Capaha Park, 1400 Broadway Street
Cape Girardeau, Missouri
573-339-6340
Cape Girardeau was once known as the City of Roses. In the 1940s, an incredible garden lined Highway 61 between Cape Girardeau and Jackson. This spectacular garden contained roses, other flowers, blooming shrubs and evergreen trees. A present-day reminder of those bygone days is the Capaha Rose Garden that is maintained by the Council of Garden Clubs, made up of the Four Seasons Garden Club, Ramblewood Garden Club and Rose Hills Garden Club. The garden clubs maintain 42 beds devoted to over 200 varieties of roses and almost 1,000 plants. Work on the Capaha Rose Garden began in 1953. The garden was ready for viewing and was accepted as a national accredited Rose Display Testing Garden in October 1955. The Capaha Rose Garden is one of three test gardens in Missouri. In addition to the rose garden is an azalea garden and butterfly garden that can be enjoyed just outside the fenced rose garden area.
Visiting the Capaha Rose Garden
6:30 am - 11 pm
There is no charge to visit the Capaha Rose Garden
Learn more about the community of Cape Girardeau
Capaha Park - The official webpage of Capaha Park provided by the Cape Girardeau Parks Department