Sarah P. Duke Gardens
Sarah P. Duke Gardens | |
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Type | Historic public garden |
Location | West Campus, Duke University |
Coordinates | 36°0′6.49″N 78°56′0.54″W / 36.0018028°N 78.9334833°W |
Area | 223,000 m2 (2,400,000 sq ft) |
Etymology | Named for Sarah Pearson Angier Duke |
Website | Duke Gardens |
The Sarah P. Duke Gardens consist of approximately 55 acres (22 ha) of landscaped and wooded areas at Duke University located in Durham, North Carolina. There are 5 miles (8 km) of allées, walks, and pathways throughout the gardens. The gardens are divided into four areas, the Historic Core and Terraces, the H.L Blomquist Garden of Native Plants, the William Louis Culberson Asiatic Arboretum and the Doris Duke Center Gardens (including the Page-Rollins White Garden). The gardens are a memorial to Sarah Pearson Angier Duke, mother of Mary Duke Biddle and wife of Benjamin N. Duke, one of Duke University's benefactors.
History
In the early 1920s, Duke University's planners intended to turn the area where the Sarah P. Duke Gardens are currently located into a lake. Funds for this project ran short and the idea was subsequently abandoned. The gardens then officially began in 1934, when Dr. Frederic Moir Hanes, a faculty member at the
Trivia
The 36th line of latitude goes directly through the Duke Gardens; there is a plaque designating a spot through which the parallel runs.
Gallery
See also
- List of botanical gardens in the United States
- List of botanical gardens in the United Kingdom