Hamilton Lake Rose Garden is the Rogers Rose Garden at Hamilton Gardens, on Ruakiwi Road in Hamilton Lake. It sits next to the Hamilton Gardens children's playground and is open to all. The website describes themed sections, climbing and weeping roses, and hybrid teas and floribundas, and says the garden is a favourite spot for photographers. It is named after Dr Denis Rogers, a former Hamilton mayor, who started the garden in 1969. The annual Pacific Rose Bowl Festival is held there, where the public votes for New Zealand's Rose of the Year.