From the traditional to the contemporary, the Channel Gardens vision for 2023 was inspired by some of the most beautiful gardens in their pinnacle seasons from across the USA. Situated on the ancestral lands of the Ramaytush Ohlone in Woodside, California, the Filoli Gardens is a 654 acre coastal country estate from the 20th century. Originally built as a private residence in 1917, Filoli was opened to the public in 1975 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The property includes a Georgian revival-style mansion, English Renaissance gardens, a Gentleman’s Orchard, and Natural Lands with 5 distinct ecosystems and a 1-mile Estate Trail. In the springtime, Filoli blooms with Camellias, magnolias, daffodils, flowering trees, wildflowers, tulips, irises, wisterias, roses, and peonies.

 

Duke Gardens is a landscape on 55 acres of specialized gardens located on the campus of Duke University. The idea of a public garden in the University arose in the early 1930s, due to the vision for a garden of Dr. Frederic M. Hanes, an early member of the original faculty of Duke Medical School. The design includes the Blomquist Garden of native plants, Woodland Garden of ephemerals like bloodroot, Virginia bluebell, and trillium, and the historic Terrace Gardens with Italianate stone beds of structural, evergreen texture. In the spring, cherry trees, tulips, daffodils, and poppies come into bloom.