration it was named in honor of former oakland mayor fred n. Morcom municipal rose garden is an excellent place to relax take a casual stroll and look at fragrant colorful roses of all kinds. 121 reviews of morcom municipal rose garden this is a pretty rose garden.

Fourth update to temporary closure of morcom rose garden. It has a cascading man made waterfall and lots of roses. The morcom rose garden formerly the morcom amphitheater of roses is located in a residential neighborhood in oakland california near the piedmont border.

It s a fairly large garden nice for a stroll with that special someone during the afternoon.