Beautiful park acriss the street from our beautiful Mission in Santa Barbara. Lots of gorgeous varieties of roses. Green space to sit and enjoy the views. Pleasant place for a picnic. Definitely a perfect place for a small wedding ceremony! Gorgeous views and plenty of open space in addition to the numerous areas of roses!

I was looking to photograph flowers for my instagram account and discovered that the Rose Garden was still in full bloom today, 10/21.We stopped and spent about 1/2 hour wandering thru the garden. The scents today were just heavenly.

Despite it being a chilly and windy day, the roses were bright, in bloom, fragrant, and as lovely as I imagined. I love the different names they all carry and how many of the names fit the bloom perfectly. For some reason the bright pink Fame! really stuck out to me.

The Mission Rose Garden is well worth visiting if you are in the Santa Barbara area. It is located just East of the Santa Barbara Mission and is an easy walk just across the street. It contains over 1500 rose bushes that bloom from April thru December, with the peak bloom in early June. The garden is surrounded by a gently sloping field of grass that is an ideal spot to eat a picnic lunch, but be warned there are no tables. A short walk away are the remains of the original Mission Aqueduct and a nice wooded area with a wonderful old dead tree perfect for young children to climb. Make sure and visit the Mission and the Santa Barbara Botanic garden located a few miles up the canyon.

Beautiful garden and nice place to come and smell the roses. Grounds are small but well maintained with great views of the mountains. Bring a picnic and enjoy!

Serene and tranquil, at sunset you can relax in the shadows cat by the historic Queen of the California Missions, the Santa Barbara Mission. Whether its for a game of frisbee with the kids or if youre lucky, catching one of the many traditional cultural festivities or just gathering with friends and family, the Mission Rose Gardens is a lovely place to spend an afternoon while visiting Santa Barbara.

One of the most beautiful and picturesque locales in a city that is the gem of the central coast. From the top of the gardens you can see the ocean and with the Mission as a backdrop there are few better places to spend the day. Picnic, read, spend time with family and friends, its the ideal spot. The roses are exquisite and a lovely draw on their own.

Beautiful gardens with quiet trails. My favorite is the Japanese Garden. It isnt as flat as some of the other gardens. Nice for taking pictures or just strolling around.

Daughter & Granddaughters first time there. TwoUp

Gorgeous well manicured rose garden, worth a stop & smell.

Outdoor, social distancing, a band played just for fun, it was nice to be out and enjoy friends

Absolutely stunning. Best to go first thing in the morning and bathe in the aroma of the roses.

The queen of all the missions. Go here and youll immediately understand why. One of the best places that could sum up Santa Barbara in one visit, historic, breathtakingly beautiful, with plenty of beautiful people around all appreciating the beauty before their eyes.

Beautiful varieties of roses and a excellent place to bring a picnic basket and enjoy the ombiance

Beautiful gardens and mission still so beautiful.

Very peaceful, really beautifully kept roses. The smell of dog urine is strong in some parts, however. Really beautiful setting nonetheless.

Such a beautiful and special place. Great spot for a picnic and a star party. The Roses are fun to look at and of course to smell! Lots of space so that you can have a quiet intimate moment with someone special or with a great big group of friends. Across the street from the historic Santa Barbara Mission.

Was working,but enjoyed the Scenery and Nice Weather.Liked that it was Pet Friendly Also.

Perfect spot to relax outdoors!

Such a nice place to have a picnic or take a walk or just enjoy the scenery its easy to have social distancing there and you can easily walk to the the Old Mission and theres little past behind on Rocky Nook real close by

Nice time spent with my Family...

Always nice to be out here with friends. This historic place makes me happy and grateful to live here.

After walking the grounds my partner and I came upon this amazing garden. Though her first concern was needing a Benadryl and she actually didnt want to enter the area of the flowers we did have our masks on and she decided to take the risk. She ended up having no side effects from the floral smells. What I really liked was how just about every rose was different from the one beside of it. What I do not and still do not understand even after reading the website itself and wiki is exactly what all the plaques mean. Some are from the late 1800s, some say Tea some say Poly, and every plaque has a different name. What are these plaques? Its ok! Ill continue to do more research and find out more. The garden is so big and we had already journied around the entire park so much we couldnt even get thru the whole thing. Definitely a site to see!

Gorgeous views and makes a wonderful location for a picnic.

Beautiful fragrant and peaceful.

It was nice to take a walk. It was really crowded so we walked near the houses.

Stunning views. When you realise you should live in Santa Barbara instead of london

Beautiful flowers, nicely organized, great place to walk & enjoy !

We wanted to go into the Mission but were not allowed to because Mass was happening. The garden was a welcome addition to our trip. The roses are beautiful, there are benches and a water fountain.

A really beautiful place to visit...

Gorgeous and huge rose garden

Wow, just gorgeous!

Yes its pretty with the roses and mission but why do people love to have parties here? No bathroom, very little shade and level ground. There several other parks in SB that are more accommodating and still beautiful.

