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Arboretums and Public Gardens
Asheville/Western NC Biltmore Estate Gardens (75 acres) designed by Frederick Law Olmsted for America’s largest private home - George Vanderbilt’s chateau. Includes: Italian garden, shrub garden, walled English garden, azaleas, roses, conservatory, arbors, flowering bulbs, rhododendrons, annuals Botanical Gardens of Asheville Features native trees, shrubs, and flowers on a 10 acre site next to University of North Carolina at Asheville. Includes: woodland trails, garden for blind, azaleas, botany center, wildflowers, native trees and shrubs Craggy Gardens A network of trails (600 acres) on the Blue Ridge Parkway featuring an abundance of wildflowers, rhododendrons, and azaleas in a natural setting. North Carolina Arboretum A 426 acre garden under construction. Currently includes: plants with promise, quilt garden, stream garden, heritage garden, garden trails, native azaleas, terrace garden, water garden, educational center Burnsville Roan
Mountain Boone Daniel Boone Native Gardens A 10 acre collection of native trees, shrubs, and wildflowers. Features include: bog garden, fern garden, meditation garden, and a log cabinCherokee Cherokee Botanical Garden and Nature Trail Features herbs and vegetable gardens of the Cherokee Indians and a nature trail. Hendersonville The Bullington Center Chapel Hill Coker Arboretum Outdoor classroom (5 acres) for study of native trees, shrubs, and vines Gene Strowd Community Rose Garden A small rose garden (1/2 acre) with 600 bushes. A learning garden adjoins it that features annuals and perennials. North Carolina Botanical Garden Garden (600 acres) focused on North Carolina native plants. Features include: habit gardens for coastal plain, piedmont, and mountain regions; nature trails, ferns, rare plants, herbs, and poisonous plants Fearrington Gardens Formal perennial garden, herb and kitchen garden, cutting garden, white garden Charlotte/Belmont Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden A relatively new (400 acres) botanical garden under construction. Current features include: perennials, woodland trail, canal garden, cottage garden, kitchen garden, and visitors center UNC-Charlotte Botanical Gardens Features include: nature trail, large rhododendron collection, winter garden, greenhouse with orchid collection Wing Haven Garden and Bird Sanctuary Three acres of formal gardens and controlled natural areas with focus on attracting birds; roses, wildflowers, herbs, ferns, woodland garden Concord Historic Mill Hill Plantation Gardens Features include: formal garden, white garden, secret garden, Anglo-Chinese garden, historic plantation home Memorial Garden Clyde Haywood Arboretum and Horticultural
Gardens Display gardens located through out the campus including: rhododendron garden (1 acre), dahlia garden, rose garden, nature trail, conifers, perennials Davidson Davidson College Arboretum Collection of trees and shrubs on a campus setting. Durham Magic Wings Butterfly House Exotic butterflies and their tropical habitats Penny’s Bend Nature Preserve A native area (84 acres) featuring trails with trees and wildflowers along the Eno River. Sarah P. Duke Gardens 55 acres of woodland and formal gardens featuring native plants, seasonal color, camellias, roses, Asiatic trees and shrubs Witherspoon Rose Garden A demonstration rose garden adjoining Witherspoon Rose culture(nursery). Edenton Cupola House and Gardens Fayetteville / Godwin Cape Fear Botanical Garden A relatively young botanical garden located on the Cape Fear and Cross Creek Rivers. Features include: camellia collection, daylily garden, nature trail, perennials, sundial garden, heritage garden Rasland Farms Greensboro Bicentennial Garden A city garden (7 1/2 acres) featuring azaleas, bulbs, camellias, perennials, annuals, roses, and a fragrance and herb garden. Bog Garden The garden and lake is a haven for native and migratory waterfowl. Plant features include: wildflowers, ferns, trees, wild roses. Greensboro Arboretum The arboretum (17 acres) features include: small tree collection, ground cover garden, butterfly garden, winter garden, hydrophilic garden, shade garden, as well as annuals and perennials Legacy Demonstration Garden A one acre demonstration site was started in 1990 by reclaiming a vacant overgrown field. Master Gardeners with the N.C. Cooperative Extension Service, using donated materials from corporations and individuals have created a variety of garden demonstrations that offer the