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The Royal National Rose Society (RNRS) Gardens in Hertfordshire, England, are to be re-opened to the public.

Following a three-year closure for refurbishment, the stunning gardens are set to open their gates again on 9 June this year.

The new gardens are said to be just the first of three major developments due to be carried out on the site.

Among them are plans to complete the building of Butterfly World, which will become Europe's largest live butterfly park when it opens in 2009.

Finally, the Royal Entomological Society plans to move its headquarters from London to a mansion which sits adjacent to the gardens.

Work began on refurbishing the gardens back in 2003, with landscape designer Michael Balston taking charge of matters.

'The Royal National Rose Society was founded in 1876 but we have shaped the new Rose Society Gardens for the 21st century,' said Richard Adams, chief executive of the RNRS.

'The new gardens will be a place of peace and beauty, just as the previous gardens were, but the new design has many more roses than before and focuses on their use as part of wider planting schemes.'

Among the updated areas on the site is a brand new, re-planted Queen Mother Garden.

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