The Daniel Boone Native Gardens is a magnificent naturally landscaped garden near downtown Boone, North Carolina. It has a rare, extensive collection of native plants, shrubs, trees, and wildflowers. The 3-acre gardens, which opened in 1963, represent a conservation and education effort as well as a kind of laboratory where clubs, botanists, and schools can grow rare or endangered species.

There are hundreds of plants that continuously bloom during every growing season. There are different gardens with unique species – a bog garden, rhododendron garden, and fern garden, a rock wishing well, a vine-covered arbor, a lovely pond next to the historic Squire Boone log cabin, and magnificent wrought-iron gates at the entrance, built by Daniel Boone’s descendants.

651 Horn in the W Dr, Boone, NC 28607, Phone: 828-264-6390

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