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Open: 9AM - 5PM. 9AM - 8PM. Elizabethan Garden Club of NC, Inc. P O Box 1150 Manteo, NC 27954 Telephone:  473-3234 | |
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The garden has unique appeal to horticulturists with its myriad varieties of plants; to nature lovers with its wildflowers and indigenous shrubs and trees; and to history buffs with its historic setting at the site of the first English Colony in the New World. The grounds are also home to period furniture and English portraits in the Gate House; ancient garden statuary and ornaments, many given by The late Honorable John Hay Whitney, former Ambassador to the Court of St. James, and Mrs. Whitney; and to a 16th Century Gazebo. Created by the Garden Club of North Carolina, Inc., in 1951 is located on Roanoke Island near Manteo, adjacent to the ''Lost Colony'' waterside theatre and Fort Raleigh National Historic Site. | ||
