Tunghai Rose Garden

“The Little Prince Rose Garden”: Where the Light of Faith Lets Love and Dreams Bloom
“It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.”
— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince, Chapter 21 
Here, once a patch of red earth, often wind-swept, its soil, hard and acidic, was unsuitable for cultivation—let alone growing roses. Yet on this very soil, the dream of establishing a rose garden, seemingly impossible then, is now a vision come true, achievable only through years of unwavering belief and commitment.
Beginning in September 2024—from garden design, soil turning and conditioning, and pH balancing, to installing the irrigation system and planting more than twenty varieties of heritage Taiwanese roses—every step has been infused with persistence and faith. At last, the wilderness has become a garden, and tens of thousands of roses may now bloom in many splendors as testament to a shining conviction.
The garden spans approximately 1.6 acres and comprises 20,000 roses, established and fully funded by Mr. Huang Teng-Hui, a Distinguished Alumnus of Tunghai, artist and founder of a national café chain, the Classical Rose Garden. This is a personal concept that took forty-six years from gemination to blossoming, from the youthful ideal of a nineteen-year-old to the mature vision of a sixty-five-year-old—a dream that has become a reality.
The design of the garden centers on the theme of “Two Roses”: one signifies a gift to Tunghai University for its 70th anniversary; the other a dedication to The Little Prince, a French novel that inspires Mr. Huang, and a lifelong muse to his creative vision.
The garden also features two sculptures by Mr. Huang: “The Covenant of Taming”  symbolizing love, responsibility, and constancy; and
“Little Prince Among Roses”, symbolizing the pursuit of love and dreams.
May each of you who enters this garden feel wind and light as the guiding hand of Nature, find the rose that belongs to you—may you see the world anew with love, and rediscover the most sincere version of yourself.
Dedicated with gratitude
Donated by Huang Teng-Hui
Tunghai University – Inscription
(Written by Professor Emeritus Chou Fen-Ling)
Garden Opening: November 1, 2025