Discover a Tapestry of Beauty

Fanciful and elaborate gardens were kept to entertain Queen Elizabeth I during her reign. Our garden was created for your enjoyment, and as a living memorial to this era when Sir Walter Raleigh’s lost colonists lived in this very place over 400 years ago. The Elizabethan Gardens include a collection of Renaissance statues and Elizabethan-style buildings adorned by an ever changing palette of year-round color from hydrangeas to native plants, perennials and camellias.
Seasonal highlight include our beautiful winter-time Camellias, spring-time tulips, colorful summer landscapes from hydrangeas to crepe myrtles in the Sunken Garden and autumn hues from ornamental grasses and salvia.

The Gardens are open year-round, seven days a week. At our garden shops, enjoy the selection of plants available from their nursery, or the gift shop’s wonderful collection of statuary, gifts, books, note cards, candles, soaps, and edible delights.

We are located at 1411 National Park Drive Manteo, NC 27954 GPS: 35 56.2N 75 42.7w

Hours vary seasonally. Visitation is by paid admission.

Photo: Camellia – reticulata