NOTE: The next Chapel Hill Spring Garden Tour will be held on April 14-15, 2012. More information will appear on this website in fall of 2011. Enjoy revisiting the 2010 tour gardens on these pages.
The Woodland Gardens of Lake Forest:
Hand in Hand with Nature
Saturday, April 17th
10 am - 4 pm
Sunday, April 18th
2010
11 am - 4 pm
Rain or Shine
Developed in the 1940's and 50's, Chapel Hill's Lake Forest neighborhood offers a combination of rustic charm and sophisticated plantings. Wooded hills, lakefront views and winding brooks provide a unified setting for a variety of homes and gardens. Flowering trees and shrubs are underplanted with bulbs, azaleas and other spring delights. Tucked away in this sheltering landscape, the eight Lake Forest gardens on this tour offer a nature preserve and sculptures from the dramatic to the whimsical as well as striking water features and unusual specimen plants.
The newly completed Visitor Education Center at the North Carolina Botanical Garden, with its many novel green features, provides an additional attraction for this year's tour, plus amenities such as the Garden's annual plant sale.
For general tour information, contact the
North Carolina Botanical Garden:
(919) 962-0522
For additional press information, contact:
Maggie Gaudet
(919) 201-2649 or maggiemango@earthlink.net or
Janet McCarthy
(919) 542-1481 or jlgm@nc.rr.com