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January 2024 by Janeth Alvarenga
It's PERFECT ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨
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January 2024 by Pete Stock
An awesome place to go for a walk, see a huge variety of plants or just relax. Beautiful, well maintained, huge variety, amazing seasonal plants and 100%worth visiting more than once. Five stars for sure. The parking is limited and the system to pay for parking is awful. The gardens are worthwhile year around but in late fall and winter there is of course less green and flowers. The white garden is one of my favorite areas. The gift shop has some excellent plants for sale.
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January 2024 by Meenakshi Dave
It was nice to visit at Duke garden but if in March to April we can see beautiful flowers in different colors in whole garden area n full greenery we can enjoy.
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January 2024 by thyblacksmith
My favorite section of this place is the Asiatic Arboretum; the structures and plants you will find there are convincingly Japanese and Chinese, respectively. Also, there’s chicken coop at the Woodland Garden. It was nice to observe the chickens for a bit, there’s cute. The whole gardens is nice and diverse. There are photo-worthy gems in every section.
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January 2024 by Darlin Canales
A spacious and very beautiful place, especially if you are looking for spaciousness and botanical diversity.
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January 2024 by Mary Rose Gaughan
A must see!
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January 2024 by Mary Hebert
Beautiful amazing garden with so many things to see. Must have an army taking care of it.
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January 2024 by Alaska Doran
Went in the winter and it was mostly bare, but almost nobody around which was nice.
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January 2024 by Brandon Stuart
Beautiful zen garden.
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December 2023 by Siba Siddique
I have visited the Sarah P. Duke Gardens during all the seasons (cherry blossom season is the best imo), and these were the pictures I took during my latest visit. The routes are well-maintained with leaf blowers, and you can enjoy the fall colors and exotic plants such as cacti and chrysanthemums (in the Asiatic Arboretum). There are also cute nooks where you can spend time.
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December 2023 by Dave McCoy
A lot of cool plant and tree varieties from all over. The terrace garden is a great spot to relax. We were lucky enough to be in town while the bamboo trees were in bloom!
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November 2023 by Justin Trosclair, D.C.
One more could you ask for. Great fall foliage and a really cool Japanese area with other Asian country plants. Nice bridges, chrysanthemums, tiered gardens, lots of places to escape from the rain too. Whole family enjoyed are 2 hours
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November 2023 by Holly
*LOVED* this place!! We moved here from Idaho in September and have been exploring a lot. This has been our favorite place so far. If you are from here, you might not realize how special it is to have banana trees and bamboo just growing outside in nature under pine trees and elms and maple trees. In Idaho, there was only pine so you didn't see leaves change colors with the seasons at all. I can't believe how colorful everything is here!! It's the thing I had been looking forward to the most, and it didn't disappoint.There's a smell outside as you walk around. It's this earthy tree smell that is my absolute favorite smell in the whole world (tied for the #1 spot with my daughter's head and my dog's feet). It was a 76 degree day with a light breeze and it felt like walking around in a rainbow heaven. The grounds are beautiful and there's lots to see. I'm certain we'll come back frequently.That being said, I will give one suggestion. It's a little bit hard to get around with my daughter's wheelchair and it would be helpful if paths were marked with arrows showing which way to go if you're in a wheelchair. They had an info both but it was busy so we skipped it, and I'm sure they could have told us where to go. Alas! We had to backtrack a little bit here and there, but there were other ways to get around. We took a detour to the chapel which was about an 8 minute walk from the gardens, and we did have to go up some stairs for that part. It was so pretty though and barely out of the way. Worth seeing. I expected only one chapel, but the university has tons of buildings that look like ancient mini castles. I didn't expect it to be so utterly breathtaking.Back to the gardens, there were some gravel areas inside the gardens that we decided to skip. Otherwise, the majority of the gardens were very accessible. We all loved this place so much.
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November 2023 by Jacque 3777
Absolutely beautiful. Visited twice while in town and still didn't get to see everything because it was so big. My favorite was the vegetable garden which consisted of a compost and watering system and a bee keeping section. The workers and volunteers were super nice. There was a little building that sold snack and wraps that were delicious,fresh and reasonably priced. They also had a gift shop and area where you could purchase plants. The garden is free but you have to pay to park but the parking fee is reasonable but parking fills up quick.
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October 2023 by Michael Cohen
The visit to the Duke Gardens on the campus of Duke University was spectacular. Much of the gardens were still in bloom. The staff, volunteers and workers were quite pleasant, very knowledgeable as well as helpful. It was a beautiful day to spend walking amid such floral beauty. We brought a simple picnic lunch to enjoy at the conclusion of our walk. If you are in the area, leave at least an hour or more to enjoy this treasure.
