Duke is taking that year to build a large, new welcome center that remakes the entrance to the gardens. It’s projected to cost around $30 million. Advertisement ...

HILLSBOROUGH -- The closing of the Indoor Display Gardens at Duke Farms on May 25 has sparked a grass roots effort to keep them open. A web site ...

The perfect place to jaunt on a beautiful spring day is through the gorgeous Sarah P. Duke Gardens in Durham, which are located in the heart of the West Campus of Duke University. If you love ...

The Sarah P. Duke Gardens’ canopy of Yoshino cherry blossoms — a favorite among students, locals and visitors — began blooming last week. With 155,000 visitors last March alone, thousands ...

AMANDA BROWN/THE STAR-LEDGERLatticework lines the walls and vaulted ceiling of the French garden, shading plants below. For nearly 50 years, the gardens under glass at Duke Farms were the public's ...

The garden of the Duke Mansion, 400 Hermitage Road, is open to the public during daylight hours when the mansion is not rented for a private function. Weekends are often booked.

Duke Gardens’ first seeds were planted in 1934, and the famed terrace gardens were built five years later. Sarah P. Duke, the gardens’ namesake and Washington Duke’s daughter-in-law, paid ...