Los Alamos in Los Alamos County, New Mexico — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Memorial Rose Garden

Los Alamos Historical Walking Tour

Photographed by James Hulse, March 25, 2025

1. Memorial Rose Garden Marker

Inscription. Gardens have graced the area adjacent to Fuller Lodge since the days of the Los Alamos Ranch School. As early as 1930, Helen Sulier, the school's nurse, created a small flower garden near this site. Ranch School students, staff, and families fondly recall gardener Adolfo Montoya's stunning, award-winning flowers and vegetables. In the 1950s, when Los Alamos was owned by the United States government, no cemetery existed for burials. As memorials to their loved ones, families donated rose bushes to the Los Alamos Garden Club, which established the Memorial Rose Garden in 1958. Today, this beautiful and inspiring garden of more than 500 roses serves as the scene for weddings, concerts, and a variety of community events and gatherings.

Below: The Memorial Rose Garden in 1982. (photo courtesy Los Alamos Historical Society) Right top to bottom: The roses provide a welcome and colorful background for events at historic Fuller Lodge; The Garden became a part of the Blue Star Memorial By-Way in 2007 to honor men and women of the Armed Forces-past, current, and future; The water feature, "Table Fountain with Rock" by Hans Van de Bovenkamps, adds to the peaceful nature of the Garden.

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Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Parks & Recreational Areas. A significant historical year for this entry is 1930.

Location. 35° 52.948′ N, 106° 18.11′ W. Memorial is in Los Alamos, New Mexico, in Los Alamos County. It is on Bathtub Row near Juniper Street. The marker is located northeast of Fuller Lodge. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1050 Bathtub Row, Los Alamos NM 87544, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Northern New Mexico.

It is also in the American Southwest.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Rocky Mountains,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Romero Cabin (within shouting distance of this marker); Five Eras of History (within shouting distance of this marker); Fire Cache (within shouting distance of this marker); Historic Fuller Lodge (within shouting distance of this marker); The Baker House (within shouting distance of this marker); Ancestral Pueblo Site (within shouting distance of this marker); The Big House (within shouting distance of this marker); Los Alamos Ranch School Dormitory (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Los Alamos.

Other markers no longer nearby. William Mackwood Hopper (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been permanently removed);

The view of the Memorial Rose Garden and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, March 25, 2025

2. The view of the Memorial Rose Garden and Marker

Harold H. Brook (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been permanently removed); Fuller Lodge (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been permanently removed); Albert J. Connell (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been permanently removed); Homesteading on the Pajarito Plateau, 1887-1942 (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been permanently removed); Martha Brook (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been permanently removed); a different marker also named The Romero Cabin (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been permanently removed).

Also see . . .
1. Los Alamos where discoveries are made. Los Alamos County (Submitted on April 7, 2025, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.)

2. Historical Walking Tour Map. Los Alamos Historical Museum

Walk from the Stone Age to the atomic age. Your walking tour spans eight centuries of Los Alamos history, from ancestral Pueblos, through homesteading on the Pajarito Plateau, to the future of science and technology. We hope that it will be just the beginning of your acquaintance with Los Alamos.

A view of the Memorial Rose Garden image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, March 25, 2025

3. A view of the Memorial Rose Garden

(Submitted on April 8, 2025, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.)

Credits. This page was last revised on April 8, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 7, 2025, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 218 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 8, 2025, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.