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 its programming can be found at www.capefearbg.org.
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