Rose Gardens

• Three "Rose Gardens" appear on Jerusalem maps.
• The Wohl Rose Garden, Gan HaVeredim (http://www.jerusalemshots.com/Jerusalem_en78-4226.html), next to the Knesset, is a favorite for camp-out demonstrations. Demonstrators will be happy to tell you whether they want a larger budget for housing or for adding medicines covered by mandatory health insurance. -- or if they are deemonstrating to convince "the government to go home" -- which is the Israeli way of saying, "Throw the rascals out."
• Gan HaShoshanim in Talbiyeh, the second "rose" garden, is an expanse of lawns, trees, and playgrounds. The British set the site apart as a park. (In lands once held by the French, cities have boulevards; those once held by the British are graced by parks.) Now redesigned and landscaped, Gan HaShoshanim offers lovely views, shady benches in summer, sunny ones between winter rains, a water fountain, and well-maintained restrooms. For all this, I am told thanks go to the Bronfman family.
• The third is the Billy Rose Sculpture Garden (http://www.imj.org.il/eng/art/garden/index.html ).

Copyright 2006 Jane S. Fox