New Hanover County Arboretum | N.C. Cooperative Extension

Charming and beautiful

This is a hidden gem! We arrived shortly after 3pm on a hot July day. It was a garden oasis! We were inspired to have landscaping like this at our home. The rose garden is beautiful. Each turn and pat...

Beautiful Gardens

So pleasant, quiet, and well done. This is a comparatively small garden but it is handicapped accessible and an easy walk around. The landscaping is individualized into sections and the Japanese garde...

Not my favorite garden

A pleasant garden in a very large city. We went to Elizabethan Gardens a couple days prior which you must pay to enter while this one is free. This one pales drastically in comparison, but I don’t bel...

Something to do

We stopped here killing time before we had to go to the airport. It was a cute little place. Our timing was not great for seeing everything in bloom but could tell it probably is beautiful at the righ...

Beautiful getaway into nature.

The Arboretum encompasses seven acres of gardens and plantings dedicated to demonstrating the best plant species for southeastern North Carolina landscapes. We were there when they were holding a plan...