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HISTORY, MYSTERY AND FANTASY are combined in these special gardens which are a memorial to the first English colonists. | |
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Truly this hallowed site is the birthplace of America. For here, and nowhere else, Sir Walter Raleigh made the initial attempts to colonize the New World under Queen Elizabeth I. These English colonists came to America in 1584-1587 and ''walked away through the dark forest into history.'' There is beauty for all in this lovely garden in its tranquil setting on the shores of Roanoke Sound. The garden is open year round for your enjoyment --masses of blooming azaleas, dogwoods, rhododendrons, vines, herbs, bulbs and spring annuals peaking around the middle of April; sweet scented gardenias, roses, magnolias, crape myrtle, lilies, hydrangeas and summer annuals reaching their height of bloom the middle of July; riotous summer bedding plants, hibiscus, chrysanthemums and impatiens featured in the autumn months; and camellias featured from late fall through winter until March. | ||
