Welcome to The Elizabethan Gardens
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Fanciful and elaborate gardens were designed to entertain Queen Elizabeth I during her reign. Our garden was created for your enjoyment, and as a living memorial to the time when Sir Walter Raleigh’s lost colonists lived in this very place over 400 years ago. The Elizabethan Gardens is a project of the Garden Club of North Carolina.
A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization supporting our community. EIN# 56-6061040
Happenings in the Garden
While our gardens grace us with blooms year-round, we have many seasonal events and programs blooming with activity too.
Art in the Gardens
June 17 & 18
New, emerging and seasoned art showcase.
Weekly Summer Programs
July 15-Aug. 25, 2022
9:30am, Free with admission.
Royal Exchange Gift Shoppe
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News from the Gardens
Virginia Dare: A Statue with a Story
Our beloved statue embarked on a 100-year journey marked with drowning, rescue, fire, abandonment and ridicule to find her home in The Elizabethan Gardens.
Growing Boldly into the Future
The Elizabethan Gardens: 70 Years of Beautiful Inspiration and a memorial to the adventurous spirit of the Elizabethans who walked these very shores.
Great Gates a Passage into History
If you allow your imagination to be your guide, you can almost travel back to “days of old, when knights were bold, and everyone had a chamber maid” just by walking through these gates.
What our visitors say
Cindy and Dan
A must see experience. So peaceful and quiet.
Donna
This was so beautiful. My husband and I were married in a certain spot 36 years ago and we just got a picture of the place we were married in Elizabethan Gardens the whole experience was wonderful and it brought back beautiful wonderful memories.