Discover Greensboro Fall 2025

GREENSBORO ARBORETUM 3299 Starmount Dr.

TANGER FAMILY BICENTENNIAL GARDEN 1105 Hobbs Rd. What started as a simple 7.5-acre tract of flood plain, became one of the City’s most cherished green spaces seemingly overnight. As a part of the nation’s bicentennial celebration in 1976, the land – which was, and still is, owned by the City of Greensboro – was completely overhauled and within the year turned into the Tanger Family Bicentennial Garden. Over the years the park has seen many upgrades, including what has been a center point of the garden in the form of a bronze sculpture entitled “The Student.” Surrounded by flowers and other greenery, this statue is symbolic of the typical male who attended the David Caldwell Log College – which sat on the adjacent property during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, according to the nonprofit Greensboro Beautiful. Reverend Dr. David Caldwell (1725-1824) was a Presbyterian minister, a self-trained physician, and an early educator in colonial North Carolina Other improvements included things such as a wedding garden, a sensory garden, woodland water feature, building of The Interpretive Center at David Caldwell Historic Park, and the construction of the Old Mill – which is reminiscent of a mill that David Caldwell operated on this site in the 1780's.

At 17-acres the Greensboro Arboretum is the largest of the City’s gardens, and also may be its most popular. Located within the Lindley Park community, the Arboretum is home to 14 plant collections and special display gardens that offer visitors a chance to take in a variety of plants, while also providing an education on each. After the completion of the Bicentennial Gardens in the late 70s, Greensboro Beautiful was searching for land to add more greenspace to the community. That’s when the nonprofit was offered up land owned by the City to create what would become the Arboretum – with significant help from Greensboro Beautiful volunteer and Arboretum visionary Irene McIver. Following a consultation with Robert McDuffie – a landscape architect and horticulture professor at Virginia Tech – a plan was put into place that involved woody ground covers, trees, and shrubs to be grouped into labeled collection area according to habit, family, color, growing conditions, and seasonal interest. According to Greensboro Beautiful, “plant species selected were particularly hardy to the Piedmont Region of North Carolina.” Since the Arboretum was opened to the public in 1991, it has been a frequent host for those looking for a quiet place to walk among the many flowers and trees.

Learn more about our gardens at greensborobeautiful.org/gardens or gsoparksandrec.com/

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