Montrose Gardens
Botanical Garden
Why pick this one
Montrose Gardens offers $20 guided tours of its 61-acre historic garden in Hillsborough, including rock, scree, woodland, and winter gardens.
Best for
- visitors seeking guided tours of historic Southern gardens
- gardeners interested in uncommon bulbs, cyclamen, primroses, roses, and woodland plants
- people looking for specialty plants propagated from the garden
- visitors interested in seasonal events such as Garden Open Day
- gardeners seeking plant-focused workshops on roses or primroses
Look elsewhere if
- visitors need a daily, unscheduled garden experience rather than scheduled tours or special events
- customers need commercial landscaping installation or maintenance services
Specialties
- guided garden tours
- seasonal plant-focused tours
- nursery plants propagated from Montrose gardens
- garden open days
- winter garden displays
Certifications
- National Register of Historic Places listing
- Garden Conservancy preservation partner garden
What makes them different
- 61-acre historic property with landscape origins in the mid-19th century
- Gardens include rock, scree, woodland, sunny, and winter garden areas
- Nursery plants are propagated from Montrose gardens
- Garden features unusual trees, trellises, fences, and arbors designed and constructed by a local artist
- Plant collections include specialized cyclamen, snowdrops, fall bulbs, and other uncommon species
- Serves
- Hillsborough
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 320 St Marys Rd, Hillsborough, NC 27278
- Phone
- +19197327787
- Website
- https://www.montrosegarden.org
- info@montrosegarden.org
Services
- botanical garden visits
- guided tours
- gardening workshops and educational events
- specialty plant sales
- book and seed sales