Duke Gardens Pictures
The red foot bridge in Duke Gardens. September 2010
H. L. Bloomquist Garden
The H. L. Bloomquist Garden of Native Plants:
This 6.5-acre within Sarah P. Duke Gardens is filled with over 900 species and varieties or native plants native to the Southeast United States. Many of these plants were rescue from land facing development.
Dedicated in 1968 in honor of Professor Hugo L. Bloomquist (18853-1964) who was the founder ot Duke University's Depart of Botany and an authority on Southeastern plants.
Bloomquist Pavilion at Duke Gardens
Pond at Bloomquist Pavilion in Duke Gardens
The stepping stones used as stepping stones across the pone were make in North Carolina and used in local mills.
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