Rosenneuheitengarten auf dem Beutig (Baden-Baden)

Enter from Moltkestraße, orient yourselves with the plan and follow open garden paths to the arches and a trial block. Add the earlier winners, David Austin collection and fragrance-prize area as interest and energy allow. Return to the same entrance; there is no need to cover every bed.

Confirm the usable entrance and entire onward route with the Gartenamt if you need a step-free visit. This suggested sequence is not certified as wheelchair-accessible.

Choose the 45–60-minute version: arches, one trial block and a family favourite. Return to the Moltkestraße gate, then retrace your approach to the car or bus. Keep the plan small enough that children still want to look at the last flower.

Use the 75–90-minute option for three comparisons: a climber, a David Austin rose and a former prize-winner. Record labels and whole-plant photographs, then pause before returning to your original gate. Arrange refreshments separately after leaving.

Go straight to Gönneranlage on Lichtentaler Allee for an outdoor garden walk, or book time for a separate museum visit. Beutig is closed until its planned May 2027 reopening; winter access to another garden does not imply winter rose blossom.

Choose one labelled rose and photograph the whole plant, a flower and the label. A close-up shows petal form; the wider picture records how the rose grows. Keep both feet on a suitable public path and do not bend a stem towards the camera.

Find the fragrance-prize section on the plan. Compare two reachable flowers without picking either, and invent a simple description for each scent. Different family members may choose different favourites. Skip a flower if an insect is already using it.

Draw three boxes for colour, scent and overall plant shape. Pick one rose for each, then agree on a family winner before leaving. This is your own game, separate from any official visitor ballot.

The Staatliche Kunsthalle at Lichtentaler Allee 8a offers a separate indoor outing. In autumn 2026, Bloom up! Die Sprache der Blumen brings floral themes into art and cultural history. Check the exhibition programme for later visits. The museum normally opens Tuesday–Sunday, 10:00–18:00, with separate admission; it closes on Mondays. Wheelchair visitors enter via Museum Frieder Burda and should ask staff about exhibition access.

Roses are the central cultivated collection here. Look for the difference between a single open flower and a densely filled one, then compare a climbing plant with a compact bed rose. The list includes Laguna and Veilchenblau among the climbers and The Poet’s Wife among the David Austin roses. Labels are the safest way to keep cultivar names with your photographs. These garden roses belong to the genus Rosa, but their cultivated varieties are not separate wild species.

The main setting is actively tended rose beds, grass margins and paths, with roses trained over supports. These are horticultural plantings. Treat a passing insect as a chance to watch quietly, without assuming a particular wild species will appear.

The international jury’s summer visit is only one part of the trial. A permanent jury follows plants through the preceding season, while an expert jury assesses them in successive years. Looking at the leaves and whole bush makes more sense here than choosing only the biggest flower.

Jannik Dräger’s floribunda rose Candy Cloud received the Goldene Rose von Baden-Baden on 16 June 2026. Its open pink flowers have orange stamens. The award is a dated result, so check the labels for what is planted and flowering on your own visit.

In 2003 Beutig became the first trial garden awarded the World Federation of Rose Societies’ Award of Garden Excellence. That recognises the garden itself; the annual Goldene Rose is awarded to a rose.

June is the main rose-season focus. If returning later during the opening season, compare the same labelled plants and notice what has changed. The winter closure gives staff time for soil work and new planting; check the new opening announcement before a spring return.

The plan marks a WC and a pavilion, and garden seating is provided. Check which facilities are available during your visit and whether the WC meets your access needs. Bring water and arrange food elsewhere; do not rely on an on-site café. Picnic gatherings, private parties and barbecues are prohibited.

Use KVV to plan from your starting point via Augustaplatz to Moltkestraße on the Friesenberg loop. The service is limited, so choose the return before entering the garden and leave time to walk back to the stop. Drivers can look for legal parking along Moltkestraße; a space is not guaranteed.

Contact the Gartenamt at [email protected] with your arrival point and mobility requirements. Ask which entrance is usable, which garden paths avoid steps, how steep they are and whether a suitable toilet will be open. Neither the garden’s compact size nor the existence of hard paths establishes a fully accessible visit.