A 1950 planting list included 2,500 rose plants , and by September 1953 a total stock of 5,325 bushes is listed in Brisbane City Council reports . This figure increased to 10,227 by 1957 . Some Brisbane City Council sources claim that 11,000 bushes of 300 varieties were planted in 1962 , although another Brisbane City Council source claims that this was the total stock at the time . An article in the Telegraph , 6 March 1965 , claimed that there were 40,000 roses bushes in New Farm Park , which made it one of Australia 's top three rose gardens . After the 1974 flood covered the rose beds in up to of toxic silt , 4,000 new rose bushes were ordered in 1974 , and 3,000 more in 1975
1974 flood
1974 Brisbane flood
New Farm Park