Airlie Gardens

Statue at Airlie Gardens
Bottle Chapel at Airlie Gardens
Eastern Glass Lizard
Bottle Chapel

Airlie Gardens (67 acres) is a public garden in Wilmington, North Carolina.

It was created in 1886 as a private garden, for the Pembroke Jones family by Mrs. Jones, as a lush, flowing, naturalistic Southern garden, with thousands of azaleas, camellias, magnolias, and wisteria. German landscape architect Rudolf Topel, transformed the garden to a picturesque garden.[1] In 1998, it was purchased by New Hanover County and is open 9:00am to 5:00pm Monday through Sunday for an admission fee. *During the winter they are closed Mondays, but are open Tuesday through Sunday 9:00am to 5:00pm.

African-American folk artist Minnie Evans was the Airlie Gardens gatekeeper for a number of years.

See also

Airlie Gardens is a participating member of the American Horticulture Society and offers reciprocal admission for other gardens, arboreta, and conservatories.

References

  1. ↑ "Airlie Flower Gardens in North Carolina". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02.

Coordinates: 34°12′54″N 77°49′40″W / 34.2151°N 77.8279°W / 34.2151; -77.8279


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