The Ramat HaNadiv Gardens and Nature Reserve spread in 1,100 acres are dedicated to Baron Edmond de Rothschild (1845-1934) whose philanthropic efforts and visionary zeal have contributed so much to the establishment of modern Jewish State that he has been awarded honorary titles like 'The Famous Benefactor' and 'The Father of Yishuv' in Israel. In David Ben-Gurion's words (Israel's Father of Nation): “I doubt if one can find, in the entire history of the Jewish people in the Diaspora – a period of almost two thousand years - any person who equals or who can compare with the remarkable figure of the builder of the Jewish settlement in the renewed homeland in our day, that of Baron Edmond de Rothschild.”
The remains of the Baron and Baroness were brought to Israel on April 6, 1954, greeted with sirens and a nineteen-gun salute. The Rose Garden with a wide variety of roses includes six pools with fountains, the pools represent Rothschild and his five sons. Being a holiday, the tombs were not open to public and we missed the opportunity to visit his grave. See more on my blog entry:
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