Cape Fear Botanical Garden
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Cape Fear Botanical Garden (77 acres) is a nonprofit botanical garden
located at 536 North Eastern Boulevard, Fayetteville, North Carolina
. It is open to the public daily; an admission fee is charged.
The garden was established in 1989 to serve both Fayetteville Technical Community College horticulturists and southeastern North Carolina
. It conserves and displays plant species and the plant communities of the Cape Fear River
basin. The garden contains nature trails, a natural amphitheater, steep ravines with unusual plants, and a varied riparian terrain ranging from pine
forest through hardwood
hills to river banks. Details about the garden and it's programming can be found at www.capefearbg.org.
Botanical garden
A botanical garden The terms botanic and botanical, and garden or gardens are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word botanic is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens. is a well-tended area displaying a wide range of plants labelled with their botanical names...
located at 536 North Eastern Boulevard, Fayetteville, North Carolina
Fayetteville, North Carolina
Fayetteville is a city located in Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States. It is the county seat of Cumberland County, and is best known as the home of Fort Bragg, a U.S. Army post located northwest of the city....
. It is open to the public daily; an admission fee is charged.
The garden was established in 1989 to serve both Fayetteville Technical Community College horticulturists and southeastern North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
. It conserves and displays plant species and the plant communities of the Cape Fear River
Cape Fear River
The Cape Fear River is a long blackwater river in east central North Carolina in the United States. It flows into the Atlantic Ocean near Cape Fear, from which it takes its name. The overall water quality of the river is continuously measured and monitored by and conducted by the , , and the...
basin. The garden contains nature trails, a natural amphitheater, steep ravines with unusual plants, and a varied riparian terrain ranging from pine
Pine
Pines are trees in the genus Pinus ,in the family Pinaceae. They make up the monotypic subfamily Pinoideae. There are about 115 species of pine, although different authorities accept between 105 and 125 species.-Etymology:...
forest through hardwood
Hardwood
Hardwood is wood from angiosperm trees . It may also be used for those trees themselves: these are usually broad-leaved; in temperate and boreal latitudes they are mostly deciduous, but in tropics and subtropics mostly evergreen.Hardwood contrasts with softwood...
hills to river banks. Details about the garden and it's programming can be found at www.capefearbg.org.