Get Lost in Gardens
Every garden has a story, and North Carolina’s are epic. At Biltmore, which welcomes spring with Biltmore Blooms (March 19 – May 26, 2016), George Vanderbilt, Frederick Law Olmsted and horticulturalist Chauncey Beadle created a dazzling array of formal and informal gardens. At Sarah P. Duke Gardens, for more than 75 years, dramatic plantings in world-class designs reach the height of beauty in spring. The gardens of Tryon Palace cover two-and-a-half centuries of history with marigolds and celosia representing the Colonial era. And for more intimate vignettes, tour private gardens during the North Carolina Azalea Festival (April 6-10, 2016), Wilmington’s showcase of Southern pageantry at its finest.