{"id":8626,"date":"2001-04-29T23:01:50","date_gmt":"2001-04-29T23:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/huell-howser-archives\/2016\/12\/12\/rose-garden-visiting-908\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T21:36:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T21:36:05","slug":"rose-garden-visiting-908","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/huell-howser-archives\/2001\/04\/29\/rose-garden-visiting-908\/","title":{"rendered":"Rose Garden &#8211; Visiting (908)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The creation of a new Exposition Park Rose Garden was part of the painstaking preparation for the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles, and it remains one of the most important public rose gardens in California. Huell spends a morning among the more than 7,000 rose bushes of this urban oasis, beloved by rosarians and the public alike.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Note: This episode was released across Public Broadcasting Service&#8217;s (PBS) affiliated stations in California, but not necessarily on the same day for each station. The date shown represents an earliest, approximate airdate for this episode. 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