Ellen Mordecai Garden
One Mimosa Street
(919) 834-4844
The garden is recreated from first-hand descriptions of the Mordecai kitchen garden in the 1830s. It contains vegetables, herbs and flowers that were grown through the 19th century.
Falls Lake State Recreation Area
13304 Creedmoor Road
(919) 676-1027
This 38,000-acre aquatic paradise offers a selection of recreation areas offering recreational activities, primitive camping and environmental education.
Historic Oak View County Park
4028 Carya Dr.
(919) 250-1013
This antebellum farmstead features an 1855 Greek Revival house, detached plank kitchen, cotton gin house museum and two outbuildings. Included are the pecan grove, 1870s gazebo, and a Farm History Center.
Historic Yates Mill County Park
4620 Lake Wheeler Road
(919) 856-6675
Park facilities range from a restored gristmill, a park center for education and research and permanent exhibits on the site's cultural and natural history. Park grounds support several miles of hiking trails, pond and wetlands boardwalks, an outdoor classroom, an overlook deck, fixed dock, picnic tables, native landscaping, wildlife habitat enhancement features and more.
JC Raulston Arboretum at NCSU
4415 Beryl Road
(919) 515-3132
The eight-acre, nationally-acclaimed JC Raulston Arboretum at N.C. State University features the most diverse collection of plants adapted for landscape use in the southeastern U.S.
Joel Lane House Gardens
728 W. Hargett Street
(919) 833-3431
Authentic Colonial Revival garden featuring espalied fruit trees, pomegranate trees, a grape arbor and brick walkways. Herb garden features medicinal and culinary herbs.
Juniper Level Botanic Garden
9241 Sauls Road
(919) 772-4794
Nationally known horticulturist Tony Avent's plant expeditions lead him near and far in search of unusual perennials to nurture in his five-acre Juniper Level Botanic Garden. Here he evaluates plants for their adaptability to the Southeastern climate and propagates them for sale at Plant Delights Nursery.
Pullen Park
520 Ashe Avenue
(919) 831-6468
Pullen Park spans more than 68 beautifully landscaped acres. The park offers a train ride through the amusement park, a kiddie boat ride, pedal boats and a 1912 Dentzel Menagerie Carousel and is also home of the TV Land's tribute statue of Andy and Opie Taylor honoring the Andy Griffith Show.
Raleigh Municipal Rose Garden
301 Pogue St.
(919) 821-4579
The Rose Garden is a historic garden nestled in a residential neighborhood near N.C. State University. It features 1,200 roses of 60 different varieties blooming from late May until autumn. Seasonal flowers include bulbs, annuals, trees and shrubs.
The Hobbit Garden
9400 Sauls Road
(919) 772-6761
Home to more than 2,000 plants, The Hobbit Garden is dedicated to collecting, testing and designing with rare, unusual and dwarf ornamental plants. This world-renowned garden is known for demonstrating intensive planting for small urban properties by creating naturalistic environmental settings.
