North Carolina
Here is a list of our top ten gardens in North Carolina with descriptions and ratings. Enjoy!
300 Airlie Road, Wilmington, NC 28403. (910) 798-7700.
67 acres
Three Stars
First plantings started in 1901, current gardens include butterfly garden, sculpture garden, showcase, pergola,
mystery grave, camelia garden, spring garden, airlie lake, airlie oak, water wise garden, Bradley Creek overlook.
Garden Tours. Self Guided Tours. Parking available. Restrooms onsite. Membership. Handicap accessible.
Golf carts available. Adult Education programs. Children's programs. Visitor center. Outdoor. Year-round visits. Trails. Maps available.
1 Approach Road, Asheville, NC. 28803. (800) 411-3812.
8000 acres
Five Stars
The Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina encompasses a total of 125,000 acres of land, which includes a
4 acre mansion (the largest residence in the US), an Inn, a deerpark, a winery, and an array of gardens. The surrounding forests were the first managed by Gifford Pinchot, the founder of the U. S. Forest Service. The gardens were originally designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, the designer of Central Park in New York City. The present gardens include an Italian garden, shrub garden, walled garden, spring garden, azalea garden, flower carpets reminiscent of the Victorian era, a Conservatory, and exotic and native trees. Visitors can follow walking trails and paths through the grounds and tour the mansion.
Mansion Tours. Garden Tours. Self Guided Tours. Docent Led Tours. Parking available. Restrooms onsite. Membership.
Handicap accessible. Adult Education programs. Children's programs. Visitor center. Gift Shop. Store. Cafˇ.
Restaurant. Plants for sale. Indoor/Outdoor. Year-round visits. Trails. Maps available, also online.
536 N. Eastern Boulevard Fayetteville, NC 28301. (910) 486-0221.
79 acres
Three stars
Gardens include azalea glade, daylily garden, Terrace, Heritage, Waterwise, Bog, Bluff, Hosta, Children's garden.
Banana Tree pond, Woods, Lakeside gardens.
Garden Tours. Self Guided Tours. Docent Led Tours. Parking available. Restrooms onsite. Membership.
Handicap accessible, wheelchairs available. Adult Education programs. Children's programs. Festivals and programs.
Visitor center. Gift Shop. Store. Restaurant. Plant sales. Outdoor. Year-round visits. Trails. Maps available, also online.
6500 South New Hope Road, Belmont, NC 28012. (704) 825-4490
450 acres
Five stars
110 cultivated, 10 acres of formal gardens, Four Seasons Garden, tropical Canal Garden, Perennial Gardens,
Cottage Garden, fragrant Conifer Garden, Azalea fall blooming Garden, West Gardens. 12 fountains. art and sculptures.
8000 sq ft conservatory.
Garden Tours. Self Guided Tours. Docent Led Tours. Parking available. Restrooms onsite.
Membership. Handicap accessible. Adult Education programs. Children's programs. Visitor center.
Gift Shop. Store. Cafˇ. Restaurant. Plants for sale. Indoor/Outdoor. Year-round visits. Trails. Maps available, also online.
100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way Asheville, NC 28806. (828) 665-2492
434 acres
Three Stars
Open in 1986, Gardens include sustainable landscape garden, plants of promise, stream, quilt, spring, heritage,
bonsai collection (100 + specimens). 900 sq ft greenhouse. Amphitheatre. 8 miles of trails
Garden Tours. Self Guided Tours. Docent Led Tours. Segway Tours. Parking available. Restrooms onsite. Membership.
Adult Education programs. Children's programs. Visitor center. Gift Shop. Cafˇ. Indoor/Outdoor. Year-round visits.
Maps available, also online.
North Carolina Botanical Garden
Old Mason Farm Road Chapel Hill, NC, 27599. (919) 962-0522
Four Stars
Some planted areas dating from 1902: display gardens include native plant border, native Water Gardens,
Carnivorous Plant Collection, Garden of Flowering Plant Families, Horticultural Therapy Demonstration Garden,
The Mercer Reeves Hubbard Herb Garden, Coastal Plain and Sandhills Habitat Gardens, Mountain Habitat Garden, Fern Collection,
Garden Tours. Self Guided Tours. Docent Led Tours. Parking available. Restrooms onsite. Membership.
Adult Education programs. Children's programs. Herbarium. Art in the garden. Visitor center. Plants for sale. Indoor/Outdoor.
Year-round visits. Trails. Maps available, also online.
9149 Orton Road SE, Winnabow, NC 28479. (910) 371-6851
60 acres
Three Stars
20 acres of gardens. Former rice plantation and pine forest estuary. some plantings 100 years old.
live oak trees, azaleas, camellias, flowering peach, daphne, hydrangeas, crepe myrtles, dogwoods, annuals.
Garden Tours. Self Guided Tours. Docent Led Tours. Parking available, Free. Restrooms onsite. Handicap accessible.
Visitor center. Gift Shop. Store. Seeds for sale. Outdoor. Year-round visits.
426 Anderson Street, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0341. (919) 684-3698
55 acres
Three Stars
Since the mid 1930's the Sarah P. Duke Gardens has four major parts: Terraces, Blomquist Garden of Native Plants,
flora of southeastern United States, Culberson Asiatic Arboretum, and Doris Duke Center Gardens.
Five miles of paths through the gardens. Annuals, Apricot, Azaleas, Camellias, Cherries, Chrysanthemums, Crabapples,
Crape Myrtles, Daffodils, Daylilies, Dogwood, Irises, Magnolias, Pansies, Peonies, Rhododendrons, Roses, Wildflowers,
Winter Hazels, Wisteria, Witch Hazels.
Garden Tours. Self Guided Tours. Docent Led Tours. Trolley Tours. Parking available. Restrooms onsite. Greenhouses.
Adult Education programs. Children's programs. Workshops, lectures. Gift Shop. Cafˇ. Restaurant. Plants for sale.
Indoor/Outdoor. Year-round visits. Maps available, also online.