The fragrance, color and incomparable beauty of roses charm The Sarah J. McCarthey & Family Rose Garden at Red Butte Garden. Forget about marching through rows of labeled cultivars. Here you meander through a diverse presentation of informally planted varieties—hybrid teas and floribundas to climbers and miniatures—as they mix with companion plants to enchant all who visit. The Rose Garden boasts color-specific sections, from a blush-toned Wedding Garden to a robustly red Marin Overlook.

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Formality enjoys a surprising twist in Red Butte Garden’s  Ruth P. Eccles Herb Garden, where loose curves—rather than traditional diamonds and squares—shape a boxwood parterre woven through lush beds of fragrant herbs and edible flowers.
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 Shade Hat, $34, Cactus & Tropicals, SLC.

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Long Floral Garden Gloves, $40, Anthropologie, SLC.

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Hidcote Table/Stool, to the trade, Curate to the Trade, SLC.

Locke Console Tray, $495, The Fox Shop, Holladay.

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Passaros II Fountain, $742, The Garden Store, SLC, 

Deauville Pillow Cover, $168, Serena & Lily.

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Rose +Vine Outdoor Pillow, $128, Terrain.

Lutyens Bench, $1,693, The Garden Store, SLC.


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Brad Mee
Brad Mee is the Editor-in-Chief of Utah Style & Design Magazine.