Rose garden of the Grand Château d'Ansembourg, a labyrinth of roses in a Baroque garden

Free access, information about exceptional closing days: www.gcansembourg.eu
Address: 10, rue de la Vallée L-7411 Ansembourg
Planted: 2015

Passing through the monumental baroque wrought iron gate, you enter the main courtyard of the Grand Château d'Ansembourg, built in the 17th century. The gardens were lacreated in the 1730s and 1750s by Count Lambert-Joseph de Marchant et d'Ansembourg. The site was almost in ruins by the 1980s. Since 1987, restoration work has been ongoing. The terraced gardens, ponds, fountains, monumental staircases, hedges, collections of espalier fruit trees, labyrinth and vegetable garden with old forgotten vegetables are reminiscent of ancient wealth. A 200-metre-long 18th-century arbour, or green tunnel, runs alongside the River Eisch. A majestic 200-year-old sycamore tree near the vegetable garden is undoubtedly the oldest of its kind in Luxembourg.

Since the 19th century, the gardens have been famous far beyond the borders of the Grand Duchy for their collection of utility plants, including nearly 400 fruit species. The assortment has almost completely disappeared. Many 18th-century stone sculptures have been preserved. Under the arcades of the rear façade of the castle, four whitewashed statues represent the continents of origin of the estate's former botanical rarities.

The rose garden was created in 2015 on the second terrace. The geometric language of the labyrinth below is reflected in the patterns of the flowerbeds. They feature a collection of Luxembourgish and European roses, which is growing year after year. The grass path running alongside the rose beds is lined with “Walferdange” musk roses and “Princess Sibilla de Luxembourg” roses. On International Peace Day in 2017, an elegant ivory-white hybrid tea rose with large flowers was named “Jardins d'Ansembourg” and planted at the bottom of the terrace wall.
A team of volunteers from Patrimoine Roses Luxembourg regularly maintains the rose garden.