Airlie Gardens 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. It was designed 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.In 1998, it was purchased by New Hanover County. The grounds are 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.
In 2018, more than 300 trees were felled due to Hurricane Florence.African-American folk artist Minnie Evans was the Airlie Gardens gatekeeper for a number of years.
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airlie_Gardens
Official Website http://www.airliegardens.org/
Phone +1 910 798 7700
Address 300 Airlie Rd, Wilmington, NC 28403, USA
Coordinates 34°12'49.612" N -77°49'35.94" E