Breathtakingly gorgeous and huge variety of Roses in the Missions picture perfect garden. Very tranquil and Zen-like vibe atmosphere here. Perfect ocean view on the horizon. Very highly recommended.

Nice

I love this place

Always so clean and people so friendly.

Just serenely beautiful!

A beautiful and small rose garden. It has about 10-20 kinds of roses.

Beautiful outdoor space!

Beautiful rose garden and nice view of the mission!

Stunning roses

Highly recommed The Mission Rose Garden. We spent a couple of hours inspection each variety of Rose. The day was sunny with a light breeze, so it was splendid. The entire area around The Mission was scenic with the buildings, landscape with the beautiful Rose Garden.

I could sit all day in this beautiful rose garden over looking our magnificent mission.

Beauty. Pure and simple. Views of the sea from the hilltop and the Old Mission

Always love this place. You can visit for free. Hundrets of different roses look and smell beautifully. Situated right across the mission and against the hills above Santa Barbara.

Beautiful array of blooming roses against the background of the Santa Barbara Mission and blue skies.

A beautiful park - nothing fancy, just a sloping grassy field, with a rose garden at the lower end, and the SB Mission at the upper end. Or course, a beautiful day on Santa Barbara doesnt hurt - winter, altho you would hardly know it. Just people enjoying the weather and the scenery...

Heavenly peaceful and beautiful

I enjoyed seeing so many people enjoy this park

Serene...

Great place to take a dog, a frisbee or a walk. Bathrooms across the street at the Santa Barbara Mission. Rose plants on display, scenic setting attracts people. Enjoyable experience.

A nice place to visit with family and friends. A place where kids enjoy playing a lot. The museum inside the mission is historic and worth a watch.

This is a well-maintained rose garden and they have nice names on all the roses and if you come you can sign up to become a person that helps cultivate and trim.

Beautiful rose garden that needs a little tlc ...

This is where I take my everyday and we love it. So pretty with the mountains and mission in the background. If you go in late September and October the roses are off the chain

Such a lovely spot for a picnic or just to spend a few minutes.

Very nice public rose garden. Great view of the mission and mountains and from the mission there is a great view of the islands. Great place for a picnic in the lawn

Beautiful and peaceful

Beautiful and so many different types of roses that its breath taking.

Beautiful selection of roses. Smells sooooo good!

A real nice park, areas where you can have a picnic, plenty room for kids and games. An area where you can appreciate beautiful roses, right across from Santa Barbara Mission.

Just beautiful here!

Julia Childs

Wow! Very nice park .The roses had already been cut back, but the place is gorgeous and well worth the effort.

Excellent selection of roses, sweeping view of the mission and surroundings, places to sit and a nice lawn for picnics or contemplation.

My great grandmas life celebration was here

I love the Mission Rose Garden. It is so beautiful, and each rose has a different fragrance. Highly recommended!

Loved it.

So pretty and relaxing.

Beautiful place!

Of course its beautiful, but very overcrowded. You will understand why when you visit, with the mission and mountains as your background you cant go wrong!

Love the variety of the 1500 delightful rose bushes here. It is in a beautiful setting close by the Old Mission in an out of the rush setting. Great adjacent grassy area for kids to play, too! This photo was in January on the yearly rose pruning day.

Always peaceful there

Nice place to rest and meditate enjoy the beautiful scenery

Large park with grassy area and beautiful rose garden but no Park like amenities like playground or basketball courts or tennis courts or anything like that

Always a great place to escape for peaceful walk alone or have a picnic with friends and family

Beautiful!

Wonderful large collection of well maintained roses. Free admission

Too many large dogs off leash, otherwise it would be very enjoyable

Definitely one of the most beautiful missions of the 21. Lovely rolling hills and the roses, when in bloom, make this spot a fragrant paradise. Good for hanging out, reading, yoga, dog walks and picnics.

Nice bike ride, beautiful garden, peaceful location

Beautiful place, lots of space to have big groups, potlucks, and big games.

Great place to play with the grandkids

A short walk from beautiful views of the ocean on the Mission steps. There are rows and rows of blooming roses and a central fountain. This is a great place to take pictures and young children.

Beautiful mission. Easy to find parking even when crowded. Have to pay to see inner but rates arent too bad.

Gorgeous!

Beautiful picnic spot.

Beautiful public park in the heart of Santa Barbara.

When the roses are in bloom, it is very beautiful to see. There are many different verities.

Beautiful views of old mission, mountains, roses and Santa Barbara homes. Green. Street parking.

Um... its a rose garden. Yeah. Lots of roses. Some are labeled as to their variety, but not all. Nice open space surrounding.

Quite ashy last night but beautiful otherwise

A beautiful place for a picnic (but plan accordingly; no bathrooms!)

Just a great place to sit and relax.

Dog haven. Love this place, benches, picnics, groomed grass. Win!

Perfect place for a picnic, to play fetch with your dog, to take kids to play.

So serene and calm. Very beautiful and picturesque

Every once in a while, you just have to slow down, and smell the roses

Worth going to smell the Roses