general public a hands-on learning classroom. Greenville Pitt County Arboretum Kernersville Paul J. Ciener Botanical Garden Manteo Elizabethan Gardens A formal garden memorializing the settlers of "The Lost Colony". Features a sunken garden, rose garden, woodland and wildlife garden, camellias and rhododendrons, overlook terrace, with statuary through the garden. New Bern Tryon Palace and Gardens Formal gardens on the grounds (14 acres) of the restored palace of the first royal governor of North Carolina. Craven County Extension Center Includes demonstration vegetable garden, display garden for the Eastern North Carolina Rose Society, and a bird and butterfly garden. Cooperator with the North Carolina Urban Tree Evaluation Program. Tree and shrub collection includes 24 species/cultivars of Viburnum. Pinehurst /Southern Pines Sandhills Horticultural Gardens A campus teaching garden (27 acres) with formal and informal areas featuring: large holly and conifer collection, fruit and vegetable garden, wetland trail, woodland garden, camellias, azaleas, succulents, streams Gardens
at Weymouth Center for the Arts and Humanities Three acres of gardens surround the Boyd home with formal and informal areas featuring water gardens, rose garden, formal garden, perennial beds, camellias, butterfly gardens, woodland gardens. Raleigh/Cary JC Raulston Arboretum Mail address: JC Raulston
Arboretum, NC State University, Box 7522, Raleigh, NC 27695-7522 Jaycee Daylily Garden Massive collection of daylily cultivars Ellen Mordecai Garden Small antebellum kitchen garden featuring herbs Juniper Level
Botanical Garden Raleigh Rose Garden Collection of hybrid teas, florabundas, grandifloras, English, and tree roses WRAL Azalea Gardens The garden behind the station includes over 2,000 mature azaleas with companion trees and flowers. Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve A naturally occurring stand (400 year old) of Canadian hemlocks and wildflowers that normally occur in western North Carolina. Includes: nature center, trails, wildflower garden Red Springs/Lumberton Flora Macdonald Gardens An informal garden along the Little Raft Swamp featuring a collection of azaleas, camellias, roses, and native plants. Reidsville Chinqua-Penn Plantation A 22 acre country estate featuring: 1922 restored home, herb garden, goldfish pools, Chinese pagoda garden, perennials, bulbs, annuals, rose garden, and native plants. Salisbury Poet's and Dreamer's Garden Includes a biblical garden, Shakespeare garden, international garden Elizabeth Holmes Hurley Park A haven (15 acres) for wildlife featuring wildflowers, magnolias, azaleas, woodlands, streams, and pathways. Wilkesboro Wilkes Community College Gardens Theme gardens through out the campus including: Japanese garden, conifer garden, native garden, garden for the senses, rose garden, vegetable garden, wildflower meadow, and a log cabin. Wilmington Airlie Gardens Historic waterfront plantation estate (67 acres) that features camellias and azaleas. Greenfield Gardens New Hanover County Extension Arboretum Over 4,000 species of native and introduced trees, shrubs, and flowers in 32 theme gardens (6 1/2 acres) including: daylily, vegetables, rose garden, children’s garden, aquatic and bog garden, camellias, and a shade garden. Orton Plantation Gardens Plantation garden (20 acres) on the Cape Fear River, includes formal and informal areas. Features: large live oaks and native trees, azaleas, radial garden, white garden, scroll garden, sun garden, view of old rice fields Wilson Wilson Rose Garden An excellent collection of old garden roses and new hybrid roses Wilson Botanical Garden Includes an extensive tree collection, turf grass demonstration plots, perennial beds, and an exhibit of native plants. A recently completed youth garden is designed to encourage hands-on participation in planting ornamentals and harvesting food crops. Will encompass six acres when completed. Winston-Salem/Clemmons Bethabara Park A colonial Moravian community vegetable garden, nature trails, and restored buildings. Old Salem Reynolda Gardens An early 20th century formal garden (4 acres) featuring: new and old roses, vegetables, herbs, perennials, conservatory and nature The Arboretum at Tanglewood A county park that includes an arboretum, fragrance garden, and a rose garden. Tanglewood arboretum is maintained by Cooperative Extension Service, Forsyth County Center. This list of public gardens in North Carolina was originally compiled
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